Career switch, measured
From Full Stack Developer to DevOps Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 53% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include CI/CD, AWS, Python, Git; the main skills to add are Terraform, Linux, Troubleshooting, Data visualization.
53%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillFull Stack DeveloperDevOps Engineer
- CI/CD41%65%
- AWS44%65%
- Python41%62%
- Git31%45%
- Docker27%33%
- Kubernetes28%71%
- Azure22%35%
- Postgres28%14%
Skills to add
Asked for often in DevOps Engineer postings, rarely in Full Stack Developer ones.
SkillFull Stack DeveloperDevOps Engineer
- Terraform6%55%
- Linux–40%
- Troubleshooting12%34%
- Data visualization8%17%
- Cybersecurity5%12%
- Network administration–11%
- Root cause analysis–10%
- Auditing–10%
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