Market evidence report — exploration-geologist

Source: 53 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 53), 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	33	62 %
senior	10	19 %
junior	10	19 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	ArcGIS	13	25 %
2	LeapFrog	10	19 %
3	Microsoft Excel	7	13 %
4	BET	6	11 %
5	EDS	6	11 %
6	scanning electron microscopy (SEM)	6	11 %
7	Vulcan	6	11 %
8	X-ray diffraction (XRD)	6	11 %
9	optical microscopy	5	9 %
10	SEM-EDS	5	9 %
11	XRD	5	9 %
12	Acquire	4	8 %
13	Labware	4	8 %
14	Microsoft Office	4	8 %
15	MS Word	4	8 %
16	QEMSCAN	4	8 %
17	reflected light microscopy	4	8 %
18	GIS	3	6 %
19	GIS software	3	6 %
20	Micromine	3	6 %
21	Microsoft Word	3	6 %
22	MLA	3	6 %
23	QGIS	3	6 %
24	Surpac	3	6 %
25	TIMA	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	core logging	13	25 %
2	data analysis	13	25 %
3	sampling	10	19 %
4	geological mapping	9	17 %
5	data integration	7	13 %
6	data interpretation	7	13 %
7	geological interpretation	7	13 %
8	crystallography	6	11 %
9	data compilation	6	11 %
10	geologic mapping	6	11 %
11	mineral analysis	6	11 %
12	mineral chemistry	6	11 %
13	mineral identification	6	11 %
14	sample preparation	6	11 %
15	quality control	5	9 %
16	target generation	5	9 %
17	3D modelling	4	8 %
18	data management	4	8 %
19	drill program design	4	8 %
20	geologic modeling	4	8 %
21	geological modeling	4	8 %
22	mapping	4	8 %
23	mineral characterization	4	8 %
24	mineral exploration	4	8 %
25	ore characterization	4	8 %
26	resource estimation	4	8 %
27	sample collection	4	8 %
28	technical reporting	4	8 %
29	budget management	3	6 %
30	exploration planning	3	6 %
31	geologic interpretation	3	6 %
32	instrument maintenance	3	6 %
33	rc logging	3	6 %
34	resource modeling	3	6 %
35	structural geology	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	mine-to-mill initiatives	4	8 %
2	geometallurgy	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	data interpretation	10	19 %
2	safety compliance	7	13 %
3	data compilation	6	11 %
4	report preparation	6	11 %
5	laboratory equipment maintenance	5	9 %
6	mineral specimen examination	5	9 %
7	ore characterization	4	8 %
8	sample collection	4	8 %
9	technical guidance	4	8 %
10	technical report preparation	4	8 %
11	workflow development	4	8 %
12	data analysis	3	6 %
13	data documentation	3	6 %
14	microscope maintenance	3	6 %
15	plant troubleshooting	3	6 %
16	progress reporting	3	6 %
17	research on mineral properties	3	6 %
18	sampling	3	6 %
19	target generation	3	6 %
20	technical reporting	3	6 %
21	unit cell volume calculation	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 53 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

53 ads.

Top hard skills:

core logging — 25 % (13 ads)
data analysis — 25 % (13 ads)
sampling — 19 % (10 ads)
geological mapping — 17 % (9 ads)
data integration — 13 % (7 ads)
data interpretation — 13 % (7 ads)
geological interpretation — 13 % (7 ads)
crystallography — 11 % (6 ads)
data compilation — 11 % (6 ads)
geologic mapping — 11 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

ArcGIS — 25 % (13 ads)
LeapFrog — 19 % (10 ads)
Microsoft Excel — 13 % (7 ads)
BET — 11 % (6 ads)
EDS — 11 % (6 ads)
scanning electron microscopy (SEM) — 11 % (6 ads)
Vulcan — 11 % (6 ads)
X-ray diffraction (XRD) — 11 % (6 ads)
optical microscopy — 9 % (5 ads)
SEM-EDS — 9 % (5 ads)

Seniority: mid 62 % · senior 19 % · junior 19 %

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)