§ 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 Solving39.4%DSA / interview gate.
02Agile27.9%Process baseline. Standard.
03Troubleshooting26.4%Job-defining for support roles.
On the bubble
SQL
Floor skills derived from validated enterprise platforms 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

ERP / CRM (OTHER)

← THE BROAD TRACK
FA share27.5%of FA postings · n = 131
Salary17± ₹8LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~60%
Established SME~15%
Hires at
AccenturePwC IndiaRipplingJPMorganChaseMicrosoft
Add to the floor
SQLJavaSDLCJavaScriptCode ReviewsDebugging
02

SAP

← THE ENTERPRISE GIANT
FA share19.5%of FA postings · n = 93
Salary15± ₹6LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~71%
Lala Companies~18%
Hires at
AccentureScout Inc.InfosysSiemensCapgemini
Add to the floor
SAPABAPSAP S/4HANADebuggingOOPSAP HANA
03

SALESFORCE

← THE MODERN CRM
FA share17%of FA postings · n = 81
Salary16± ₹5LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~78%
Hires at
AccentureJPMorganChaseThe Standard IndiaAmerican ExpressElectronic Arts (EA)
Add to the floor
SalesforceWeb ComponentsAPEXApexHTMLCSS
04

INTEGRATION

← THE MIDDLEWARE TRACK
FA share17.2%of FA postings · n = 82
Salary14± ₹7LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~50%
Established SME~21%
Lala Companies~11%
Hires at
AccentureInfosysScout Inc.VectorStackDocusign
Add to the floor
APIsSDLCSystem IntegrationSQLDebuggingJavaScript
05

POWER PLATFORM

← THE MS LOW-CODE
FA share10.5%of FA postings · n = 50
Salary17± ₹10LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~46%
Established SME~28%
MAANG & Elite Global Tech~10%
Hires at
AccentureMicrosoftSynapseIndia (Events)NatWest GroupNumeric Technologies
Add to the floor
SQLPower AutomateJavaScriptPower AppsUnit TestingReact
06

SERVICENOW

← THE ITSM PLATFORM
FA share8.2%of FA postings · n = 39
Salary18± ₹5LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~77%
Hires at
MetLifeAccentureCargillBCE Global TechEY
Add to the floor
ServiceNowServiceNow ITSMITILClient ScriptsJavaScriptSOAP
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
Track shares and salary statistics (mean ± SD) derived from validated enterprise platforms 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
01Agile
FA27.9%
SR38.8%
+10.9 pp
02System Design
FA3.7%
SR10.6%
+6.9 pp
03Microservices
FA3.9%
SR10.7%
+6.8 pp
04SAP
FA11.5%
SR17.7%
+6.2 pp
05SOAP
FA5.7%
SR12.0%
+6.2 pp
Fading · FA → SR
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%Fullstack Development40%
02Agile
15/15
Fullstack Development47%Generalist SWE40%QA & Testing39%
03Debugging
13/15
Systems & Embedded36%Mobile Development27%Generalist SWE25%
04Troubleshooting
13/15
DevOps & Platform32%Generalist SWE21%Systems & Embedded19%
05Java
12/15
Backend Development59%Fullstack Development42%Security Engineering42%
06SQL
12/15
Data Analytics & BI63%Data Engineering57%Fullstack Development45%
07SDLC
12/15
Generalist SWE38%Domain-Specific Development19%QA & Testing18%
08Code Reviews
11/15
Frontend Development25%Backend Development25%Fullstack Development23%
09JavaScript
10/15
Frontend Development68%Fullstack Development46%AI & LLM Applications21%
10APIs
7/15
Fullstack Development22%Backend Development20%Mobile Development20%
Locked · stays inside the profile
01SAP1/15
02Salesforce1/15
03Service Cloud1/15
04Sales Cloud1/15
Skill arc derived from validated enterprise platforms 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 = 87borderline
CompaniesMicrosoftSalesforceOracleAtlassianGoogleSAP Labs
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
54.0%
C#
1.9%
+52.1 pp
60.0%
Java
9.3%
+50.7 pp
39.0%
Distributed Systems
0.0%
+39.0 pp
44.0%
Azure
5.2%
+38.8 pp
32.0%
Scalability
1.2%
+30.8 pp
38.0%
Sales Cloud
11.4%
+26.6 pp
36.0%
Service Cloud
11.7%
+24.3 pp
40.0%
JavaScript
16.7%
+23.3 pp
32.0%
Marketing Cloud
9.3%
+22.7 pp

IT Services & BPO

n = 322usable
CompaniesTCSInfosysWiproCognizantHCLLTIMindtree
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
28.0%
Problem Solving
52.2%
-24.2 pp
2.0%
Requirements Analysis
21.6%
-19.6 pp
0.0%
Software Validation
14.8%
-14.8 pp
0.0%
SOLID
14.5%
-14.5 pp
0.0%
Test Case Design
14.5%
-14.5 pp
1.0%
Configuration Management
15.4%
-14.4 pp
19.0%
SDLC
32.7%
-13.7 pp
1.0%
ServiceNow
13.3%
-12.3 pp
2.0%
LLD
13.9%
-11.9 pp
Company-pool skills derived from validated enterprise platforms postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection, scoped to the MAANG + Tier-1 Global and IT Services & BPO company classes.