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§ 01

THE FLOOR

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

3MUST-HAVE SKILLS
Skills · ranked by prevalence
01Problem Solving37.7%DSA / interview gate.
02Agile31.9%Process baseline. Standard.
03Java30.4%Default backend language.
On the bubble
PythonAWSGit
Floor skills derived from validated domain-specific development 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

GENERAL SWE

← THE DEFAULT
FA share68.7%of FA postings · n = 156
Salary₹18± ₹9LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~51%
Established SME~24%
Hires at
AccentureAmazonVisaStandard Chartered IndiaElectronic Arts (EA)
Add to the floor
AWSPythonGitOOPSQLData Structures
02

CAD ENGINEERING

← HARDWARE-ADJACENT
FA share10.1%of FA postings · n = 23
Salary₹13± ₹6LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~44%
Indian IT Services~24%
Established SME~18%
Hires at
AccentureSiemens4Point2 TechnologiesAltraizeBentley Systems
Add to the floor
PythonAutoCADDebuggingAlgorithmsOOPData Structures
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
03

FINTECH

← STRONG MID-LEVEL
FA share8.4%of FA postings · n = 19
Salary₹17± ₹8LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~49%
Established SME~20%
MAANG & Elite Global Tech~13%
Hires at
AccentureAmazonBKNG (Booking Holdings)Blackhawk NetworkCandescent
Add to the floor
SQLPythonDebuggingSDLCTroubleshootingScalability
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
04

GAME DEVELOPMENT

← THE PASSION PATH
FA share5.7%of FA postings · n = 13
Salary₹8± ₹2LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
Hires at
Light & WonderGape LabsPlaySimple GamesScopelyThe Alter Office
Add to the floor
UnitySDLCPythonDebuggingDesign PatternsAndroid SDK
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
05

CMS / CONTENT

← NICHE BUT WELL-PAID
FA share4%of FA postings · n = 9
Salary₹16± ₹6LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~72%
Established SME~15%
Hires at
AccentureInforma TechTargetArivuProHappiest Minds TechnologiesJPMorganChase
Add to the floor
JavaScriptCSSReactHTMLPerformance OptimizationGit
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
06

HEALTHCARE

← REGULATED VERTICAL
FA share3.1%of FA postings · n = 7
Salary₹13± ₹7LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~46%
Established SME~31%
Hires at
eClinical SolutionsAccentureClinisysCyientQuanticate International Ltd
Add to the floor
HL7SQLJavaScriptAzure DevOpsSalesforceHTML
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
Track shares and salary statistics (mean ± SD) derived from validated domain-specific development 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
01Java
FA30.4%
SR45.5%
+15.1 pp
02Azure
FA5.4%
SR18.6%
+13.2 pp
03Spring Boot
FA9.2%
SR21.3%
+12.1 pp
04SQL
FA18.5%
SR29.0%
+10.6 pp
05Microservices
FA10.0%
SR20.0%
+10.0 pp
06Distributed Systems
FA6.9%
SR15.9%
+9.0 pp
07Jenkins
FA5.4%
SR13.3%
+7.9 pp
08AWS
FA20.8%
SR28.6%
+7.9 pp
09Azure DevOps
FA5.0%
SR12.1%
+7.1 pp
Fading · FA → SR
01Data Structures
FA16.5%
SR10.0%
-6.5 pp
02Problem Solving
FA37.7%
SR31.3%
-6.3 pp
B

Portability — what travels if you leave the profile.

Portable · cross-profile spread (out of 15)
01Agile
15/15
Fullstack Development47%Enterprise Platforms43%Generalist SWE40%
02Problem Solving
15/15
Mobile Development41%Data Analytics & BI40%Enterprise Platforms40%
03Debugging
13/15
Systems & Embedded36%Mobile Development27%Generalist SWE25%
04Troubleshooting
13/15
Enterprise Platforms36%DevOps & Platform32%Generalist SWE21%
05SDLC
12/15
Generalist SWE38%Enterprise Platforms22%QA & Testing18%
06SQL
12/15
Data Analytics & BI63%Data Engineering57%Fullstack Development45%
07Java
12/15
Backend Development59%Fullstack Development42%Security Engineering42%
08System Design
11/15
Generalist SWE27%Backend Development18%DevOps & Platform17%
09AWS
11/15
DevOps & Platform48%Security Engineering43%Backend Development41%
10Python
11/15
Data Science & ML78%AI & LLM Applications66%Data Engineering57%
11Performance Optimization
11/15
Mobile Development26%Frontend Development20%Generalist SWE20%
12Code Reviews
11/15
Frontend Development25%Backend Development25%Fullstack Development23%
13JavaScript
10/15
Frontend Development68%Fullstack Development46%AI & LLM Applications21%
Locked · stays inside the profile

Per-profile home counts are not yet populated for this profile.

Skill arc derived from validated domain-specific development 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 = 242usable
CompaniesGoogleBloombergAtlassianMetaMicrosoftAmazon
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
79.8%
Code Reviews
7.8%
+72.0 pp
73.2%
Design Patterns
15.0%
+58.1 pp
55.5%
Scalability
2.6%
+52.9 pp
53.7%
Distributed Systems
2.1%
+51.6 pp
62.9%
SDLC
22.8%
+40.1 pp
43.0%
AWS
9.3%
+33.7 pp
31.6%
Distributed System Design
0.0%
+31.6 pp
36.0%
System Design
15.5%
+20.5 pp
18.4%
Algorithms
1.0%
+17.3 pp

IT Services & BPO

n = 191usable
CompaniesTCSInfosysLTIMindtreeHCLMphasisWipro
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
27.9%
Problem Solving
60.1%
-32.2 pp
0.7%
Software Validation
28.0%
-27.2 pp
5.5%
Debugging
31.6%
-26.1 pp
14.0%
Agile
37.8%
-23.9 pp
1.1%
Requirements Analysis
23.3%
-22.2 pp
5.9%
Troubleshooting
28.0%
-22.1 pp
0.0%
FMEA
20.7%
-20.7 pp
0.0%
Impact Analysis
19.2%
-19.2 pp
0.0%
Traceability Matrix
16.1%
-16.1 pp
Company-pool skills derived from validated domain-specific development postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection, scoped to the MAANG + Tier-1 Global and IT Services & BPO company classes.