What Middle Software Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 1,024 open Middle Software Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are api, cloud, ci-cd.
Updated November 1, 2026
1,047 open Middle Software Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,024 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| api | 50% |
| cloud | 39% |
| ci-cd | 38% |
| ai | 38% |
| sql | 31% |
| java | 29% |
| git | 28% |
| rest | 27% |
| python | 27% |
| agile | 25% |
| aws | 25% |
| kubernetes | 25% |
| automation | 19% |
| react | 19% |
| docker | 19% |
| spring | 18% |
| kafka | 17% |
| javascript | 16% |
| microservices | 15% |
| csharp | 15% |
| dotnet | 15% |
| azure | 13% |
| version-control | 13% |
| devops | 13% |
| typescript | 13% |
| cpp | 12% |
| gcp | 11% |
| postgresql | 11% |
| angular | 10% |
| scrum | 9% |
| linux | 9% |
| cloud-native | 9% |
| oracle | 9% |
| distributed-systems | 9% |
| soap | 9% |
| css | 8% |
| html | 8% |
| nosql | 8% |
| llm | 7% |
| event-driven-architecture | 7% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Software Engineering levels
Most Software Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 8,981
- cloud 7,622
- api 7,051
- python 6,262
- ci-cd 4,618
- aws 4,528
- java 4,527
- distributed-systems 3,754
- kubernetes 3,690
- automation 3,627
- sql 3,321
- typescript 3,228