Career switch, measured
From Project Manager to Management Analyst
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 45% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Excel, Leadership, Communication; the main skills to add are Sales, Research, Auditing, Data visualization.
45%
skill overlap
1,486
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillProject ManagerManagement Analyst
- Stakeholder management40%40%
- Excel26%33%
- Leadership58%40%
- Communication34%30%
- Problem solving22%27%
- Budgeting61%17%
- Project management76%14%
- Process improvement16%18%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Management Analyst postings, rarely in Project Manager ones.
SkillProject ManagerManagement Analyst
- Sales11%24%
- Research7%22%
- Auditing6%19%
- Data visualization5%19%
- Data analysis–18%
- SQL–16%
- Troubleshooting–12%
- ERP systems–11%
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