Career switch, measured
From Mobile Developer to DevOps Engineer
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 37% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include CI/CD, Git, Java, Agile; the main skills to add are Kubernetes, AWS, Python, Terraform.
37%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillMobile DeveloperDevOps Engineer
- CI/CD43%65%
- Git35%45%
- Java29%13%
- Agile20%12%
- Go6%9%
- Postgres8%14%
- Troubleshooting14%34%
- Problem solving21%17%
Skills to add
Asked for often in DevOps Engineer postings, rarely in Mobile Developer ones.
SkillMobile DeveloperDevOps Engineer
- Kubernetes7%71%
- AWS8%65%
- Python10%62%
- Terraform–55%
- Linux–40%
- Azure–35%
- Docker–33%
- Google Cloud–31%
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