Career switch, measured
From Systems Engineer to Engineering Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 60% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Leadership, AWS, CI/CD; the main skills to add are Budgeting, UX design, Project management, Team management.
60%
skill overlap
1,177
open Engineering Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSystems EngineerEngineering Manager
- Stakeholder management34%31%
- Leadership41%73%
- AWS25%19%
- CI/CD11%15%
- Agile13%11%
- Communication25%27%
- Training and coaching23%57%
- Electrical engineering16%9%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Engineering Manager postings, rarely in Systems Engineer ones.
SkillSystems EngineerEngineering Manager
- Budgeting8%24%
- UX design–12%
- Project management–11%
- Team management–10%
- React–9%
- Scheduling–9%
- Machine learning–8%
- Procurement–8%
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