Market evidence report — corrosion-technician

Source: 52 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 52), 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	42	81 %
junior	4	8 %
n/a	3	6 %
senior	3	6 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	9	17 %
2	cathodic protection tools	4	8 %
3	Microsoft PowerPoint	4	8 %
4	anodes	3	6 %
5	Microsoft Word	3	6 %
6	MS Office Suite	3	6 %
7	rectifiers	3	6 %
8	test points	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	corrosion control	28	54 %
2	data analysis	20	38 %
3	cathodic protection	19	37 %
4	pipeline inspection	9	17 %
5	regulatory compliance	9	17 %
6	corrosion prevention	8	15 %
7	cathodic protection testing	7	13 %
8	internal corrosion control	7	13 %
9	troubleshooting	7	13 %
10	corrosion testing	6	12 %
11	data collection	5	10 %
12	pipeline integrity	5	10 %
13	cathodic protection installation	4	8 %
14	equipment maintenance	4	8 %
15	material selection	4	8 %
16	non-destructive testing	4	8 %
17	soil resistivity surveys	4	8 %
18	surface preparation	4	8 %
19	atmospheric corrosion control	3	6 %
20	coating application	3	6 %
21	coating evaluation	3	6 %
22	coating inspection	3	6 %
23	corrosion defect assessment	3	6 %
24	corrosion inspection	3	6 %
25	data compilation	3	6 %
26	pipeline maintenance	3	6 %
27	protective coatings assessment	3	6 %
28	sandblasting	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	NACE standards	3	6 %
2	non-destructive testing (NDT)	3	6 %
3	one call system	3	6 %
4	pipeline inspection	3	6 %
5	radiography	3	6 %
6	thermography	3	6 %
7	ultrasonic testing	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	report preparation	15	29 %
2	system maintenance	11	21 %
3	equipment maintenance	8	15 %
4	system installation	8	15 %
5	data gathering	4	8 %
6	field data collection	4	8 %
7	coating integrity inspection	3	6 %
8	corrosion damage identification	3	6 %
9	corrosion investigation	3	6 %
10	corrosion system design	3	6 %
11	cp system maintenance	3	6 %
12	data collection	3	6 %
13	data compilation	3	6 %
14	equipment operation	3	6 %
15	equipment repair	3	6 %
16	junior technician guidance	3	6 %
17	pipeline inspection	3	6 %
18	technical report preparation	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 52 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

52 ads.

Top hard skills:

corrosion control — 54 % (28 ads)
data analysis — 38 % (20 ads)
cathodic protection — 37 % (19 ads)
pipeline inspection — 17 % (9 ads)
regulatory compliance — 17 % (9 ads)
corrosion prevention — 15 % (8 ads)
cathodic protection testing — 13 % (7 ads)
internal corrosion control — 13 % (7 ads)
troubleshooting — 13 % (7 ads)
corrosion testing — 12 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 17 % (9 ads)
cathodic protection tools — 8 % (4 ads)
Microsoft PowerPoint — 8 % (4 ads)
anodes — 6 % (3 ads)
Microsoft Word — 6 % (3 ads)
MS Office Suite — 6 % (3 ads)
rectifiers — 6 % (3 ads)
test points — 6 % (3 ads)
corrosion database software — 4 % (2 ads)
current interrupters — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 81 % · junior 8 % · n/a 6 % · senior 6 %

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)