# Market evidence report — archivist

Source: **55 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 48, gb 7), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-08.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 32 | 58 % |
| n/a | 11 | 20 % |
| junior | 7 | 13 % |
| lead | 4 | 7 % |
| senior | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ArchivesSpace | 4 | 7 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 5 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | archival processing | 12 | 22 % |
| 2 | collection management | 7 | 13 % |
| 3 | metadata creation | 7 | 13 % |
| 4 | archival arrangement | 6 | 11 % |
| 5 | archival description | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | digitization | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | records management | 6 | 11 % |
| 8 | archival management | 5 | 9 % |
| 9 | archival preservation | 5 | 9 % |
| 10 | digital preservation | 5 | 9 % |
| 11 | policy development | 4 | 7 % |
| 12 | reference services | 4 | 7 % |
| 13 | research support | 4 | 7 % |
| 14 | appraisal | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | finding aid development | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | historical research | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | preservation | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | project coordination | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | project management | 3 | 5 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collection management | 4 | 7 % |

## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Archivist | 4 |
| Supervisory Archivist | 2 |
| Academic Archivist: Digital Archives & Access | 1 |
| Archive Digitization Specialist — DoD Records & Metadata | 1 |
| Archives Technician | 1 |
| Archivist - Special Collections (Onsite) | 1 |
| Archivist & Subcommittee Clerk | 1 |
| Archivist (Temporary, Part-Time) | 1 |
| Archivist at Trinitydc Washington DC | 1 |
| Archivist with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Archivist/ Photoshop Assistant - three month contract in Arts/ Entertainment | 1 |
| Archivist: Early-Career in Metadata & Digitization | 1 |
| Biomedical Archives & Digital Collections Archivist | 1 |
| Contract Archivist: Digital Collections & Exhibits | 1 |
| Crownsville Hospital Archives Project | 1 |
| Digital Archivist – Local Studies & Archives | 1 |
| Digital Archivist (University Archives) | 1 |
| Digital Archivist for Art Collections (Contract) | 1 |
| Digital Systems Archivist | 1 |
| Document Controller / Archivist I | 1 |
| Electronic Records Archivist at Certifiedarchivists Washington DC | 1 |
| Histotechnologist: Slide Archivist & Stain Specialist | 1 |
| Hybrid Access Archivist - Research & Archive Services | 1 |
| Hybrid Archivist Assistant: Preservation & Research | 1 |
| Jazz Archives Archivist & Faculty Scholar | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.