Skills needed for web3 jobs
The skills most needed for web3 jobs are mainstream ones: Python, Go, Java, Kubernetes and TypeScript top the list on Jobs Web3 in October 2026, well ahead of chain-specific skills. Solidity, the best-known blockchain language, appears on 27 of 2,462 open listings (1.1%).
What skills do web3 jobs ask for?
The tags that appear on the most listings, out of 2,462:
| Skill or area | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 317 | 12.9% |
| Go | 213 | 8.7% |
| Java | 184 | 7.5% |
| Kubernetes | 184 | 7.5% |
| TypeScript | 135 | 5.5% |
| React | 116 | 4.7% |
| Rust | 110 | 4.5% |
| C++ | 86 | 3.5% |
| AI | 86 | 3.5% |
| JavaScript | 76 | 3.1% |
| Smart Contract | 75 | 3.0% |
| Solana | 45 | 1.8% |
| EVM | 33 | 1.3% |
| Solidity | 27 | 1.1% |
Tags come from each listing and from rules that read the description. They show what a job mentions, not what the employer marks as required.
What technical skills do web3 developers need?
Among the 648 engineering listings, the languages split like this: Python 42%, Go 30%, Java 25%, TypeScript 19%, React 15%, Rust 13%, C++ 11% and JavaScript 10%.
Descriptions also name Kubernetes in 25% of engineering listings, AWS in 28%, CI/CD in 24% and Terraform in 18%. Much of web3 engineering is running reliable services: exchanges, custody, payments and data pipelines.
Chain-specific skills are a smaller layer on top: smart contracts in 8% of engineering listings, Solana in 5%, EVM in 3% and Solidity in 2%.
By specialty, backend listings lean on Go and Java, C++ listings often add Rust and Python, and AI listings pair Python with Kubernetes.
What skills do non-technical web3 jobs need?
The skills of the profession, applied to digital assets. In the listings that name specific skills, the most frequent are payments (31), product marketing (22), accounting (20), internal audit (15), customer success (15), talent acquisition (11), derivatives (10) and institutional sales (9).
Marketing listings ask for product and performance marketing, and sales listings for institutional and enterprise sales.
Do I need to learn Solidity to work in web3?
Only for smart contract roles on EVM chains: Solidity appears on 27 listings on the whole board. If you are choosing a first language for web3 engineering, Python, Go or TypeScript open far more of today's listings, and Rust covers both Solana and many protocol teams.
"You cannot say which skills are the best. It all depends on the department you work in."
How to use this list
- Check a skill before you invest in it. Each skill has its own page with live listings, such as Python jobs, Rust jobs or Solidity jobs.
- Put your real skills on your profile. On Jobs Web3, skills are tags on both jobs and profiles. They power the skill filters and job alerts, and on jobs posted directly they decide who can apply.
- Learn the chain layer last. Courses and docs by topic and level are in Learn Web3.
- New to the field? See web3 jobs with no experience.
Do web3 jobs need crypto knowledge?
Not always as a formal requirement, but it helps in almost every role: understanding wallets, custody and on-chain risk. Among entry-level listings, 92% of the descriptions mention crypto, blockchain, web3 or DeFi.
