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Software Engineer Job Market Trends
Avg Jobs Analyzed (2025)
282,018
Salary Range
$16,640 - $313,100
Rising Skill
AWS
Top Hiring Major
Computer Science
Top Hard Skills
Computer Science
50%
Python
38%
Java
37%
Software Development
37%
C
35%
Agile
32%
AWS
30%
Javascript
27%
SQL
25%
CI
22%
Top Soft Skills
communication
19%
collaboration
12%
collaborative
11%
innovative
11%
problem-solving skills
9%
problem-solving
9%
networking
6%
passionate
6%
collaborating
6%
attention to detail
5%
Hard Skill Trends for Software Engineer
Compare 2024 and 2025 hard skill rankings for Software Engineer based on job description demand.
| Computer Science | #1 | #1 | No Change |
| Python | #5 | #2 | 3 spots |
| Java | #2 | #3 | 1 spot |
| Software Development | #4 | #4 | No Change |
| C | #3 | #5 | 2 spots |
| Agile | #6 | #6 | No Change |
| AWS | #8 | #7 | 1 spot |
| Javascript | #7 | #8 | 1 spot |
| SQL | #9 | #9 | No Change |
| CI | #14 | #10 | 4 spots |
| React | #12 | #11 | 1 spot |
| Ci/Cd | #18 | #12 | 6 spots |
| C# | #10 | #13 | 3 spots |
| Azure | #13 | #14 | 1 spot |
| C++ | #11 | #15 | 4 spots |
| Backend | #19 | #16 | 3 spots |
| Docker | #15 | #17 | 2 spots |
| Kubernetes | #16 | #18 | 2 spots |
| APIs | #20 | #19 | 1 spot |
| Git | #17 | #20 | 3 spots |
| Typescript | #22 | #21 | 1 spot |
| AI | #50 | #22 | 28 spots |
| Microservices | #30 | #23 | 7 spots |
| Database | #21 | #24 | 3 spots |
| Devops | #32 | #25 | 7 spots |
| Algorithms | #25 | #26 | 1 spot |
| REST | #28 | #27 | 1 spot |
| Angular | #23 | #28 | 5 spots |
| Scrum | #31 | #29 | 2 spots |
| Linux | #24 | #30 | 6 spots |
| PostgreSQL | #33 | #31 | 2 spots |
| GCP | #42 | #32 | 10 spots |
| Troubleshooting | #29 | #33 | 4 spots |
| CSS | #26 | #34 | 8 spots |
| Data Structure | #34 | #35 | 1 spot |
| Nosql | #37 | #36 | 1 spot |
| HTML | #27 | #37 | 10 spots |
| Frontend | #51 | #38 | 13 spots |
| Version Control | #43 | #39 | 4 spots |
| Fullstack | #53 | #40 | 13 spots |
| Design Patterns | #35 | #41 | 6 spots |
| Node.Js | #44 | #42 | 2 spots |
| Jenkins | #36 | #43 | 7 spots |
| Kafka | #45 | #44 | 1 spot |
| Jira | #38 | #45 | 7 spots |
| Restful Api | #59 | #46 | 13 spots |
| Containerization | #64 | #47 | 17 spots |
| Mysql | #47 | #48 | 1 spot |
| Unit Testing | #48 | #49 | 1 spot |
| Terraform | #63 | #50 | 13 spots |
| Machine Learning | #40 | #51 | 11 spots |
| Continuous Integration | #39 | #52 | 13 spots |
| Strong Communication | #52 | #53 | 1 spot |
| Spring | #41 | #54 | 13 spots |
| Oracle | #46 | #55 | 9 spots |
| Full Stack | #65 | #56 | 9 spots |
| Information Technology | #60 | #57 | 3 spots |
| Go | #75 | #58 | 17 spots |
| C/C++ | #55 | #59 | 4 spots |
| Mongodb | #57 | #60 | 3 spots |
| Web Services | #49 | #61 | 12 spots |
| SDLC | #61 | #62 | 1 spot |
| Windows | #54 | #63 | 9 spots |
| Mathematics | #62 | #64 | 2 spots |
| Web Development | #56 | #65 | 9 spots |
| Automated Testing | #72 | #66 | 6 spots |
| Graphql | #77 | #67 | 10 spots |
| Golang | #69 | #68 | 1 spot |
| Spring Boot | #79 | #69 | 10 spots |
| Saas | #81 | #70 | 11 spots |
| SCI | #68 | #71 | 3 spots |
