Software engineering
C++ is in 35% of these roles, vs. 24% across tech.
The skills employers mention most in open software engineering roles, and how each compares with tech as a whole.
- Open roles
- 1,736
- Companies hiring
- 35
- New in the last 7 days
- 119
- Listed as remote
- At least 13%
What sets this apart
- +11 C++ 35% here, 24% overall
- +8 TypeScript 23% here, 15% overall
- +7 Java 27% here, 20% overall
- +7 React 18% here, 11% overall
Percentage points above the share of all tech roles.
Most requested
- Share of these roles
- Furthest above tech overall
- Share across all tech roles
| Skill | Share of roles, as a bar | % of roles | % of companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 742 of 1736 roles · 35 of 35 companies · 51% across all tech roles | 43% | 100% |
| C++ | 612 of 1736 roles · 27 of 35 companies · 24% across all tech roles | 35%+11 pts | 77% |
| Go | 568 of 1736 roles · 33 of 35 companies · 27% across all tech roles | 33% | 94% |
| Java | 469 of 1736 roles · 30 of 35 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 27%+7 pts | 86% |
| Kubernetes | 399 of 1736 roles · 30 of 35 companies · 21% across all tech roles | 23% | 86% |
| TypeScript | 396 of 1736 roles · 33 of 35 companies · 15% across all tech roles | 23%+8 pts | 94% |
| AWS | 391 of 1736 roles · 30 of 35 companies · 27% across all tech roles | 22% | 86% |
| Rust | 354 of 1736 roles · 26 of 35 companies · 14% across all tech roles | 20% | 74% |
| React | 319 of 1736 roles · 33 of 35 companies · 11% across all tech roles | 18%+7 pts | 94% |
| CI/CD | 316 of 1736 roles · 33 of 35 companies · 17% across all tech roles | 18% | 94% |
| JavaScript | 292 of 1736 roles · 26 of 35 companies · 14% across all tech roles | 17% | 74% |
| GCP | 284 of 1736 roles · 30 of 35 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 16% | 86% |
| Azure | 278 of 1736 roles · 24 of 35 companies · 20% across all tech roles | 16% | 69% |
| LLMs | 251 of 1736 roles · 30 of 35 companies · 19% across all tech roles | 14% | 86% |
| SQL | 207 of 1736 roles · 27 of 35 companies · 19% across all tech roles | 12% | 77% |
| Linux | 180 of 1736 roles · 22 of 35 companies · 10% across all tech roles | 10% | 63% |
| PostgreSQL | 175 of 1736 roles · 28 of 35 companies · 7% across all tech roles | 10% | 80% |
| Docker | 161 of 1736 roles · 26 of 35 companies · 7% across all tech roles | 9% | 74% |
| Terraform | 136 of 1736 roles · 25 of 35 companies · 10% across all tech roles | 8% | 71% |
| Spark | 99 of 1736 roles · 16 of 35 companies · 9% across all tech roles | 6% | 46% |
See all 101 skills
| Skill | Category | Roles | % of roles | Companies | % of companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | Languages | 742 | 42.7% | 35 | 100% |
| C++ | Languages | 612 | 35.3% | 27 | 77% |
| Go | Languages | 568 | 32.7% | 33 | 94% |
| Java | Languages | 469 | 27.0% | 30 | 86% |
| Kubernetes | Infrastructure | 399 | 23.0% | 30 | 86% |
| TypeScript | Languages | 396 | 22.8% | 33 | 94% |
| AWS | Cloud | 391 | 22.5% | 30 | 86% |
| Rust | Languages | 354 | 20.4% | 26 | 74% |
| React | Web | 319 | 18.4% | 33 | 94% |
| CI/CD | Infrastructure | 316 | 18.2% | 33 | 94% |
| JavaScript | Languages | 292 | 16.8% | 26 | 74% |
| GCP | Cloud | 284 | 16.4% | 30 | 86% |
| Azure | Cloud | 278 | 16.0% | 24 | 69% |
| LLMs | AI/ML | 251 | 14.5% | 30 | 86% |
| SQL | Languages | 207 | 11.9% | 27 | 77% |
| Linux | Infrastructure | 180 | 10.4% | 22 | 63% |
| PostgreSQL | Databases | 175 | 10.1% | 28 | 80% |
| Docker | Infrastructure | 161 | 9.3% | 26 | 74% |
| Terraform | Infrastructure | 136 | 7.8% | 25 | 71% |
| Spark | Data | 99 | 5.7% | 16 | 46% |
| Node.js | Web | 98 | 5.6% | 20 | 57% |
| Scala | Languages | 98 | 5.6% | 12 | 34% |
| Kafka | Data | 91 | 5.2% | 25 | 71% |
| gRPC | Web | 89 | 5.1% | 18 | 51% |
| Ruby | Languages | 86 | 5.0% | 14 | 40% |
| Prometheus | Observability | 79 | 4.6% | 23 | 66% |
| GraphQL | Web | 76 | 4.4% | 19 | 54% |
