IT Manager skills employers ask for

The most-asked skills

Share of IT Manager postings that mention each skill.

1. Leadership72%
2. Training and coaching54%
3. Stakeholder managementdistinctive36%
4. AWSdistinctive33%
5. Team managementdistinctive28%
6. Sales21%
7. Communication20%
8. Project managementdistinctive17%
9. Process improvement15%
10. Agiledistinctive14%
11. Budgeting14%
12. Regulatory compliance14%
13. LLMsdistinctive13%
14. Problem solving13%
15. Auditing12%

“Distinctive” means IT Manager postings ask for it at least three times as often as jobs overall.

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Where IT Manager skills carry over

Roles whose postings ask for the most similar skills. Overlap counts the skills that define each role most.

• Engineering Manager82% overlapShared: Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, AWSHow to switch
• IT Project Manager65% overlapShared: AWS, Leadership, Stakeholder management, Project managementHow to switch
• General Manager64% overlapShared: Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, Process improvementHow to switch
• Systems Engineer63% overlapShared: AWS, Stakeholder management, Leadership, AgileHow to switch

Questions

What skills does a IT Manager need?

In 807 current IT Manager job postings, the skills asked for most often are Leadership (72%), Training and coaching (54%), Stakeholder management (36%), AWS (33%), Team management (28%). Percentages are the share of postings that mention each skill.

What jobs can a IT Manager move into?

Measured by shared skill demand, the closest roles are Engineering Manager, IT Project Manager, General Manager, Systems Engineer. Engineering Manager shares skills such as Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management.