Career moves · 231,145 postings · 163 markets · 2026-07-16
Where can your career go next?
Search the role you're in. We count what employers ask for across 231,145 active postings, then show you the markets one step away: how big each one is, and exactly which skills you'd need to add.
What this is and isn't
Markets sit close together when employers on both sides ask for the same skills, measured across 350 normalized skills. This is not a record of people moving between them. That would need career histories we don't have. A close market also isn't automatically a good move. Skills counted are the ones postings list explicitly, so every figure is a floor.
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Manufacturing Engineer
182 open jobs·34 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Manufacturing Engineer. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Project Manager has the most openings (833), while Mechanical Engineer requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
- Very close1
- Close5
- Moderate change4
Larger circles = more open jobs, from 105 to 833 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Mechanical Engineer
from Manufacturing Engineer
Excellent match
Very close
The closest move to Manufacturing Engineer we can see. No new skills to learn here. The difference is depth, not breadth: Mechanical Engineer postings want more of what you already do.
313
openings in Mechanical Engineer
6
skills you already have
0
skills to learn
1
skills to strengthen
You already have
Manufacturing EngineerMechanical Engineershare of postingscad
31%41%
assembly
56%24%
security clearance
34%19%
control systems
8%8%
intellectual property
9%7%
due diligence
9%6%
You'll need to learn
Nothing new: every skill Mechanical Engineer asks for is already among Manufacturing Engineer's.
Strengthen what you have
- cad31% → 41%
How much work is out there
Manufacturing Engineer182Mechanical Engineer313What to do next
1 · Strengthen
cad
31% of Manufacturing Engineer postings ask for it, against 41% of Mechanical Engineer.
2 · Look at the work
313 Mechanical Engineer postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
182 Manufacturing Engineer postings · 313 Mechanical Engineer postings · 350 normalized skills · snapshot 2026-07-16
Methodology
What is this based on?
231,145 live job postings from 28,870 employers across 163 markets, captured 2026-07-16. Skills come from each posting's stated requirements.
How is distance calculated?
Each market becomes a profile of the skills its postings request, and markets are compared by how much those profiles overlap (an IDF-weighted cosine similarity, so skills that appear in almost every role count for less). The closest markets sit nearest the center, grouped into five bands from Very close to Different field.
What do the skill lists mean?
Shared skills are the ones both roles commonly ask for. Skills to learn are the ones the target market asks for that your current role doesn't, ranked by how much more often they come up.
What isn't included?
Years of experience, seniority, salary, portfolio or certification requirements, or how competitive a role is to land. Skill overlap is one axis of a move, not the whole picture.
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