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§ 01

THE FLOOR

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

6MUST-HAVE SKILLS
Skills · ranked by prevalence
01Problem Solving45.5%DSA / interview gate.
02Mobile App Development42.0%Profile-defining knowledge area.
03Git32.5%Version control baseline.
04Kotlin30.7%Android default language.
05Java28.1%Legacy and tooling.
06iOS SDK27.3%iOS platform layer.
On the bubble
AgileMobile-FirstPerformance OptimizationDebuggingSwiftMVVMAPIsCode ReviewsUnit Testing
Floor skills derived from validated mobile 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

ANDROID

← THE DEFAULT
FA share45.4%of FA postings · n = 98
Salary₹16± ₹10LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
Lala Companies~23%
MNCs & GCCs~21%
Established SME~20%
Unicorns & Indian Product~16%
Hires at
Scout Inc.TekWissenSandiskALLEN DigitalInstamart
Add to the floor
MVVMAndroid SDKUnit TestingPerformance OptimizationDebuggingAgile
02

CROSS-PLATFORM

← THE FLEXIBILITY BET
FA share38%of FA postings · n = 82
Salary₹14± ₹7LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~33%
Lala Companies~28%
Unicorns & Indian Product~13%
Funded Startups~13%
Hires at
JPMorganChaseAccentureScaleswift Digital ServicesCapgeminiHeadout
Add to the floor
React NativeFlutterAgileMobile-FirstJavaScriptTypeScript
03

iOS

← HIGHEST PAY
FA share16.7%of FA postings · n = 36
Salary₹18± ₹12LPA · mean ± SD
Company mix
MNCs & GCCs~46%
Established SME~21%
Unicorns & Indian Product~13%
Hires at
Scout Inc.ALLEN DigitalSwiggyUberAspora
Add to the floor
SwiftSwiftUIXcodeUIKitData StructuresUnit Testing
Small fresher sample, treat as directional only.
Track shares and salary statistics (mean ± SD) derived from validated mobile 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
01Agile
FA24.7%
SR37.6%
+13.0 pp
02Android
FA15.6%
SR26.5%
+10.9 pp
03Performance Optimization
FA22.5%
SR33.0%
+10.5 pp
04Objective-C
FA5.6%
SR15.1%
+9.5 pp
05GraphQL
FA5.2%
SR13.8%
+8.6 pp
06Memory Management
FA3.9%
SR11.6%
+7.7 pp
07Swift
FA21.2%
SR28.9%
+7.7 pp
08Test Automation
FA4.3%
SR11.8%
+7.5 pp
09Debugging
FA22.1%
SR29.5%
+7.5 pp
Fading · FA → SR
01Problem Solving
FA45.5%
SR30.2%
-15.3 pp
02Mobile-First
FA23.4%
SR12.0%
-11.3 pp
03APIs
FA20.3%
SR12.3%
-8.1 pp
04Mobile App Development
FA42.0%
SR35.0%
-7.0 pp
B

Portability — what travels if you leave the profile.

Portable · cross-profile spread (out of 15)
01Problem Solving
15/15
Data Analytics & BI40%Enterprise Platforms40%Fullstack Development40%
02Agile
15/15
Fullstack Development47%Enterprise Platforms43%Generalist SWE40%
03Debugging
13/15
Systems & Embedded36%Generalist SWE25%Backend Development19%
04Troubleshooting
13/15
Enterprise Platforms36%DevOps & Platform32%Generalist SWE21%
05Java
12/15
Backend Development59%Fullstack Development42%Security Engineering42%
06SDLC
12/15
Generalist SWE38%Enterprise Platforms22%Domain-Specific Development19%
07Code Reviews
11/15
Frontend Development25%Backend Development25%Fullstack Development23%
08Performance Optimization
11/15
Frontend Development20%Generalist SWE20%Systems & Embedded16%
09System Design
11/15
Generalist SWE27%Backend Development18%DevOps & Platform17%
10Git
10/15
Frontend Development38%Fullstack Development34%QA & Testing23%
11JavaScript
10/15
Frontend Development68%Fullstack Development46%AI & LLM Applications21%
12Unit Testing
7/15
QA & Testing21%Fullstack Development17%Frontend Development16%
13APIs
7/15
Fullstack Development22%Backend Development20%Frontend Development19%
Locked · stays inside the profile
01Mobile App Development1/15
02Kotlin1/15
03iOS SDK1/15
04Swift1/15
05Android1/15
06MVVM1/15
07Mobile-First1/15
08React Native1/15
09Android SDK1/15
10UX Design2/15
11Objective-C1/15
12UI Design2/15
13SwiftUI1/15
14Jetpack Compose1/15
Skill arc derived from validated mobile 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 = 112usable
CompaniesGoogleMetaAmazonAppleAdobeMicrosoft
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
56.3%
Design Patterns
5.1%
+51.2 pp
59.7%
Mobile App Development
8.9%
+50.8 pp
52.1%
Code Reviews
3.8%
+48.3 pp
50.4%
iOS SDK
5.1%
+45.4 pp
48.7%
Android
3.8%
+44.9 pp
45.4%
Java
7.6%
+37.8 pp
33.6%
Scalability
0.0%
+33.6 pp
34.5%
Mobile-First
1.3%
+33.2 pp
29.4%
Data Structures
1.3%
+28.1 pp

IT Services & BPO

n = 78borderline
CompaniesTCSInfosysWiproHCLCognizantTech Mahindra
Skill skew · MAANG & Tier-1 Tech vs IT Services & BPO
% in MAANGSkill% in IT ServicesSkew
0.0%
Test Case Design
77.2%
-77.2 pp
5.0%
Test Automation
79.7%
-74.7 pp
0.0%
Report Generation
67.1%
-67.1 pp
5.9%
Root Cause Analysis
70.9%
-65.0 pp
2.5%
Requirements Analysis
67.1%
-64.6 pp
14.3%
Monitoring
75.9%
-61.7 pp
4.2%
Troubleshooting
62.0%
-57.8 pp
5.0%
Software Validation
58.2%
-53.2 pp
14.3%
Debugging
62.0%
-47.7 pp
Company-pool skills derived from validated mobile development postings on the astrid.postingmeta collection, scoped to the MAANG + Tier-1 Global and IT Services & BPO company classes.