Career switch, measured
From IT Manager to Engineering Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 82% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, AWS; the main skills to add are Kubernetes, UX design, Manufacturing, Electrical engineering.
82%
skill overlap
1,177
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIT ManagerEngineering Manager
- Leadership72%73%
- Training and coaching54%57%
- Stakeholder management36%31%
- AWS33%19%
- LLMs13%15%
- Product management11%11%
- Agile14%11%
- Process improvement15%18%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Engineering Manager postings, rarely in IT Manager ones.
SkillIT ManagerEngineering Manager
- Kubernetes6%14%
- UX design–12%
- Manufacturing–12%
- Electrical engineering–9%
- React–9%
- Scheduling–9%
- Google Cloud–9%
- TypeScript–8%
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