Data & Benchmarks · Software Engineer
Software Engineer Skill Benchmarks (2026)
What do real Software Engineer portfolios contain? Aggregated data from 175 Software Engineer portfolios on Seera: the top 10 skills grouped by category, GitHub/live-link rates, the practices they emphasize, and how many show quantified results.
Based on 175 real Software Engineer portfolios published on Seera, aggregated and anonymized. Last updated September 21, 2026.
- 68% link a GitHub profile or repo, but only 13% link a live, deployed demo.
- AWS leads the cloud stack (23%), ahead of GCP (5%) and Azure (10%).
Skills by category
Share of Software Engineer portfolios that list each skill, grouped by type (spelling variants merged — see methodology).
Core Languages
Web & Markup
Frameworks & Libraries
Databases
Infrastructure & Tools
Portfolio composition
What Software Engineer portfolios actually link out to.
What they emphasize
Share of portfolios that reference each theme, in their listed skills or descriptions.
Quantified results
33% of Software Engineer portfolios state at least one quantified result in their write-ups — a percentage, dollar figure, multiplier, or ROI/CTR/conversion metric.
Cloud stack
Cloud providers referenced across Software Engineer portfolios (in skills or project descriptions).
Years of experience
Distribution of self-reported experience across 175 portfolios.
Seniority mix
Key takeaways
- 58% of Software Engineer portfolios list CSS — the single most common skill.
- The most common tech stack is CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Python, Git.
- The typical Software Engineer portfolio features 2.9 projects.
- Average experience across these portfolios is 2.8 years.
- Software Engineers list 2.5 roles in their work history, on average.
Methodology
These benchmarks are computed from 175 Software Engineer portfolios created on Seera, where users upload a resume and our AI extracts a structured profile (skills, projects, experience). We group portfolios by role from the stated professional title. Skill percentages merge spelling variants (e.g. React/React.js, CSS/CSS3, Adobe Photoshop/Photoshop). Theme percentages ("What they emphasize") count a portfolio that references a topic anywhere in its listed skills or descriptions — they measure what portfolios mention, not verified practice. All figures are anonymized aggregates; no individual portfolio, name, or contact detail is exposed. Free to cite under a CC BY 4.0 license with attribution to Seera.
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