Career switch, measured
From Cloud Engineer to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 55% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, AWS, Databricks, Leadership; the main skills to add are Project management, Budgeting, Agile, Process improvement.
55%
skill overlap
243
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillCloud EngineerIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management41%67%
- AWS68%30%
- Databricks19%16%
- Leadership47%55%
- SQL18%19%
- Customer success26%20%
- Python33%20%
- Azure36%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Cloud Engineer ones.
SkillCloud EngineerIT Project Manager
- Project management–47%
- Budgeting–31%
- Agile8%23%
- Process improvement8%20%
- Supply chain–18%
- Risk management–15%
- Procurement–13%
- Manufacturing–12%
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