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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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Project Engineer

158 open jobs·114 employers

10 markets are one step away

These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Project 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 Electrical Engineer requires the fewest new skills.

Skill transition

How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.

  • Very close1
  • Close9

Larger circles = more open jobs, from 100 to 833 here.

Tap a market to put it at the center.

The 10 markets closest to Project Engineer, ranked by how much their skills overlap with your current role. Distance from the center shows how different the required skills are, closer is a smaller change. Color is the transition band; circle size is open jobs.
  • Electrical Engineer

    from Project Engineer

    Excellent match

    Very close

    The closest move to Project Engineer we can see.

    218

    openings in Electrical Engineer

    3

    skills you already have

    6

    skills to learn

    3

    skills to strengthen

    You already have

    Project EngineerElectrical Engineershare of postings

    security clearance

    13%40%

    rehabilitation

    11%23%

    control systems

    9%13%

    You'll need to learn

    • troubleshootingasked for in 41% of Electrical Engineer postings
    • testingasked for in 51% of Electrical Engineer postings
    • logisticsasked for in 28% of Electrical Engineer postings
    • safetyasked for in 50% of Electrical Engineer postings
    • technical supportasked for in 21% of Electrical Engineer postings
    • intellectual propertyasked for in 17% of Electrical Engineer postings

    Strengthen what you have

    • security clearance13% → 40%
    • rehabilitation11% → 23%
    • control systems9% → 13%

    How much work is out there

    Project Engineer
    158
    Electrical Engineer
    218

    This market is about the size of yours.

    What to do next

    1. 1 · Learn

      troubleshooting

      Asked for in 41% of Electrical Engineer postings, and 5 other new skills.

    2. 2 · Strengthen

      security clearance

      13% of Project Engineer postings ask for it, against 40% of Electrical Engineer.

    3. 3 · Look at the work

      218 Electrical Engineer postings

      Observed active in this snapshot.

    158 Project Engineer postings · 218 Electrical 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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