| Cloud Services | #70 | #72 | 2 spots |
| Lambda | #89 | #73 | 16 spots |
| Open Source | #73 | #74 | 1 spot |
| Technical Documentation | #85 | #75 | 10 spots |
| Operating Systems | #66 | #76 | 10 spots |
| S3 | #91 | #77 | 14 spots |
| Rust | #106 | #78 | 28 spots |
| Ruby | #71 | #79 | 8 spots |
| Redis | #87 | #80 | 7 spots |
| Code Review | #100 | #81 | 19 spots |
| XML | #67 | #82 | 15 spots |
| Cloud Infrastructure | #110 | #83 | 27 spots |
| Confluence | #82 | #84 | 2 spots |
| Product Management | #102 | #85 | 17 spots |
| Gitlab | #90 | #86 | 4 spots |
| Unix | #78 | #87 | 9 spots |
| TDD | #103 | #88 | 15 spots |
| Kotlin | #94 | #89 | 5 spots |
| Datadog | #183 | #90 | 93 spots |
| Infrastructure As Code | #132 | #91 | 41 spots |
| Microsoft Cloud | #58 | #92 | 34 spots |
| Maven | #80 | #93 | 13 spots |
| MVC | #74 | #94 | 20 spots |
| Android | #86 | #95 | 9 spots |
| Html5 | #93 | #96 | 3 spots |
| Django | #98 | #97 | 1 spot |
| Google Cloud | #105 | #98 | 7 spots |
| Data Modeling | #131 | #99 | 32 spots |
| Scala | #114 | #100 | 14 spots |
| PHP | #92 | #101 | 9 spots |
| Github Actions | #181 | #102 | 79 spots |
| Complex Software | #97 | #103 | 6 spots |
| SOAP | #83 | #104 | 21 spots |
| Ansible | #107 | #105 | 2 spots |
| Test Automation | #108 | #106 | 2 spots |
| Cloud Computing | #88 | #107 | 19 spots |
| GIT | #84 | #108 | 24 spots |
| Dynamodb | #124 | #109 | 15 spots |
| Serverless | #127 | #110 | 17 spots |
| ETL | #120 | #111 | 9 spots |
| JS | #76 | #112 | 36 spots |
| Elasticsearch | #101 | #113 | 12 spots |
| Junit | #95 | #114 | 19 spots |
| Data Science | #111 | #115 | 4 spots |
| Bash | #115 | #116 | 1 spot |
| Vue | #104 | #117 | 13 spots |
| Configuration Management | #113 | #118 | 5 spots |
| Api Development | #138 | #119 | 19 spots |
| Spark | #109 | #120 | 11 spots |
| Web Technologies | #117 | #121 | 4 spots |
| TCP | #119 | #122 | 3 spots |
| Grafana | #178 | #123 | 55 spots |
| Data Analyst | #121 | #124 | 3 spots |
| Shell | #112 | #125 | 13 spots |
| Bachelors Degree | #128 | #126 | 2 spots |
| Llms | #198 | #127 | 71 spots |
| RDBMS | #125 | #128 | 3 spots |
| Splunk | #126 | #129 | 3 spots |
| Next.Js | #186 | #130 | 56 spots |
| Container Orchestration | #134 | #131 | 3 spots |
| Bitbucket | #122 | #132 | 10 spots |
| Prometheus | #195 | #133 | 62 spots |
| Ec2 | #145 | #134 | 11 spots |
| Data Engineering | #166 | #135 | 31 spots |
| Visual Studio | #99 | #136 | 37 spots |
| Redux | #135 | #137 | 2 spots |
| Caching | #179 | #138 | 41 spots |
| Relational Database | #116 | #139 | 23 spots |
| Kanban | #144 | #140 | 4 spots |
| Resolve Issue | #150 | #141 | 9 spots |
| Paypal | #202 | #142 | 60 spots |
| Hibernate | #118 | #143 | 25 spots |
| Jquery | #96 | #144 | 48 spots |
| Excel | #130 | #145 | 15 spots |
| Atlassian | #165 | #146 | 19 spots |
| Backend Services | #193 | #147 | 46 spots |
| Technical Support | #141 | #148 | 7 spots |
| Data Storage | #149 | #149 | No Change |
| SQS | #159 | #150 | 9 spots |
| Embedded Systems | #152 | #151 | 1 spot |
| Root Cause Analysis | #139 | #152 | 13 spots |
| Backend Development | #191 | #153 | 38 spots |
