Career switch, measured
From Systems Analyst to Systems Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 64% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Azure, Troubleshooting, Leadership; the main skills to add are Regulatory compliance, Electrical engineering, Linux, CI/CD.
64%
skill overlap
1,062
open Systems Engineer postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSystems AnalystSystems Engineer
- Stakeholder management46%34%
- Azure16%20%
- Troubleshooting26%21%
- Leadership35%41%
- Cybersecurity12%12%
- AWS15%25%
- Technical writing8%9%
- Python15%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Systems Engineer postings, rarely in Systems Analyst ones.
SkillSystems AnalystSystems Engineer
- Regulatory compliance8%23%
- Electrical engineering–16%
- Linux7%15%
- CI/CD–11%
- MATLAB–10%
- Risk management–10%
- Kubernetes–10%
- Recruiting–9%
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