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§ 01

THE FLOOR

Skills you can't skip. Below this floor your resume doesn't get opened.

6MUST-HAVE SKILLS
Skills · ranked by prevalence
01Python76.9%The language. Non-negotiable.
02Computer Vision Algorithms55.2%Common FA workload in ML.
03PyTorch44.1%Primary deep learning framework.
04Problem Solving39.2%DSA / interview gate.
05TensorFlow37.1%Secondary deep learning framework.
06Model Deployment35.0%Production ML skill.
On the bubble
AWSSpeech LLMsScikit-learnModel Evaluation
Floor skills derived from validated data science & ml postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection at JUNIOR + ENTRY seniority.
§ 02

PICK YOUR TRACK

Sub-tracks within this profile. Picking one is non-optional.

01

CLASSICAL ML

← BIGGEST POOL
FA share35.7%of FA postings · n = 45
Salary₹14± ₹7LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~39%
Established SME~21%
Unicorns & Indian Product~11%
Lala Companies~10%
Hires at
Sustainability Economics.aiNVIDIAEightfoldGE AerospaceHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Add to the floor
StatisticsScikit-learnFeature EngineeringModel EvaluationNumPyGit
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
02

COMPUTER VISION

← FA-HEAVY
FA share24.6%of FA postings · n = 31
Salary₹12± ₹7LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
Funded Startups~22%
MNCs & GCCs~20%
Established SME~20%
Lala Companies~15%
Hires at
Lytx Inc.HARMANInfosysMowitoPhilips
Add to the floor
Image ProcessingGitOpenCVAWSVideo AnalyticsModel Evaluation
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
03

GENAI / LLM

← OVERLAPS AI/LLM
FA share22.2%of FA postings · n = 28
Salary₹14± ₹7LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~39%
Established SME~30%
Unicorns & Indian Product~19%
Hires at
GE AerospaceGE HealthCareIBMPwC IndiaUplers
Add to the floor
Speech LLMsAWSLangChainAzureScikit-learnMLOps
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
04

NLP

← BEST FA PAY
FA share17.5%of FA postings · n = 22
Salary₹25± ₹16LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MAANG & Elite Global Tech~32%
MNCs & GCCs~27%
Established SME~12%
Lala Companies~11%
Hires at
GoogleNatWest GroupAtomo InnovationDeccan AIEnergy Job Search
Add to the floor
Data StructuresInformation RetrievalUI DesignDistributed SystemsDistributed System DesignSystem Design
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
Track shares and salary statistics (mean ± SD) derived from validated data science & ml postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection at JUNIOR + ENTRY seniority.
§ 03

THE SKILL ARC

What ramps with seniority. What travels if you leave the profile.

A

Senior skew — what ramps with seniority.

Rising · FA → SR
01MLOps
FA22.4%
SR39.1%
+16.8 pp
02GCP
FA17.5%
SR32.3%
+14.9 pp
03Azure
FA21.0%
SR34.9%
+13.9 pp
04Spark
FA4.9%
SR16.6%
+11.7 pp
05SQL
FA17.5%
SR28.9%
+11.5 pp
06TensorFlow
FA37.1%
SR46.8%
+9.7 pp
07Kubernetes
FA10.5%
SR20.0%
+9.5 pp
08Agile
FA4.2%
SR13.6%
+9.4 pp
09Time Series Forecasting
FA1.4%
SR9.8%
+8.4 pp
Fading · FA → SR
01Computer Vision Algorithms
FA55.2%
SR28.1%
-27.2 pp
02Data Structures
FA21.7%
SR11.1%
-10.6 pp
03Image Processing
FA13.3%
SR3.4%
-9.9 pp
04Problem Solving
FA39.2%
SR29.8%
-9.4 pp
05Git
FA23.8%
SR15.3%
-8.5 pp
B

Portability — what travels if you leave the profile.

Portable · cross-profile spread (out of 15)
01Problem Solving
15/15
Mobile Development41%Data Analytics & BI40%Enterprise Platforms40%
02Agile
15/15
Fullstack Development47%Enterprise Platforms43%Generalist SWE40%
03Debugging
13/15
Systems & Embedded36%Mobile Development27%Generalist SWE25%
04Java
12/15
Backend Development59%Fullstack Development42%Security Engineering42%
05SQL
12/15
Data Analytics & BI63%Data Engineering57%Fullstack Development45%
06Python
11/15
AI & LLM Applications66%Data Engineering57%DevOps & Platform51%
07AWS
11/15
DevOps & Platform48%Security Engineering43%Backend Development41%
08System Design
11/15
Generalist SWE27%Backend Development18%DevOps & Platform17%
09Performance Optimization
11/15
Mobile Development26%Frontend Development20%Generalist SWE20%
10Code Reviews
11/15
Frontend Development25%Backend Development25%Fullstack Development23%
11Azure
10/15
Security Engineering40%DevOps & Platform35%Data Engineering33%
12Git
10/15
Frontend Development38%Mobile Development35%Fullstack Development34%
13Distributed Systems
9/15
Backend Development24%DevOps & Platform21%Security Engineering20%
Locked · stays inside the profile
01PyTorch2/15
02TensorFlow2/15
03Model Deployment2/15
04Speech LLMs2/15
05Computer Vision Algorithms1/15
06MLOps2/15
07Scikit-learn1/15
08Model Evaluation2/15
09Model Monitoring2/15
10Pandas1/15
11NumPy1/15
12Spark2/15
13Reinforcement Learning1/15
14Feature Engineering1/15
15Data Processing2/15
Skill arc derived from validated data science & ml postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection. FA = ENTRY + JUNIOR seniority; cross-profile spread computed at the 10% prevalence threshold across all 15 profiles.
§ 04

TARGETING YOUR COMPANY POOL

Hiring volume splits across two distinct company pools with different skill profiles.

MAANG & Tier-1 Tech

n = 90borderline
CompaniesGoogleMetaAmazonMicrosoft ResearchAnthropic
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
59.6%
Distributed Systems
7.8%
+51.8 pp
42.4%
Distributed System Design
0.0%
+42.4 pp
49.5%
System Design
13.7%
+35.8 pp
35.4%
Data Structures
0.0%
+35.4 pp
34.3%
UI Design
2.0%
+32.4 pp
32.3%
C/C++
0.0%
+32.3 pp
32.3%
Information Retrieval
0.0%
+32.3 pp
44.4%
Computer Vision Algorithms
13.7%
+30.7 pp
45.5%
Code Reviews
17.6%
+27.8 pp

IT Services & BPO

n = 50borderline
CompaniesTCSInfosysWiproHCLCognizant
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
35.4%
Python
80.4%
-45.0 pp
10.1%
TensorFlow
54.9%
-44.8 pp
7.1%
PyTorch
51.0%
-43.9 pp
3.0%
Agile
43.1%
-40.1 pp
3.0%
AWS
39.2%
-36.2 pp
1.0%
Azure
33.3%
-32.3 pp
1.0%
Git
33.3%
-32.3 pp
0.0%
Docker
31.4%
-31.4 pp
0.0%
Kubernetes
25.5%
-25.5 pp
Company-pool skills derived from validated data science & ml postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection, scoped to the MAANG + Tier-1 Global and IT Services & BPO company classes.