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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Software Development Manager
175 open jobs·16 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Software Development Manager. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Software Engineer has the most openings (7,054), while Software Development Engineer requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
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Larger circles = more open jobs, from 143 to 7,054 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Software Development Engineer
from Software Development Manager
Strong match
Close
Among the 10 closest moves from Software Development Manager.
975
openings in Software Development Engineer
6
skills you already have
2
skills to learn
3
skills to strengthen
You already have
Software Development ManagerSoftware Development Engineershare of postingsscalability
62%79%
onboarding
92%77%
reliability
62%77%
git
79%75%
payments
58%50%
distributed systems
25%37%
You'll need to learn
- javaasked for in 36% of Software Development Engineer postings
- c++asked for in 27% of Software Development Engineer postings
Strengthen what you have
- scalability62% → 79%
- reliability62% → 77%
- distributed systems25% → 37%
How much work is out there
Software Development Manager175Software Development Engineer975This market has 5.6x more postings than yours.
What to do next
1 · Learn
java
Asked for in 36% of Software Development Engineer postings, and 1 other new skill.
2 · Strengthen
scalability
62% of Software Development Manager postings ask for it, against 79% of Software Development Engineer.
3 · Look at the work
975 Software Development Engineer postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
175 Software Development Manager postings · 975 Software Development 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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