Career switch, measured
From Sales Engineer to Systems Analyst
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 67% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Stakeholder management, Customer success, Salesforce; the main skills to add are Problem solving, Troubleshooting, ERP systems, Project management.
67%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales EngineerSystems Analyst
- Sales96%59%
- Stakeholder management35%46%
- Customer success25%26%
- Salesforce13%14%
- Cybersecurity16%12%
- Azure12%16%
- Communication26%36%
- AWS13%15%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Systems Analyst postings, rarely in Sales Engineer ones.
SkillSales EngineerSystems Analyst
- Problem solving13%29%
- Troubleshooting6%26%
- ERP systems–21%
- Project management–17%
- Python7%15%
- SQL–14%
- Process improvement–13%
- Auditing–11%
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