| ECS | #188 | #154 | 34 spots |
| Selenium | #151 | #155 | 4 spots |
| Jest | #173 | #156 | 17 spots |
| Business Objectives | #174 | #157 | 17 spots |
| Tcp/Ip | #155 | #158 | 3 spots |
| Devsecops | #182 | #159 | 23 spots |
| Continuous Deployment | #129 | #160 | 31 spots |
| User Interface | #143 | #161 | 18 spots |
| Data Management | #148 | #162 | 14 spots |
| Unit Test | #123 | #163 | 40 spots |
| Swift | #154 | #164 | 10 spots |
| Engineering Principles | #136 | #165 | 29 spots |
| Google Cloud Platform | #142 | #166 | 24 spots |
| Refactoring | #170 | #167 | 3 spots |
| Seamless Integration | #201 | #168 | 33 spots |
| Fintech | #190 | #169 | 21 spots |
| Snowflake | #187 | #170 | 17 spots |
| Test Driven Development | #137 | #171 | 34 spots |
| Net Framework | #147 | #172 | 25 spots |
| Cloud Native | #146 | #173 | 27 spots |
| Cassandra | #162 | #174 | 12 spots |
| Amazon Web | #133 | #175 | 42 spots |
| Data Models | #175 | #176 | 1 spot |
| Production Support | #172 | #177 | 5 spots |
| Powershell | #171 | #178 | 7 spots |
| Pytorch | #184 | #179 | 5 spots |
| System Integration | #163 | #180 | 17 spots |
| Automation Tools | #199 | #181 | 18 spots |
| Cloudformation | #197 | #182 | 15 spots |
| Requirements Analysis | #158 | #183 | 25 spots |
| Flask | #192 | #184 | 8 spots |
| Scalable Solutions | #200 | #185 | 15 spots |
| Oauth | #196 | #186 | 10 spots |
| Gradle | #161 | #187 | 26 spots |
| Database Design | #157 | #188 | 31 spots |
| Mssql | #156 | #189 | 33 spots |
| Bootstrap | #153 | #190 | 37 spots |
| Tensorflow | #169 | #191 | 22 spots |
| Firmware | #180 | #192 | 12 spots |
| Perl | #168 | #193 | 25 spots |
| Automated Test | #177 | #194 | 17 spots |
| Specification | #167 | #195 | 28 spots |
| Azure Devops | #194 | #196 | 2 spots |
| Integration Testing | #185 | #197 | 12 spots |
| End To End | #176 | #198 | 22 spots |
| Salesforce | #189 | #199 | 10 spots |
| Entity Framework | #164 | #200 | 36 spots |
| Hadoop | #140 | #201 | 61 spots |
| Data Analytics | #160 | #202 | 42 spots |
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Soft Skill Trends for Software Engineer
Compare 2024 and 2025 soft skill rankings for Software Engineer based on job description demand.
| communication | #1 | #1 | No Change |
| collaboration | #4 | #2 | 2 spots |
| collaborative | #3 | #3 | No Change |
| innovative | #2 | #4 | 2 spots |
| problem-solving skills | #5 | #5 | No Change |
| problem-solving | #7 | #6 | 1 spot |
| networking | #8 | #7 | 1 spot |
| passionate | #6 | #8 | 2 spots |
| collaborating | #10 | #9 | 1 spot |
| attention to detail | #9 | #10 | 1 spot |
| ability to work independently | #11 | #11 | No Change |
| creative | #12 | #12 | No Change |
| consistent | #20 | #13 | 7 spots |
| collaboration skills | #19 | #14 | 5 spots |
| technical leadership | #18 | #15 | 3 spots |
| communication skills | #17 | #16 | 1 spot |
| verbal and written communication skills | #16 | #17 | 1 spot |
| written and verbal communication skills | #14 | #18 | 4 spots |
| motivated | #13 | #19 | 6 spots |
| team player | #15 | #20 | 5 spots |
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