Career switch, measured
From Technical Writer to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a stretch that needs new skills. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 17% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Project management, Agile, Leadership; the main skills to add are Budgeting, AWS, Sales, Process improvement.
17%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillTechnical WriterIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management41%67%
- Project management14%47%
- Agile13%23%
- Leadership29%55%
- Product management10%12%
- Git18%8%
- Cybersecurity7%11%
- Communication24%18%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Technical Writer ones.
SkillTechnical WriterIT Project Manager
- Budgeting–31%
- AWS–30%
- Sales–27%
- Process improvement6%20%
- Python7%20%
- Customer success–20%
- SQL–19%
- Supply chain–18%
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