Career switch, measured
From Management Analyst to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 58% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Leadership, SQL, Process improvement; the main skills to add are AWS, Agile, Customer success, Supply chain.
58%
skill overlap
243
open IT Project Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillManagement AnalystIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management40%67%
- Leadership40%55%
- SQL16%19%
- Process improvement18%20%
- Budgeting17%31%
- Project management14%47%
- Procurement13%13%
- Data visualization19%9%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Management Analyst ones.
SkillManagement AnalystIT Project Manager
- AWS–30%
- Agile6%23%
- Customer success8%20%
- Supply chain7%18%
- Databricks–16%
- LLMs6%12%
- Azure–12%
- Product management–12%
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