ingrid.fyi
Menu
§ 01

THE FLOOR

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

4MUST-HAVE SKILLS
Skills · ranked by prevalence
01JavaScript77.7%Browser language. Non-negotiable.
02React70.1%Dominant frontend framework.
03CSS63.7%Styling layer. Universal.
04HTML62.5%Markup layer. Universal.
On the bubble
Floor skills derived from validated frontend 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

REACT

← THE DEFAULT
FA share52.2%of FA postings · n = 121
Salary₹15± ₹8LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~36%
Established SME~21%
Lala Companies~18%
Hires at
AccentureIBMAdobeJPMorganChaseJar
Add to the floor
TypeScriptProblem SolvingGitResponsive DesignRedux ToolkitWebpack
02

MULTI-FRAMEWORK

← HEDGE THE BET
FA share19.4%of FA postings · n = 45
Salary₹16± ₹8LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~46%
Established SME~18%
Unicorns & Indian Product~17%
Hires at
BureauPayPalAmazonCiscoJoveo
Add to the floor
AngularTypeScriptVue.jsResponsive DesignProblem SolvingGit
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
03

FRAMEWORK-AGNOSTIC

← HTML/CSS-FIRST
FA share15.9%of FA postings · n = 37
Salary₹13± ₹10LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~42%
Established SME~27%
Unicorns & Indian Product~11%
Hires at
Nemetschek GroupScout Inc.AccentureLWYD InteractiveMicrosoft
Add to the floor
Problem SolvingDebuggingUI DesignResponsive DesignGitUX Design
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
04

ANGULAR

← ENTERPRISE/SERVICES
FA share9.1%of FA postings · n = 21
Salary₹14± ₹6LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~59%
Established SME~24%
Hires at
AccentureBajaj FinservIBMITC InfotechAlight Solutions
Add to the floor
AngularProblem SolvingGitAgileTypeScriptResponsive Design
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
05

VUE

← VERY SPARSE
FA share3.4%of FA postings · n = 8
Salary₹13± ₹6LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
Hires at
DialpadDialpad JapanContactCenterWorldHighLevelOpenprise
Add to the floor
Vue.jsAWSData StructuresGitGCPAlgorithms
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
Track shares and salary statistics (mean ± SD) derived from validated frontend 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
01TypeScript
FA45.0%
SR63.6%
+18.6 pp
02Agile
FA20.3%
SR37.0%
+16.7 pp
03Jest
FA14.7%
SR25.4%
+10.7 pp
04GraphQL
FA9.2%
SR19.5%
+10.3 pp
05Redux Toolkit
FA13.9%
SR24.1%
+10.1 pp
06Azure
FA5.2%
SR15.3%
+10.1 pp
07Performance Optimization
FA15.1%
SR24.1%
+8.9 pp
08Design Patterns
FA2.8%
SR11.6%
+8.8 pp
09Azure DevOps
FA4.0%
SR12.6%
+8.6 pp
Fading · FA → SR
01Problem Solving
FA45.8%
SR34.3%
-11.5 pp
02Responsive Design
FA33.5%
SR26.5%
-7.0 pp
03UI Design
FA18.3%
SR11.8%
-6.6 pp
04Git
FA37.1%
SR30.7%
-6.4 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%
04Troubleshooting
13/15
Enterprise Platforms36%DevOps & Platform32%Generalist SWE21%
05Code Reviews
11/15
Backend Development25%Fullstack Development23%Mobile Development22%
06Performance Optimization
11/15
Mobile Development26%Generalist SWE20%Systems & Embedded16%
07AWS
11/15
DevOps & Platform48%Security Engineering43%Backend Development41%
08JavaScript
10/15
Fullstack Development46%AI & LLM Applications21%Domain-Specific Development20%
09Azure
10/15
Security Engineering40%DevOps & Platform35%Data Engineering33%
10Git
10/15
Mobile Development35%Fullstack Development34%QA & Testing23%
11Unit Testing
7/15
QA & Testing21%Mobile Development20%Fullstack Development17%
12APIs
7/15
Fullstack Development22%Backend Development20%Mobile Development20%
Locked · stays inside the profile
01Responsive Design1/15
02Jest1/15
03Component Architecture1/15
04State Management1/15
05Redux Toolkit1/15
06Webpack1/15
07UX Design2/15
08Vue.js1/15
09Next.js1/15
10UI Design2/15
11GraphQL1/15
12Frontend Performance1/15
13API Integration1/15
14Sass/SCSS1/15
15Design Systems1/15
Skill arc derived from validated frontend 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 = 60borderline
CompaniesGoogleMetaAtlassianStripeMicrosoftAmazon
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
33.8%
Algorithms
0.0%
+33.8 pp
78.5%
JavaScript
50.0%
+28.5 pp
29.2%
Data Structures
1.1%
+28.1 pp
21.5%
Scalability
0.0%
+21.5 pp
18.5%
Distributed Systems
0.0%
+18.5 pp
49.2%
TypeScript
31.1%
+18.1 pp
26.2%
UI Design
8.9%
+17.3 pp
20.0%
UX Design
3.3%
+16.7 pp
20.0%
Performance Optimization
4.4%
+15.6 pp

IT Services & BPO

n = 88borderline
CompaniesTCSInfosysWiproCognizantHCLLTIMindtree
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
21.5%
Problem Solving
60.0%
-38.5 pp
16.9%
Angular
48.9%
-32.0 pp
9.2%
SDLC
36.7%
-27.4 pp
4.6%
Git
31.1%
-26.5 pp
15.4%
Agile
36.7%
-21.3 pp
0.0%
CSS-in-JS
17.8%
-17.8 pp
0.0%
Storybook
17.8%
-17.8 pp
0.0%
Nx
17.8%
-17.8 pp
0.0%
SOLID
16.7%
-16.7 pp
Company-pool skills derived from validated frontend development postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection, scoped to the MAANG + Tier-1 Global and IT Services & BPO company classes.