Technology
Software Developer in the United States
300 postings read · sampled 2026-08-02 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 300 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution5%15 of 300 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution0%1 of 300 postingsAccredited institution →
- OSCPOffSec0%
- TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)1%2 of 300 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
$82,460
10th percentile
$135,980
median
$214,670
90th percentile
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
Databricks · Anthropic · Stripe · Samsara · Cloudflare · GitLab · Brex · Coinbase
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