Career switch, measured
From Technical Writer to Systems Analyst
Yes, it's a stretch that needs new skills. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 26% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Project management, Technical writing, Leadership; the main skills to add are Sales, Problem solving, Customer success, ERP systems.
26%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillTechnical WriterSystems Analyst
- Stakeholder management41%46%
- Project management14%17%
- Technical writing81%8%
- Leadership29%35%
- Troubleshooting16%26%
- Agile13%11%
- Communication24%36%
- Product management10%17%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Systems Analyst postings, rarely in Technical Writer ones.
SkillTechnical WriterSystems Analyst
- Sales–59%
- Problem solving7%29%
- Customer success–26%
- ERP systems–21%
- Azure–16%
- AWS–15%
- Python7%15%
- SQL–14%
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