Career switch, measured
From IT Project Manager to Systems Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 65% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Customer success, Leadership, Project management; the main skills to add are Sales, Troubleshooting, ERP systems, Salesforce.
65%
skill overlap
702
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIT Project ManagerSystems Analyst
- Stakeholder management67%46%
- Customer success20%26%
- Leadership55%35%
- Project management47%17%
- SQL19%14%
- Azure12%16%
- Product management12%17%
- AWS30%15%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Systems Analyst postings, rarely in IT Project Manager ones.
SkillIT Project ManagerSystems Analyst
- Sales27%59%
- Troubleshooting7%26%
- ERP systems9%21%
- Salesforce–14%
- JavaScript–10%
- CRM–10%
- Google Cloud–10%
- IT support–10%
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