Software & technology

O*NET's Technology Skills file records the specific software each occupation uses. These 2,614 tools each have their own page showing which jobs use them, what those jobs pay, and related tools — 176 are flagged as hot technologies (frequently requested in job postings). Tools used by a single occupation are folded into their occupation and category pages instead.

Hot technologies

Software O*NET flags as in-demand in job postings, by how many occupations list it.

• Microsoft Excel 859
• Microsoft Office software 817
• Microsoft Word 784
• Microsoft Outlook 642
• Microsoft PowerPoint 629
• Microsoft Access 372
• SAP software 283
• Microsoft Windows 241
• Microsoft Project 201
• Autodesk AutoCAD 171
• Microsoft SharePoint 166
• Adobe Acrobat 165
• Structured query language SQL 151
• Microsoft Visio 149
• Adobe Photoshop 144
• Facebook 135
• Python 132
• Linux 122
• SAS 119
• The MathWorks MATLAB 111
• C++ 110
• Google Docs 106
• R 102
• Adobe Illustrator 100
• Oracle Java 99
• Microsoft Visual Basic 96
• Microsoft SQL Server 94
• ESRI ArcGIS software 93
• IBM SPSS Statistics 92
• UNIX 89
• Adobe InDesign 88
• Salesforce software 88
• Extensible markup language XML 87
• Oracle Database 87
• Intuit QuickBooks 84
• JavaScript 84
• Oracle PeopleSoft 79
• Adobe Creative Cloud software 78
• Hypertext markup language HTML 78
• MEDITECH software 77
• Tableau 73
• C 69
• Perl 66
• Epic Systems 63
• Dassault Systemes SolidWorks 58
• Apple macOS 57
• Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 57
• C# 55

All tools

Ranked by how many occupations use each tool. Use search to jump to one.