Career switch, measured
From Software Tester to Data Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 51% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Python, CI/CD, Git, Azure; the main skills to add are Spark, Airflow, Databricks, Stakeholder management.
51%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSoftware TesterData Engineer
- Python51%70%
- CI/CD43%35%
- Git36%22%
- Azure18%28%
- AWS21%54%
- SQL17%66%
- Java27%15%
- Agile28%15%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Data Engineer postings, rarely in Software Tester ones.
SkillSoftware TesterData Engineer
- Spark–36%
- Airflow–32%
- Databricks–30%
- Stakeholder management14%29%
- Snowflake–27%
- dbt–23%
- Kafka–21%
- Google Cloud7%20%
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