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Back End Developer: skills and learning path

Back end developers build the servers, APIs and databases behind applications, typically in Java, Python, Node.js or .NET.

Based on 5,100 job posts, May 2024 – Mar 2026 Typical experience asked: 3–5 years Back End Developer jobs

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What Back End Developer job posts ask for

The share of job posts that ask for each skill, rounded. Core skills are asked for in at least 15% of posts.

Learning path

The core skills in order, with a free course and practice on jobpe for each. Check your resume above to see only the skills you're missing.

  1. 1

    SQL

    Core skill · in about 45% of job posts
  2. 2

    Java

    Core skill · in about 45% of job posts
  3. 3

    REST APIs and microservices

    Core skill · in about 45% of job posts
  4. 4

    Spring Boot

    Core skill · in about 35% of job posts
  5. 5

    Python

    Core skill · in about 25% of job posts
  6. 6

    AWS

    Core skill · in about 20% of job posts
  7. 7

    Git

    Core skill · in about 15% of job posts
  8. 8

    HTML and CSS

    Core skill · in about 15% of job posts
  9. 9

    JavaScript

    Core skill · in about 30% of job posts
  10. 10

    NoSQL databases

    Core skill · in about 15% of job posts

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