Market evidence report — chemical-engineer

Source: 49 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 49), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	34	69 %
senior	7	14 %
junior	7	14 %
lead	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	4	8 %
2	Microsoft Office	4	8 %
3	ASPEN	3	6 %
4	AutoCAD	3	6 %
5	FTIR	3	6 %
6	SAP	3	6 %
7	TGA	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	process optimization	13	27 %
2	troubleshooting	13	27 %
3	data analysis	11	22 %
4	root cause analysis	7	14 %
5	chemical process design	6	12 %
6	chemical engineering	5	10 %
7	process improvement	5	10 %
8	chemical handling	4	8 %
9	experimental design	4	8 %
10	formulation development	4	8 %
11	hazard analysis	4	8 %
12	process design	4	8 %
13	chemical process development	3	6 %
14	chemical process engineering	3	6 %
15	plant commissioning	3	6 %
16	process engineering	3	6 %
17	project management	3	6 %
18	quality control	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Six Sigma	6	12 %
2	HAZOP	5	10 %
3	Lean Manufacturing	5	10 %
4	management of change (MOC)	4	8 %
5	continuous improvement	3	6 %
6	FMEA	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	process design	4	8 %
2	project management	4	8 %
3	corrective action implementation	3	6 %
4	engineering work	3	6 %
5	problem solving	3	6 %
6	process development	3	6 %
7	process optimization	3	6 %
8	process troubleshooting	3	6 %
9	project execution	3	6 %
10	technical oversight	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 49 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

49 ads.

Top hard skills:

process optimization — 27 % (13 ads)
troubleshooting — 27 % (13 ads)
data analysis — 22 % (11 ads)
root cause analysis — 14 % (7 ads)
chemical process design — 12 % (6 ads)
chemical engineering — 10 % (5 ads)
process improvement — 10 % (5 ads)
chemical handling — 8 % (4 ads)
experimental design — 8 % (4 ads)
formulation development — 8 % (4 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 8 % (4 ads)
Microsoft Office — 8 % (4 ads)
ASPEN — 6 % (3 ads)
AutoCAD — 6 % (3 ads)
FTIR — 6 % (3 ads)
SAP — 6 % (3 ads)
TGA — 6 % (3 ads)
Aspen Plus — 4 % (2 ads)
ChemCAD — 4 % (2 ads)
COMSOL — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 69 % · senior 14 % · junior 14 % · lead 2 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)