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.
You are here
Support Engineer
102 open jobs·56 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Support Engineer. 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 Technical Support 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 102 to 7,054 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Technical Support Engineer
from Support Engineer
Excellent match
Very close
The closest move to Support Engineer we can see.
154
openings in Technical Support Engineer
6
skills you already have
6
skills to learn
3
skills to strengthen
You already have
Support EngineerTechnical Support Engineershare of postingstechnical support
84%100%
troubleshooting
78%74%
customer support
40%53%
linux
24%30%
scripting
39%27%
sre
23%19%
You'll need to learn
- customer serviceasked for in 46% of Technical Support Engineer postings
- networkingasked for in 39% of Technical Support Engineer postings
- customer successasked for in 29% of Technical Support Engineer postings
- customer satisfactionasked for in 16% of Technical Support Engineer postings
- azureasked for in 18% of Technical Support Engineer postings
- kubernetesasked for in 13% of Technical Support Engineer postings
Strengthen what you have
- technical support84% → 100%
- customer support40% → 53%
- linux24% → 30%
How much work is out there
Support Engineer102Technical Support Engineer154This market has 1.5x more postings than yours.
What to do next
1 · Learn
customer service
Asked for in 46% of Technical Support Engineer postings, and 5 other new skills.
2 · Strengthen
technical support
84% of Support Engineer postings ask for it, against 100% of Technical Support Engineer.
3 · Look at the work
154 Technical Support Engineer postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
102 Support Engineer postings · 154 Technical Support 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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