keyword

how to hire a software engineer

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

$ curl "https://app.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=how+to+hire+a+software+engineer&country=us" +--------------+------------------+ | volume | 210 | | cpc | $65.77 | | competition | 0.17 | | country | US | | updated | 2026-05-27 | +--------------+------------------+

# related keywords

Keywords with overlapping search results, ranked by SERP similarity.

keyword	volume	cpc	overlap
hire software developer	1,900	$95	6/20
software engineer hire	720	$31.26	7/20
software engineer for hire	590	$61.49	8/20
software engineers for hire	590	$61.49	7/20
hire software engineer	480	$48.96	10/20
hire a software engineer	480	$60.31	9/20
hire software engineers	480	$60.31	8/20
hiring a software engineer	480	$60.31	8/20
how to hire software engineer	210	$23.2	12/20
how to hire software engineers	110	$69.67	9/20

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://app.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=how+to+hire+a+software+engineer&country=us" Returns: volume, cpc, competition Country: &country=us (50+ supported, 2-letter ISO) Auth: none for 20/day, register for 1,000/month

Full API spec: llms.txt