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Tools & technology — digital forensics expert

Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 15-1299.06.

Software Category Hot technology
Kubernetes Application server software yes
Slack Cloud-based data access and sharing software yes
IBM Terraform Configuration management software yes
Amazon Web Services AWS software Data base user interface and query software yes
Microsoft Access Data base user interface and query software yes
ServiceNow Data base user interface and query software yes
Structured query language SQL Data base user interface and query software yes
C Development environment software yes
Go Development environment software yes
Microsoft Azure software Development environment software yes
Microsoft PowerShell Development environment software yes
Ruby Development environment software yes
Extensible markup language XML Enterprise application integration software yes
Splunk Enterprise Enterprise system management software yes
Ansible software Expert system software yes
Microsoft Active Directory Internet directory services software yes
C# Object or component oriented development software yes
C++ Object or component oriented development software yes
Oracle Java Object or component oriented development software yes
Perl Object or component oriented development software yes
Python Object or component oriented development software yes
R Object or component oriented development software yes
Google Workspace software Office suite software yes
Microsoft Office software Office suite software yes
Apple iOS Operating system software yes
Apple macOS Operating system software yes
Bash Operating system software yes
Linux Operating system software yes
Microsoft Windows Operating system software yes
Microsoft Windows Server Operating system software yes
UNIX Operating system software yes
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation software yes
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software yes
Border Gateway Protocol BGP Switch or router software yes
Hypertext markup language HTML Web platform development software yes
JavaScript Web platform development software yes
PHP Web platform development software yes
Guidance Software EnCase Enterprise Analytical or scientific software
Single sign-on SSO Authentication server software
Platform as a service PaaS Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Enterprise application integration EAI software Enterprise application integration software
Management information systems MIS Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Computer forensic software Filesystem software
Geographic information system GIS systems Geographic information system
Graphical user interface GUI design software Graphical user interface development software
Network directory services software Internet directory services software
AccessData FTK Network monitoring software
Cisco Systems Cisco NetFlow Collection Engine Network monitoring software
IBM QRadar SIEM Network monitoring software
Snort Network monitoring software
Wireshark Network monitoring software
Firewall software Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software
Intrusion detection system IDS Network security or virtual private network VPN management software
Kali Linux Program testing software
MITRE ATT&CK software Program testing software
System testing software Program testing software
Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 Storage networking software
Metasploit Transaction security and virus protection software
Microsoft Defender Antivirus Transaction security and virus protection software
OpenVAS Transaction security and virus protection software
Portswigger BurP Suite Transaction security and virus protection software
Tenable Nessus Transaction security and virus protection software
Web server software Transaction server software
Security assertion markup language SAML Web platform development software

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 30 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Tools

  • X-Ways — 33 %
  • EnCase — 30 %
  • Cellebrite — 23 %
  • FTK — 23 %