Career switch, measured
From IT Manager to Systems Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 56% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Leadership, Project management, AWS; the main skills to add are Sales, Problem solving, Troubleshooting, Customer success.
56%
skill overlap
702
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIT ManagerSystems Analyst
- Stakeholder management36%46%
- Leadership72%35%
- Project management17%17%
- AWS33%15%
- Product management11%17%
- Azure10%16%
- Agile14%11%
- Cybersecurity10%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Systems Analyst postings, rarely in IT Manager ones.
SkillIT ManagerSystems Analyst
- Sales21%59%
- Problem solving13%29%
- Troubleshooting11%26%
- Customer success9%26%
- ERP systems–21%
- Marketing8%20%
- Salesforce–14%
- JavaScript–10%
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