Market evidence report — cytotechnologist

Source: 54 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 54), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	44	81 %
n/a	6	11 %
senior	2	4 %
junior	2	4 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	laboratory information system (LIS)	6	11 %
2	microscope	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	specimen preparation	12	22 %
2	quality assurance	10	19 %
3	microscopic evaluation	9	17 %
4	quality control	8	15 %
5	microscopic examination	7	13 %
6	specimen screening	7	13 %
7	slide preparation	6	11 %
8	cellular abnormality identification	5	9 %
9	cytology slide screening	5	9 %
10	data entry	5	9 %
11	quality control documentation	5	9 %
12	rapid assessment	5	9 %
13	slide examination	5	9 %
14	slide screening	5	9 %
15	specimen integrity maintenance	5	9 %
16	specimen processing	5	9 %
17	cytology screening	4	7 %
18	cytology interpretation	3	6 %
19	microscopic screening	3	6 %
20	quality control checks	3	6 %
21	quality control procedures	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	proficiency testing	10	19 %
2	continuing education	4	7 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	specimen evaluation	11	20 %
2	result reporting	8	15 %
3	specimen screening	7	13 %
4	patient confidentiality maintenance	5	9 %
5	quality control adherence	5	9 %
6	slide screening	5	9 %
7	specimen accessioning	5	9 %
8	pathologist case presentation	4	7 %
9	result documentation	4	7 %
10	specimen preparation	4	7 %
11	abnormal cell identification	3	6 %
12	equipment maintenance	3	6 %
13	fna assistance	3	6 %
14	instrument operation	3	6 %
15	regulatory compliance	3	6 %
16	slide staining	3	6 %
17	specimen processing	3	6 %
18	supply inventory management	3	6 %
19	workload prioritization	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 54 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

54 ads.

Top hard skills:

specimen preparation — 22 % (12 ads)
quality assurance — 19 % (10 ads)
microscopic evaluation — 17 % (9 ads)
quality control — 15 % (8 ads)
microscopic examination — 13 % (7 ads)
specimen screening — 13 % (7 ads)
slide preparation — 11 % (6 ads)
cellular abnormality identification — 9 % (5 ads)
cytology slide screening — 9 % (5 ads)
data entry — 9 % (5 ads)

Top tools:

laboratory information system (LIS) — 11 % (6 ads)
microscope — 6 % (3 ads)
automated instrumentation — 4 % (2 ads)
electronic medical records system — 4 % (2 ads)
Hospital / Laboratory Information Systems — 4 % (2 ads)
laboratory information system — 4 % (2 ads)
laboratory information systems — 4 % (2 ads)
Office software — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 81 % · n/a 11 % · senior 4 % · junior 4 %

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)