Software engineer skills: what 829 open software engineer jobs in India ask for, October 2026
In October 2026, Rezifi counted 829 open software engineer jobs in India, posted by 86 employers. The skills they are built around most often are Python (21%), Java (18%) and Amazon Web Services (8%). 86% state a minimum number of years, and under 1% state the pay.
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At a glance
Software engineer jobs in India by the numbers
Rezifi read each of the 829 open software engineer postings for the skills, years and pay it asks for. These are the counts for October 2026.
The skills a job is built around are the few it is all about, the ones the whole role rests on, not every tool it mentions. Python leads: 21% of the 829 open software engineer jobs in India are built around it.
829
open jobs, October 2026
21%
built around Python
5 years
median minimum asked
under 1%
state the pay
Required or nice to have
Required skills and nice to haves
Required means the posting says you must have it. Nice to have means it would help. The skills required most often are Python (28%), Java (23%) and REST APIs (13%).
The nice to haves named most are Coding style (10%), Source code management SCM software (10%) and Kubernetes (6%).
Experience
How many years software engineer jobs ask for
710 of the 829 open software engineer jobs (86%) state a minimum number of years. Among them the median minimum is 5 years. The rest do not say, and Rezifi does not guess.
Seniority and pay
Seniority and pay
Rezifi reads the level each posting hires for. The most common is senior: 50% of the 829 jobs.
under 1% of them state the pay: 1 of 829 open jobs give a figure. The rest leave it out.
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How we counted
How Rezifi counted these jobs
Every figure on this page is a count of open software engineer jobs in India in October 2026, or a share of them. Skills for every role are counted the same way.
Open jobs only
A job counts when it is open, was posted in the last 60 days and was still live on the employer's site in the last 3 days. Only postings published for anyone to read count, in India only.
One posting, one job
A job posted on several sites counts once.
Skills from the posting itself
Rezifi's AI reads each posting for the skills it asks for, marks which are required and which are nice to have, and names the few the role is built around. Each skill is matched to one name in Rezifi's skills list, so two spellings of one tool count as one.
Years and pay only when stated
A minimum number of years counts only when the posting states it, and Rezifi keeps the posting's own words for it. Pay counts when the posting or the employer's system gives a figure. Nothing is guessed.
Grouped by occupation, named by employers
Jobs are grouped by occupation, using O*NET, the US Department of Labor's list. Each page takes the name employers use most in their job titles, with levels like Senior and II taken off.
Only roles seen across the market
A role gets a page when it has at least 50 open jobs from at least 10 employers, and no one employer posts more than a third of them, so a page never describes one company's hiring.
Every figure is a count
A share is the jobs with a skill divided by the role's open jobs, rounded to a whole percent. Every figure on the page is from the jobs open in October 2026, counted on 17 October 2026.
More roles
Skills for other roles
What open jobs in India ask for in October 2026, role by role.
Product manager skills
262 open jobs · Product management (26%) and Product Strategy (5%)
Operations executive skills
98 open jobs · Microsoft Excel (16%) and SQL (9%)
Solutions architect skills
95 open jobs · Amazon Web Services (16%) and Artificial Intelligence (11%)
Data scientist skills
79 open jobs · Python (57%) and SQL (37%)
Quality assurance engineer skills
73 open jobs · Python (23%) and Test automation software (22%)
Data engineer skills
71 open jobs · SQL (52%) and Python (35%)
Account executive skills
71 open jobs · Salesforce (15%) and CRM (11%)
ASIC engineer skills
59 open jobs · ASIC Design (20%) and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) (17%)
AI engineer skills
51 open jobs · Python (59%) and SQL (20%)
FAQ
Software engineer skills: common questions
What skills does a software engineer need?
The skills open software engineer jobs in India were built around most often in October 2026: Python (21%), Java (18%), Amazon Web Services (8%), Distributed computing (8%) and Go (7%), from Rezifi's count of 829 open jobs.
Which skills are required for software engineer jobs?
The skills software engineer postings list as required most often are Python (28%), Java (23%) and REST APIs (13%). The nice to haves named most are Coding style (10%), Source code management SCM software (10%) and Kubernetes (6%).
How many years of experience do software engineer jobs ask for?
710 of the 829 open software engineer jobs (86%) state a minimum number of years. Among them the median minimum is 5 years. The rest do not say, and Rezifi does not guess.
Do software engineer jobs in India state the salary?
under 1% of them state the pay: 1 of 829 open jobs give a figure. The rest leave it out.
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