| C# | Languages | 69 | 4.0% | 13 | 37% |
| Data modeling | Data | 69 | 4.0% | 23 | 66% |
| Kotlin | Languages | 70 | 4.0% | 18 | 51% |
| OAuth | Identity | 59 | 3.4% | 15 | 43% |
| Redis | Databases | 59 | 3.4% | 16 | 46% |
| Grafana | Observability | 56 | 3.2% | 20 | 57% |
| MySQL | Databases | 54 | 3.1% | 17 | 49% |
| ETL/ELT | Data | 50 | 2.9% | 15 | 43% |
| Cassandra | Databases | 46 | 2.6% | 8 | 23% |
| RAG | AI/ML | 46 | 2.6% | 15 | 43% |
| Swift | Languages | 45 | 2.6% | 15 | 43% |
| Next.js | Web | 42 | 2.4% | 14 | 40% |
| OIDC | Identity | 40 | 2.3% | 9 | 26% |
| OpenTelemetry | Observability | 40 | 2.3% | 17 | 49% |
| Git | Infrastructure | 36 | 2.1% | 12 | 34% |
| MongoDB | Databases | 36 | 2.1% | 7 | 20% |
| Datadog | Observability | 34 | 2.0% | 15 | 43% |
| GitHub Actions | Infrastructure | 34 | 2.0% | 11 | 31% |
| SAML | Identity | 35 | 2.0% | 10 | 29% |
| Argo | Infrastructure | 33 | 1.9% | 17 | 49% |
| MATLAB | Languages | 33 | 1.9% | 1 | 3% |
| A/B testing | Analytics | 31 | 1.8% | 14 | 40% |
| Elasticsearch | Databases | 32 | 1.8% | 13 | 37% |
| Zero trust | Security | 31 | 1.8% | 9 | 26% |
| dbt | Data | 31 | 1.8% | 7 | 20% |
| Helm | Infrastructure | 30 | 1.7% | 12 | 34% |
| Bash | Languages | 27 | 1.6% | 11 | 31% |
| BigQuery | Data | 28 | 1.6% | 9 | 26% |
| ClickHouse | Databases | 26 | 1.5% | 12 | 34% |
| Iceberg | Data | 26 | 1.5% | 10 | 29% |
| SSO | Identity | 26 | 1.5% | 12 | 34% |
| Airflow | Data | 24 | 1.4% | 13 | 37% |
| SCIM | Identity | 24 | 1.4% | 10 | 29% |
| Flink | Data | 23 | 1.3% | 12 | 34% |
| RBAC | Identity | 23 | 1.3% | 11 | 31% |
| Vue | Web | 23 | 1.3% | 8 | 23% |
| Angular | Web | 20 | 1.2% | 8 | 23% |
| DynamoDB | Databases | 21 | 1.2% | 10 | 29% |
| FedRAMP | Security | 21 | 1.2% | 10 | 29% |
| LangChain | AI/ML | 20 | 1.2% | 11 | 31% |
| Snowflake | Data | 21 | 1.2% | 9 | 26% |
| Hadoop | Data | 18 | 1.0% | 7 | 20% |
| PyTorch | AI/ML | 17 | 1.0% | 9 | 26% |
| Istio | Infrastructure | 15 | 0.9% | 9 | 26% |
| Jenkins | Infrastructure | 16 | 0.9% | 7 | 20% |
| Ansible | Infrastructure | 12 | 0.7% | 8 | 23% |
| TensorFlow | AI/ML | 12 | 0.7% | 5 | 14% |
| Databricks | Data | 11 | 0.6% | 7 | 20% |
| NIST | Security | 11 | 0.6% | 2 | 6% |
| SOC 2 | Security | 11 | 0.6% | 5 | 14% |
| Splunk | Observability | 11 | 0.6% | 7 | 20% |
| .NET | Languages | 8 | 0.5% | 5 | 14% |
| MLflow | AI/ML | 7 | 0.4% | 2 | 6% |
| Vulnerability management | Security | 7 | 0.4% | 4 | 11% |
| Pandas | Data | 6 | 0.3% | 5 | 14% |
| Redshift | Data | 5 | 0.3% | 3 | 9% |
| Tableau | Analytics | 6 | 0.3% | 4 | 11% |
| Threat modeling | Security | 6 | 0.3% | 4 | 11% |
| Entra ID | Identity | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 6% |
| Fivetran | Data | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 9% |
| Looker | Analytics | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 6% |
| NumPy | Data | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 6% |
| Okta | Identity | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 6% |
| Power BI | Analytics | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 6% |
| Active Directory | Identity | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 6% |
| Hugging Face | AI/ML | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
| ISO 27001 | Security | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
| Intune | Identity | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
| Jamf | Identity | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
| OWASP | Security | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
| PHP | Languages | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 6% |
| PowerShell | Languages | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
| SIEM | Security | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
| scikit-learn | AI/ML | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 3% |
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