§ 01

THE FLOOR

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

8MUST-HAVE SKILLS
Skills · ranked by prevalence
01JavaScript54.9%Frontend substrate. Universal.
02React54.7%Dominant frontend framework.
03SQL46.2%The query layer. Non-negotiable.
04Java45.0%Default backend language.
05Problem Solving43.2%DSA / interview gate.
06CSS42.5%Styling layer. Universal.
07HTML40.6%Markup layer. Universal.
08Git38.4%Version control baseline.
On the bubble
AWSPythonAngularAgile
Floor skills derived from validated fullstack 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

JAVA / SPRING + ANGULAR

← THE DEFAULT
FA share42.7%of FA postings · n = 251
Salary17± ₹8LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~61%
Established SME~18%
Hires at
EquifaxIQVIAAlbertsons CompaniesIBMScout Inc.
Add to the floor
Spring BootAngularAWSPythonAgileMySQL
02

BACKEND-AGNOSTIC + REACT

← THE MODERN PRODUCT
FA share22.4%of FA postings · n = 132
Salary16± ₹8LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~46%
Established SME~23%
Lala Companies~11%
Hires at
AccentureAllstateBairesDevCoupaIQVIA
Add to the floor
PythonAgileAPIsAWSNode.jsCode Reviews
03

.NET + ANGULAR

← THE MS PATH
FA share19.4%of FA postings · n = 114
Salary15± ₹7LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~49%
Established SME~34%
Hires at
AccentureJPMorganChaseCargillEmpower IndiaGE Vernova
Add to the floor
C#.NETAngularAgileAzureSQL Server
04

PYTHON FULLSTACK

← THE STARTUP / DATA
FA share7.8%of FA postings · n = 46
Salary10± ₹4LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~40%
Established SME~26%
Funded Startups~12%
Hires at
BairesDevFactSetCubeCynclyGartner
Add to the floor
PythonDjangoAWSREST API DesignPostgreSQLDocker
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
05

JAVASCRIPT FULLSTACK

← MERN-CODED
FA share7.7%of FA postings · n = 45
Salary10± ₹6LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
Established SME~34%
MNCs & GCCs~29%
Unicorns & Indian Product~14%
Hires at
Skills AgencyAccioJob - Hiring DrivesAcowaleNextNationRECRIVIO
Add to the floor
Node.jsExpress.jsREST API DesignMongoDBAWSTypeScript
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
Track shares and salary statistics (mean ± SD) derived from validated fullstack 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
01Microservices
FA21.5%
SR42.7%
+21.1 pp
02Kubernetes
FA12.9%
SR27.6%
+14.7 pp
03TypeScript
FA20.0%
SR33.3%
+13.3 pp
04Agile
FA33.2%
SR44.8%
+11.6 pp
05Azure
FA24.1%
SR35.4%
+11.3 pp
06Azure DevOps
FA10.2%
SR21.1%
+10.9 pp
07.NET
FA14.8%
SR24.7%
+9.9 pp
08Design Patterns
FA12.4%
SR22.3%
+9.9 pp
09React
FA54.7%
SR64.1%
+9.4 pp
Fading · FA → SR
01Python
FA35.1%
SR22.8%
-12.3 pp
02CSS
FA42.5%
SR32.4%
-10.1 pp
03Git
FA38.4%
SR28.5%
-9.9 pp
04MySQL
FA22.3%
SR12.5%
-9.8 pp
05HTML
FA40.6%
SR31.8%
-8.8 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
Enterprise Platforms43%Generalist SWE40%QA & Testing39%
03Debugging
13/15
Systems & Embedded36%Mobile Development27%Generalist SWE25%
04Troubleshooting
13/15
Enterprise Platforms36%DevOps & Platform32%Generalist SWE21%
05Java
12/15
Backend Development59%Security Engineering42%QA & Testing40%
06SDLC
12/15
Generalist SWE38%Enterprise Platforms22%Domain-Specific Development19%
07SQL
12/15
Data Analytics & BI63%Data Engineering57%Backend Development36%
08Python
11/15
Data Science & ML78%AI & LLM Applications66%Data Engineering57%
09AWS
11/15
DevOps & Platform48%Security Engineering43%Backend Development41%
10Code Reviews
11/15
Frontend Development25%Backend Development25%Mobile Development22%
11System Design
11/15
Generalist SWE27%Backend Development18%DevOps & Platform17%
12Performance Optimization
11/15
Mobile Development26%Frontend Development20%Generalist SWE20%
13JavaScript
10/15
Frontend Development68%AI & LLM Applications21%Domain-Specific Development20%
Locked · stays inside the profile
01REST API Design2/15
02.NET2/15
03SQL Server2/15
04MySQL2/15
05MongoDB2/15
06Spring MVC2/15
07Serverless2/15
08ASP.NET Core1/15
Skill arc derived from validated fullstack 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 = 212usable
CompaniesGoogleMetaAmazonAtlassianStripeMicrosoft
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
41.9%
Distributed Systems
2.9%
+39.0 pp
44.5%
Scalability
5.6%
+39.0 pp
53.3%
Code Reviews
18.4%
+34.9 pp
36.7%
Python
10.8%
+25.9 pp
32.3%
C#
11.1%
+21.2 pp
22.3%
Distributed System Design
1.8%
+20.5 pp
23.6%
Algorithms
4.4%
+19.2 pp
43.7%
Design Patterns
25.7%
+17.9 pp
23.1%
TypeScript
7.6%
+15.5 pp

IT Services & BPO

n = 338usable
CompaniesTCSInfosysWiproCognizantHCLLTIMindtree
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
12.7%
Agile
52.0%
-39.4 pp
9.6%
Angular
44.4%
-34.8 pp
1.7%
Spring Boot
29.5%
-27.8 pp
35.8%
React
55.6%
-19.7 pp
4.8%
.NET
19.6%
-14.8 pp
13.1%
Debugging
27.8%
-14.7 pp
5.7%
Git
19.3%
-13.6 pp
1.3%
Requirements Analysis
14.6%
-13.3 pp
8.7%
Node.js
21.9%
-13.2 pp
Company-pool skills derived from validated fullstack development postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection, scoped to the MAANG + Tier-1 Global and IT Services & BPO company classes.