A skills matrix your engineers actually keep current
Know who can build what before the roadmap asks. MuchSkills gives SaaS and software product companies a live skills matrix that engineers keep current, because it is their own career record.
Staff the next initiative, prove your partner tier and keep good engineers growing. Answer 'do we have the skills?' in minutes, not a week of Slack threads.
Henrik DahlSenior Platform EngineerKubernetesTerraformAWS SA ProNowrolling off 12 OctWants: Platform and reliability work
Tom LindqvistBackend EngineerKubernetesTerraformAWS SAA2 weeksWants: Moving into platform
Dani OkaforSite Reliability EngineerKubernetesTerraformCKA4 weeksYou cannot staff what you cannot see
In most product companies, skills live in GitHub history, job titles and people's heads. Everyone has a rough idea of who knows what. Nobody has the full picture, and it shows at the worst moments.
One resignation away from trouble
If the one engineer who runs your Kubernetes stack leaves, who takes over? Key-person risk stays invisible until it hits.
Initiatives that stall halfway
The squad was free, not ready. Nobody on it had done this kind of work before, and you found out in sprint 4.
Certifications on sticky notes
Cert tracking lives in a spreadsheet, the partner portals disagree, and you are running risks through ignorance.
The matrix nobody updates
Someone built a skills matrix in Notion or Airtable. It was out of date by the next quarter, and engineers won't touch another HR tool.
Skill mapping for the questions your roadmap asks
Stop reacting to the roadmap and get ahead of it. See what you have, spot what is missing and build the capability before the work lands.
AI and ML bench, by skill
ExpertIntermediateBeginner
Find the right engineers fast
Search 12,000+ tech skills by level, certification and what people want to work on, all at once. You get names, not a week of asking around.
Staff squads that are ready
Compose squads by skill, level and motivation, not just by who is free. Fewer initiatives stall because nobody had done the work before.
Spot key-person risk early
See which critical skills sit with 1 person. Then pair, train or hire before a resignation turns into an outage.
Prove your partner tier
Employee certification tracking across 9,700+ certifications, each with an audit trail. Pull clean AWS, Microsoft or Atlassian counts for your next partner review.
Show the board your AI bench
See AI and ML skills by person, team and level, plus who is learning. Your AI skills gap comes from data, not a survey sprint.
Grow engineers instead of losing them
Engineers see a clear path from mid to senior to staff. You fill gaps with people who have adjacent skills and want to grow, before paying for external hires.
Skills-based organisations are 107% more likely to place people efficiently and 98% more likely to retain key peopleSource: Deloitte, 2022
Less guessing, more planning
Spreadsheets break once the team outgrows one person's memory. Here is what changes when the skills data is live.
Verified reviews on G2
“Cut workforce planning time by 60%.”
“Eliminated spreadsheet chaos across 200+ employees.”
“MuchSkills is really useful for us to get a complete picture of the skills across our Delivery team, especially since it’s a large group with professionals from various specialties.”
“It’s rare to find a platform that can make workforce planning more data-driven while simultaneously making people conversations more meaningful.”
“It’s easy to use, easy to get value out of quickly, and it has a lot of flexibility in terms of integrating with different systems.”
“They have implemented many of our suggestions and worked with us as a reliable implementation partner to tailor the tool to our needs.”
“The platform also made it easy for us to track and report on technical certifications across numerous vendors, notify the right people when certifications were close to expiring…”
“I appreciate how easy it is to compile skills into an analysis list, give employees an assessment of their skills, and thus get a clear picture of the distribution of competencies in the company, such as AI skills.”
“90% clearer visibility into team skills and project readiness.”
“The initial setup was very easy, especially being able to sync AD users, which is really nice.”
“It helps to visualize each individual’s skills, identify weaknesses and work on improvement to increase productivity and efficiency.”
“It helps us stay audit-ready and meet the requirements connected to our ISO and AS certifications, while at the same time giving us a practical tool for identifying skill gaps.”
“Our managers are having better 1:1s than ever.”
“Transformed how we talk about skills, from assumptions to data.”
“The most compelling and intuitive solution on the market.”
Dmitry R.Head of PeopleAppfire and Mesh-AI answer 'do we have the skills?' in MuchSkills, not Slack.
