6.2 KiB
6.2 KiB
Market evidence report — drone-pilot
Source: 58 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 58), 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 | 39 | 67 % |
| n/a | 15 | 26 % |
| junior | 4 | 7 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drones | 5 | 9 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Office | 5 | 9 % |
| 3 | AutoCAD Civil 3D | 4 | 7 % |
| 4 | DJI | 4 | 7 % |
| 5 | ground control systems | 4 | 7 % |
| 6 | QGroundControl (QGC) | 4 | 7 % |
| 7 | UAV / Drone | 4 | 7 % |
| 8 | Vigilant Spirit | 4 | 7 % |
| 9 | Parrot | 3 | 5 % |
| 10 | Trimble Business Center | 3 | 5 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drone operation | 19 | 33 % |
| 2 | mission planning | 18 | 31 % |
| 3 | photogrammetry | 12 | 21 % |
| 4 | aerial imagery capture | 11 | 19 % |
| 5 | data collection | 11 | 19 % |
| 6 | geospatial data collection | 9 | 16 % |
| 7 | data processing | 8 | 14 % |
| 8 | equipment maintenance | 8 | 14 % |
| 9 | quality assurance | 8 | 14 % |
| 10 | uav mapping | 8 | 14 % |
| 11 | data analysis | 7 | 12 % |
| 12 | troubleshooting | 7 | 12 % |
| 13 | flight planning | 5 | 9 % |
| 14 | regulatory compliance | 5 | 9 % |
| 15 | risk assessment | 5 | 9 % |
| 16 | autopilot system management | 4 | 7 % |
| 17 | construction layout | 4 | 7 % |
| 18 | emergency procedures | 4 | 7 % |
| 19 | flight inspection | 4 | 7 % |
| 20 | surveying | 4 | 7 % |
| 21 | uav piloting | 4 | 7 % |
| 22 | underground service identification | 4 | 7 % |
| 23 | volume computation | 4 | 7 % |
| 24 | aerial inspection | 3 | 5 % |
| 25 | aerial mapping | 3 | 5 % |
| 26 | aerial surveying | 3 | 5 % |
| 27 | drone mapping | 3 | 5 % |
| 28 | drone operations | 3 | 5 % |
| 29 | faa compliance | 3 | 5 % |
| 30 | system troubleshooting | 3 | 5 % |
| 31 | technical troubleshooting | 3 | 5 % |
| 32 | terrain modeling | 3 | 5 % |
| 33 | uas/uav operation | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bvlos operations | 6 | 10 % |
| 2 | faa part 107 compliance | 4 | 7 % |
| 3 | faa part 107 regulations | 4 | 7 % |
| 4 | multi-vehicle coordination | 4 | 7 % |
| 5 | survey work request program | 4 | 7 % |
| 6 | zero incidents safety program | 4 | 7 % |
| 7 | dod compliance | 3 | 5 % |
| 8 | faa compliance | 3 | 5 % |
| 9 | heavy industrial construction survey principles | 3 | 5 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | project coordination | 11 | 19 % |
| 2 | data collection | 8 | 14 % |
| 3 | dataset collection | 8 | 14 % |
| 4 | imagery capture | 8 | 14 % |
| 5 | mapping flights | 8 | 14 % |
| 6 | workflow support | 8 | 14 % |
| 7 | drone operation | 7 | 12 % |
| 8 | control point verification | 4 | 7 % |
| 9 | data review | 4 | 7 % |
| 10 | drawing preparation | 4 | 7 % |
| 11 | equipment maintenance | 4 | 7 % |
| 12 | flight planning | 4 | 7 % |
| 13 | technical support | 4 | 7 % |
| 14 | uav program execution | 4 | 7 % |
| 15 | autopilot tuning | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | drone flight operation | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | faa regulation compliance | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | instrument calibration | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | pre-flight checks | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | system configuration | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | training support | 3 | 5 % |
| 22 | troubleshooting | 3 | 5 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 58 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
58 ads.
Top hard skills:
- drone operation — 33 % (19 ads)
- mission planning — 31 % (18 ads)
- photogrammetry — 21 % (12 ads)
- aerial imagery capture — 19 % (11 ads)
- data collection — 19 % (11 ads)
- geospatial data collection — 16 % (9 ads)
- data processing — 14 % (8 ads)
- equipment maintenance — 14 % (8 ads)
- quality assurance — 14 % (8 ads)
- uav mapping — 14 % (8 ads)
Top tools:
- drones — 9 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 9 % (5 ads)
- AutoCAD Civil 3D — 7 % (4 ads)
- DJI — 7 % (4 ads)
- ground control systems — 7 % (4 ads)
- QGroundControl (QGC) — 7 % (4 ads)
- UAV / Drone — 7 % (4 ads)
- Vigilant Spirit — 7 % (4 ads)
- Parrot — 5 % (3 ads)
- Trimble Business Center — 5 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 67 % · n/a 26 % · junior 7 %
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 |
|---|---|
| Drone Pilot | 15 |
| Mapping Drone Pilot | 8 |
| Drone Operator | 4 |
| Survey - Drone Pilot | 4 |
| Independent Mapping Drone Pilot – UAV Imagery & Data | 3 |
| Assistant Chief Drone Pilot | 1 |
| Chula Vista, CA: Part-Time Remote Pilot in Command (RPIC) - Drone as First Responder Position | 1 |
| Civil Excavation UAS Drone Pilot | 1 |
| Civil Excavation UAS Drone Pilot - York, PA | 1 |
| Civil UAS Pilot & Survey Data Specialist (Flexible Schedule) | 1 |
| Drone First Responder Pilot - Part Time | 1 |
| Drone Operator Power Washing | 1 |
| Drone Operator- Surveyor 1 | 1 |
| Drone Pilot - Agriculture | 1 |
| Drone Pilot & Field Technician (Contractor) | 1 |
| FPV Drone Pilot | 1 |
| Geomatics Field Engineer & Drone Pilot | 1 |
| Geomatics Field Engineer: UAV Drone & Survey Data Lead | 1 |
| I-Drone Operator (Pilot) | 1 |
| Jr. Drone Pilot (Jr. Unmanned Aerial Systems Pilot) - Houston Region | 1 |
| Jr. Drone Pilot (Jr. Unmanned Aerial Systems Pilot) - West Texas Region | 1 |
| Junior Survey Drone Pilot | 1 |
| Local Drone Operator – Aerial Inspections & 3D Mapping | 1 |
| Part 107-Certified Drone Pilot | 1 |
| Remote FAA Part 107 Drone Pilot — 12-Hour Shifts | 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.