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List of Industry Skills and Tools Employers Look For

List of Industry Skills and Tools Employers Look For

Lets Code•January 7, 2026

In today’s job market, skills are no longer limited to a single role or domain. Engineers work with business tools, analysts touch cloud platforms, product managers rely on data systems, and non tech roles are expected to understand technology workflows.

This blog is a complete industry wide reference of skills, tools, and platforms used across software development, cloud, data, business analysis, product, design, QA, cybersecurity, operations, HR, finance, and enterprise systems.

If you are a student, fresher, working professional, or career switcher, this guide will help you understand what companies actually use in real projects.

All Learning Links are added below

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Core Software Engineering

  1. Programming fundamentals
  2. Data structures and algorithms
  3. Object oriented programming
  4. System design basics
  5. Software architecture patterns
  6. Java
  7. Python
  8. JavaScript
  9. TypeScript
  10. C plus plus
  11. C sharp
  12. Go
  13. Kotlin
  14. Swift
  15. PHP

Frontend and Backend Development

  1. React
  2. Angular
  3. Vue
  4. Next.js
  5. Node.js
  6. Spring Boot
  7. Django
  8. Flask
  9. Dotnet
  10. REST API development
  11. GraphQL

Developer Tools and Version Control

  1. Git version control
  2. GitHub
  3. GitLab
  4. Bitbucket
  5. VS Code
  6. IntelliJ IDEA
  7. Postman

CI CD and DevOps

  1. CI CD concepts
  2. Jenkins
  3. GitHub Actions
  4. GitLab CI
  5. Azure DevOps

Cloud Computing and Infrastructure

  1. Cloud computing fundamentals
  3. AWS
  4. Google Cloud Platform
  5. Virtual machines
  6. Containers
  7. Docker
  8. Kubernetes
  9. Helm
  10. Infrastructure as code
  11. Terraform
  12. CloudFormation
  13. ARM templates

Monitoring, Networking, and OS

  1. Monitoring and logging
  2. Prometheus
  3. Grafana
  4. Azure Monitor
  5. CloudWatch
  6. Networking fundamentals
  7. Load balancers
  8. Identity and access management
  9. Linux administration
  10. Shell scripting

Databases and Data Storage

  1. SQL
  2. MySQL
  3. PostgreSQL
  4. MongoDB
  5. Snowflake
  6. BigQuery
  7. Data warehousing

Data Engineering and Big Data

  1. ETL pipelines
  2. Apache Airflow
  3. Azure Data Factory
  4. AWS Glue
  5. Apache Spark
  6. Hadoop
  7. Hive
  8. Databricks
  9. Kafka
  10. Streaming data processing

Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning

  1. Statistics
  2. Probability
  3. Data cleaning
  4. Feature engineering
  5. Machine learning basics
  6. Scikit learn
  7. TensorFlow
  8. PyTorch
  9. Deep learning
  10. Natural language processing
  11. Computer vision

Analytics and Business Intelligence

  1. Power BI
  2. Tableau
  3. Looker
  4. Excel advanced
  5. Data storytelling
  6. Business intelligence

Business Analyst and Product Analytics

  1. Requirement gathering
  2. Stakeholder management
  3. Process mapping
  4. Gap analysis
  5. BRD documentation
  6. FRD documentation
  7. User stories
  8. Acceptance criteria

Agile, Product, and Project Management

  1. Agile methodology
  2. Scrum framework
  3. Kanban
  4. OKRs
  5. :
  6. Confluence
  7. Trello
  8. Asana
  9. Product roadmapping
  10. MVP planning
  11. Market research
  12. A B testing

Quality Assurance and Testing

  1. Quality assurance fundamentals
  2. Manual testing
  3. Automation testing
  4. Selenium
  5. Cypress
  6. Playwright
  7. API testing
  8. TestRail
  9. Zephyr

UI UX and Design

  1. UI UX fundamentals
  2. User research
  3. Wireframing
  4. Prototyping
  5. Usability testing
  6. Figma
  7. Adobe XD
  8. Sketch
  9. Design systems

Cybersecurity and Compliance

  1. Cybersecurity fundamentals
  2. Network security
  3. Application security
  4. Cloud security
  5. Wireshark
  6. Burp Suite
  7. Metasploit
  8. Vulnerability assessment
  9. Compliance standards
  10. ISO 27001
  11. SOC 2
  12. GDPR

CRM, Sales, and Marketing Technology

  1. CRM platforms
  2. :
  3. HubSpot
  4. Zoho CRM
  5. Marketing analytics
  6. Google Analytics
  7. Mixpanel
  8. Hotjar
  9. Digital marketing basics
  10. Ads platforms

Operations, HR, and Internal Systems

  1. Project management
  2. MS Project
  3. ClickUp
  4. Monday.com
  5. Operations management
  6. Reporting dashboards
  7. HR technology
  8. Applicant tracking systems
  9. Workday
  10. Greenhouse
  11. BambooHR
  12. Talent analytics

Finance, FinTech, and Enterprise Platforms

  1. Finance fundamentals
  2. Financial modeling
  3. Budgeting and forecasting
  4. SAP FICO
  5. Oracle Financials
  6. Payments platforms
  7. Stripe
  8. Razorpay
  9. PayPal
  10. Enterprise resource planning
  11. SAP ERP
  12. Oracle ERP
  13. Microsoft Dynamics

Low Code, Automation, and Collaboration

  1. Low code platforms
  2. Power Apps
  3. Mendix
  4. Workflow automation
  5. Power Automate
  6. Zapier
  7. Collaboration tools
  8. Slack
  9. Microsoft Teams
  10. Zoom
  11. Documentation tools
  12. Notion
  13. Google Docs

Professional and Cross Functional Skills

  1. Presentation skills
  2. PowerPoint
  3. Communication skills
  4. Problem solving
  5. Critical thinking
  6. Decision making
  7. Cross functional collaboration

You can learn the above skills from the below curated resources 👇

Awesome Github Repositories

Awesome YouTube Playlists

At Last.

You do not need to learn everything from this list.

Choose one primary role
Master the core skills of that role
Add cross functional tools like Git, Jira, SQL, and Power BI
Build real projects using industry tools

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