Recognised by
Everest Group PEAK Matrix® 2026
Red Dot Winner 2020
SHRM Better Workplace ChallengeNo new system for engineers to ignore
MuchSkills plugs into the tools you already run, so nobody retypes an org chart and your security lead has answers early.
Connects to
SAP ByDesignCleared for procurement
GDPR compliant
UK G-Cloud 14Personal data hosted in the EUNever used to train third-party AI modelsSSO, SCIM and API on every planYour HRIS stays in charge
People data flows in from Workday, Personio, HiBob, BambooHR and more. You add skills without a second source of truth.
Staff against real projects
Connect Jira, Tempo or Harvest to match skills to live work. Push the data to Power BI for the board pack.
Your security lead signs off early
You get GDPR compliance, EU hosting, SSO, SCIM and the open API on every plan. Enterprise adds custom integrations.
Profiles engineers can trust
Your people's data never trains third-party AI models. That makes it easier to ask engineers to fill in their profile.
Skip the blank skills matrix
Our services team builds a skills taxonomy for your stack and runs onboarding with you. Nobody on your side starts from an empty spreadsheet.
Hand the board the report they asked for
Skills or cert data laid out exactly how your board wants it. MuchSkills Apps will build it to your spec.
Straight answers before you book a call
What is a skills matrix, and why does ours keep going out of date?
A skills matrix is a grid of who knows what, and how well. Most employee skill matrices go stale because one person owns the spreadsheet and everyone else has to remember to update it. In MuchSkills, each engineer owns their profile as a career asset, managers validate it and it sits on top of your HRIS. It stays current because people have a reason to keep it current.
What does skills management software do for an engineering team?
Skills management software maps what your people know, what they are certified in and what they want to work on, then lets you search and report on it. Some teams call this skill mapping, competency mapping or talent mapping. Engineering teams use MuchSkills to staff squads, find key-person risk, track certifications and plan hiring. It covers 12,000+ tech skills and 9,700+ certifications out of the box.
How do you run a skills gap analysis before a new initiative?
A skills gap analysis compares the skills a piece of work needs with the skills your team has today. In MuchSkills you see who has those skills, at what level, and who has adjacent skills and wants to grow into the work. What is left is the real gap. That makes it strategic workforce planning software as well: you decide to train or hire based on data.
How do we show the board our AI skills gap?
MuchSkills shows AI and ML skills across your engineering organisation by person, team and level, with the certifications behind them. Share it as a report or push it to Power BI through the open API. The board sees what you have today, where the AI skills gap sits and who is already learning, without a one-off survey.
Is MuchSkills good employee certification tracking software for AWS, Microsoft and Atlassian?
Yes. MuchSkills tracks employee certifications from a database of 9,700+, with an audit trail for every record. You see valid cert counts per vendor, who holds what and where your next partner tier needs more people certified. The audit trail is mapped to ISO 27001 evidence requirements, so the same data supports partner reviews and compliance audits.
Will engineers actually keep their profiles updated?
They do when the profile works for them. In MuchSkills, the profile is the engineer's own record of skills, certifications and what they want to work on next, and it shapes their path from mid to senior to staff. It is not an HR form or a monitoring tool. Across the platform, 100,000+ professionals have mapped their skills this way.
Which HR systems and tools does MuchSkills integrate with?
MuchSkills integrates with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Personio, HiBob, BambooHR, Dayforce, CatalystOne, Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft AD. On the project side it connects to Jira, Tempo, Harvest, Smartsheet, SAP ByDesign and Zoho Projects. Every plan includes standard HRIS integrations, SSO, SCIM and the open API. Enterprise adds custom integrations.
How much does MuchSkills cost?
Plans scale from Starter to Enterprise. Every plan includes standard HRIS integrations, SSO, SCIM and the open API, and Enterprise adds custom integrations and a dedicated customer success manager. The pricing page has current plans and prices.
See pricingBring the question your roadmap is asking
Bring the question your roadmap is asking right now. We will answer it with your own data. Rather talk it through first? Contact us.
Do we have the skills to take on the Nordic bank migration?
Yes, with one gap. 14 people match, 9 are available from week 43. Kubernetes security is short by 2.
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