Career switch, measured
From IT Manager to Architect
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 51% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Leadership, Training and coaching, AWS; the main skills to add are CAD, Microsoft Office, Quality control, Google Cloud.
51%
skill overlap
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open Architect postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIT ManagerArchitect
- Stakeholder management36%38%
- Leadership72%51%
- Training and coaching54%41%
- AWS33%23%
- Project management17%23%
- LLMs13%17%
- Azure10%22%
- Budgeting14%20%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Architect postings, rarely in IT Manager ones.
SkillIT ManagerArchitect
- CAD–45%
- Microsoft Office–22%
- Quality control–16%
- Google Cloud–15%
- Construction management–12%
- Manufacturing–10%
- Databricks–10%
- Blueprint reading–9%
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