Section 1 / The Floor

The minimum skill expectations for the role

The most common fresher-accessible role in this profile, reduced to its essential skills. Target this stack to get hired quickest.

4MUST-HAVE SKILLS

Skills · ranked by prevalence

01Kotlin26.6%the Android language, full stop

02MVVM17.6%the expected Android architecture

03Android SDK13.5%the Android platform surface

04Jetpack Compose8.0%modern Android UI building

Section 2 / Pick Your Track

Where to specialize once you're in

Sub-tracks within this profile. Picking one is not optional.

01

ANDROID

← THE DEFAULT

FA share47.1%of fresher postings

Entry pay₹4to ₹8LPA · min to typical

On top of the floor

Java

Broadly spread, led by domestic firms with MNCs, product companies and startups behind.

02

CROSS-PLATFORM

← THE EFFICIENT ROUTE

FA share31.5%of fresher postings

Entry pay₹4to ₹7LPA · min to typical

On top of the floor

React NativeFlutterJavaScript

Domestic firms and MNCs lead, with services shops and product companies close behind.

03

IOS

← THE APPLE PATH

FA share16.5%of fresher postings

Entry pay₹4to ₹7LPA · min to typical · profile-wide

On top of the floor

UIKit

Domestic firms and product companies lead, with mid-size shops and MNCs behind.

Small sample, so the iOS track's numbers are indicative only.

Section 3 / The Skill Arc

The skills that grow with your seniority

Two things. Which skills grow more important with seniority, and which carry over when switching profiles.

A

Senior skew - what skills grow more important with seniority.

Rising · FA → SR

01Performance Optimization

FA19.6%

SR31.7%

+12.1 pp

02Kotlin

FA26.6%

SR38.5%

+11.9 pp

03Swift

FA18.9%

SR29.9%

+11.0 pp

04Clean Architecture

FA5.4%

SR16.2%

+10.8 pp

05MVVM

FA17.6%

SR27.9%

+10.3 pp

06Multi-Threading

FA2.6%

SR12.7%

+10.1 pp

07Android

FA13.1%

SR23.1%

+9.9 pp

08Objective-C

FA6.4%

SR15.7%

+9.3 pp

09GraphQL

FA4.2%

SR13.1%

+9.0 pp

Fading · FA → SR

01Code Reviews

FA25.6%

SR15.4%

-10.2 pp

02Problem Solving

FA37.8%

SR29.2%

-8.6 pp

03Mobile-First

FA18.6%

SR10.9%

-7.7 pp

04Integration Testing

FA12.2%

SR5.2%

-7.0 pp

B

Portability - what skills remain valued in other profiles.

Portable · cross-profile spread (out of 15)

01JavaScript

13/15

Frontend Development67%Fullstack Development50%Security Engineering21%

02Java

12/15

Backend Development59%QA & Testing42%Fullstack Development39%

03System Design

6/15

Generalist Software Engineer26%Backend Development14%AI & LLM Applications12%

04TypeScript

4/15

Frontend Development40%AI & LLM Applications19%Fullstack Development19%

Locked · stays inside the profile

01Kotlin1/15

02iOS SDK1/15

03Swift1/15

04MVVM1/15

05React Native1/15

06Android SDK1/15

07Flutter1/15

Section 4 / Targeting your Company Pool

Which skills each employer tier wants

Two distinct company pools with different skill profiles.

MAANG and Tier-1 Global Tech

n = 139usable

CompaniesGoogleMetaAmazonAppleAdobeMicrosoft

Skill skew · MAANG and Tier-1 Global Tech vs IT Services & BPO

% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew

56.8%

Mobile App Development

8.6%

+48.2 pp

51.1%

Code Reviews

3.7%

+47.4 pp

51.8%

Design Patterns

6.2%

+45.6 pp

48.9%

iOS SDK

4.9%

+44.0 pp

43.2%

Android

3.7%

+39.5 pp

46.8%

Java

8.6%

+38.1 pp

31.7%

Scalability

0.0%

+31.7 pp

32.4%

Mobile-First

1.2%

+31.1 pp

28.8%

Data Structures

1.2%

+27.5 pp

IT Services & BPO

n = 81borderline

CompaniesTCSInfosysWiproHCLCognizantTech Mahindra

Skill skew · MAANG and Tier-1 Global Tech vs IT Services & BPO

% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew

0.0%

Test Case Design

75.3%

-75.3 pp

5.0%

Test Automation

77.8%

-72.7 pp

0.0%

Report Generation

65.4%

-65.4 pp

2.2%

Requirements Analysis

65.4%

-63.3 pp

6.5%

Root Cause Analysis

69.1%

-62.7 pp

12.9%

Monitoring

74.1%

-61.1 pp

4.3%

Software Validation

56.8%

-52.5 pp

5.8%

Performance Analysis

53.1%

-47.3 pp

0.0%

Change Management

32.1%

-32.1 pp