Software Developer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in It & Telecoms

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Software Developer Skills List in It & Telecoms

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Software Developer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Software Developer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Software Developer job descriptions contained c++ as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

c++
50%
software engineer
50%
api development
34%
software
34%
rust
17%
c#
17%
software development
17%
pair programming
17%
java
17%
coding
17%
backend development
17%
php
17%
javascript
17%
autonomy
17%
automation
17%
technical solution design
17%
software solutions
17%
software engineering
17%
microservices
17%
back end development
17%
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