Career switch, measured
From IT Manager to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 65% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include AWS, Leadership, Stakeholder management, Project management; the main skills to add are Budgeting, Python, Customer success, SQL.
65%
skill overlap
243
open IT Project Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIT ManagerIT Project Manager
- AWS33%30%
- Leadership72%55%
- Stakeholder management36%67%
- Project management17%47%
- Agile14%23%
- LLMs13%12%
- Product management11%12%
- Supply chain11%18%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in IT Manager ones.
SkillIT ManagerIT Project Manager
- Budgeting14%31%
- Python9%20%
- Customer success9%20%
- SQL7%19%
- Databricks–16%
- Manufacturing–12%
- Scala–10%
- ERP systems–9%
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