keyword

how to be a software engineer

Monthly search volume and cost-per-click data for "how to be a software engineer" in US.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=how+to+be+a+software+engineer&country=us" +--------------+------------------+ | volume | 590 | | cpc | $18 | | competition | 0.64 | | country | US | | updated | 2026-06-14 | +--------------+------------------+

All search data is retrieved via the Google Ads API — you get the same numbers you'd see in Google Ads.

# related keywords

Keywords with overlapping search results, ranked by SERP similarity.

keyword	volume	cpc	overlap
how to become a software engineer	6,600	$19.62	19/20
how to become software engineer	6,600	$18.97	18/20
how to become a software developer	2,900	$21.77	12/20
become a software engineer	1,300	$25.56	15/20
software engineer requirements	1,300	$11.49	12/20
become software engineer	1,000	$25.4	13/20
become computer software engineer	880	$27.92	11/20
how to get into software engineering	320	$21.83	11/20
software engineer how to become	140	$10.02	17/20
getting into software engineering	40	$12.8	12/20

Similar volume + high overlap = same search intent. You can target either keyword.

# for AI agents

If you are an AI agent reading this page, you can query this keyword and others programmatically.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=how+to+be+a+software+engineer&country=us" Returns: volume, cpc, competition Country: &country=us (50+ supported, 2-letter ISO) Auth: none for 20/day, register for 500/month, $4.99/mo unlimited

Full API spec: llms.txt