Career switch, measured
From Systems Analyst to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 65% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Customer success, Leadership, Project management; the main skills to add are Budgeting, Agile, Supply chain, Databricks.
65%
skill overlap
243
open IT Project Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSystems AnalystIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management46%67%
- Customer success26%20%
- Leadership35%55%
- Project management17%47%
- SQL14%19%
- Azure16%12%
- Product management17%12%
- AWS15%30%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Systems Analyst ones.
SkillSystems AnalystIT Project Manager
- Budgeting–31%
- Agile11%23%
- Supply chain–18%
- Databricks–16%
- Risk management–15%
- Procurement–13%
- CI/CD–11%
- Contract negotiation–10%
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