Career switch, measured
From IT Project Manager to Business Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 60% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Agile, SQL, Project management; the main skills to add are Data visualization, Data analysis, Excel, Tableau.
60%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIT Project ManagerBusiness Analyst
- Stakeholder management67%68%
- Agile23%31%
- SQL19%35%
- Project management47%17%
- Process improvement20%21%
- Leadership55%34%
- Python20%14%
- Supply chain18%10%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Business Analyst postings, rarely in IT Project Manager ones.
SkillIT Project ManagerBusiness Analyst
- Data visualization9%35%
- Data analysis7%31%
- Excel7%30%
- Tableau–16%
- Power BI–16%
- Accounting–13%
- Statistics–12%
- Salesforce–9%
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