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Market evidence report — commissioning-engineer
Source: 56 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 56), 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 | 33 | 59 % |
| senior | 18 | 32 % |
| junior | 4 | 7 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 6 | 11 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 5 | 9 % |
| 3 | Building Management Systems (BMS) | 4 | 7 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Word | 4 | 7 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commissioning | 26 | 46 % |
| 2 | design review | 10 | 18 % |
| 3 | system testing | 9 | 16 % |
| 4 | troubleshooting | 9 | 16 % |
| 5 | data analysis | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | deficiency tracking | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | functional testing | 6 | 11 % |
| 8 | system troubleshooting | 6 | 11 % |
| 9 | technical writing | 6 | 11 % |
| 10 | electrical calculations | 5 | 9 % |
| 11 | electrical testing | 5 | 9 % |
| 12 | project management | 5 | 9 % |
| 13 | retro-commissioning | 5 | 9 % |
| 14 | functional performance testing | 4 | 7 % |
| 15 | mechanical systems commissioning | 4 | 7 % |
| 16 | electrical commissioning | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | electrical system commissioning | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | energy auditing | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | mechanical system commissioning | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | test plan development | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | integrated systems testing (IST) | 4 | 7 % |
| 2 | commissioning processes | 3 | 5 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commissioning plan development | 7 | 12 % |
| 2 | deliverable coordination | 6 | 11 % |
| 3 | functional testing | 5 | 9 % |
| 4 | issue resolution | 5 | 9 % |
| 5 | report writing | 5 | 9 % |
| 6 | supplier documentation review | 5 | 9 % |
| 7 | commissioning activity leadership | 4 | 7 % |
| 8 | commissioning plan preparation | 4 | 7 % |
| 9 | contractor coordination | 4 | 7 % |
| 10 | documentation preparation | 4 | 7 % |
| 11 | site inspection | 4 | 7 % |
| 12 | client communication | 3 | 5 % |
| 13 | client interfacing | 3 | 5 % |
| 14 | client training | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | installation oversight | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | system startup | 3 | 5 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 56 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
56 ads.
Top hard skills:
- commissioning — 46 % (26 ads)
- design review — 18 % (10 ads)
- system testing — 16 % (9 ads)
- troubleshooting — 16 % (9 ads)
- data analysis — 11 % (6 ads)
- deficiency tracking — 11 % (6 ads)
- functional testing — 11 % (6 ads)
- system troubleshooting — 11 % (6 ads)
- technical writing — 11 % (6 ads)
- electrical calculations — 9 % (5 ads)
Top tools:
- Microsoft Office — 11 % (6 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 9 % (5 ads)
- Building Management Systems (BMS) — 7 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 7 % (4 ads)
- building automation system (BAS) — 4 % (2 ads)
- commissioning software tools — 4 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 4 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 4 % (2 ads)
- MS Project — 4 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 59 % · senior 32 % · junior 7 % · n/a 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)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Commissioning Engineer | 5 |
| Senior Commissioning Engineer | 4 |
| Commissioning Engineer - Data Centers | 3 |
| Commissioning Field Engineer 2 - Tysons, VA | 2 |
| Electrical Commissioning Engineer - Data Center | 2 |
| Travel - Commissioning Engineer Manager - Tysons , VA | 2 |
| Building Automation Commissioning Engineer | 1 |
| Commissioning Associate - Entry Level | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer - (Remote - Raleigh, NC / Southeast) | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer - HVAC or Controls - min 5 yrs exp | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer | Ashburn, VA Area |
| Commissioning Engineer 2 | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer Associate | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer III | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer, Amazon Commissioning | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer, Northern VA and DC | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer/Agent | 1 |
| Commissioning Engineer: Electrical Systems Startup & Testing | 1 |
| Commissioning Field Engineer 3 - 100% Travel | 1 |
| Commissioning Project Engineer, AMER-East ACx | 1 |
| Electrical Commissioning Engineer (L2) - Data Center | 1 |
| Electrical Commissioning Engineer II | 1 |
| Electrical Commissioning Field Engineer | 1 |
| ERS Mechanical Commissioning Engineer - Remote | 1 |
| Home-Based Senior Commissioning Engineer — Lead MEP QA | 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.