Network operating system enhancement software
Technology category · O*NET
Network operating system enhancement software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 3 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 84th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.
A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.
Example software & tools
Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.
| Software / tool | Occupations | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Network, server and operating system optimization software | 2 | |
| EMC Smarts Network Protocol Manager | 1 | |
| Infoblox NetMRI | 1 | |
| Management information base MIB software | 1 | |
| OPNET APMXpert | 1 | |
| Operating system process control software | 1 | |
| Silver Peak | 1 | |
| Traffic shapers | 1 | |
| Wide area network WAN optimization software | 1 |
Occupations that use Network operating system enhancement software
Industries that concentrate this
Where Network operating system enhancement software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Network operating system enhancement software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.
Nationally, about 0.4% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Network operating system enhancement software (measured across 52 industries).
Sectors with the most such workers
| Sector | Workers | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 193,640 | 1.8% |
| Information | 82,190 | 2.8% |
| Educational Services | 57,690 | 0.4% |
| Finance and Insurance | 52,270 | 0.8% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 49,850 | 1.8% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 36,400 | 0.4% |
| Manufacturing | 33,410 | 0.3% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 27,360 | 0.1% |
| Wholesale Trade | 27,140 | 0.4% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 8,990 | 0.1% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 6,990 | 0.2% |
| Retail Trade | 6,470 | 0.0% |
Industries where it is most concentrated
| Industry | Level | Concentration | Employment reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Sector | 7× | 2.8% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 4.5× | 1.8% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 4.5× | 1.8% |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 3.25× | 1.3% |
| Engineering Services | National industry | 3× | 1.2% |
| Finance and Insurance | Sector | 2× | 0.8% |
| Temporary Help Services | National industry | 1.5× | 0.6% |
| Educational Services | Sector | 1× | 0.4% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 1× | 0.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | Sector | 1× | 0.4% |
| Manufacturing | Sector | 0.75× | 0.3% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | Sector | 0.5× | 0.2% |
Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.
Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census NAICS 2022 U.S. Census Bureau
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Network operating system enhancement software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/network-operating-system-enhancement-software
Singulariki. (2026). Network operating system enhancement software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/network-operating-system-enhancement-software
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