# Tools & technology — ICT application developer Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 15-1252.00 (Software Developers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2514; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation. | Software | Category | Hot technology | |---|---|---| | Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes | | Adobe After Effects | Video creation and editing software | yes | | Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes | | Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | AJAX | Web platform development software | yes | | Alteryx software | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | | Amazon DynamoDB | Data base management system software | yes | | Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Amazon Redshift | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation | Cloud-based management software | yes | | Amazon Web Services AWS software | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Ansible software | Expert system software | yes | | Apache Airflow | Procedure management software | yes | | Apache Cassandra | Data base management system software | yes | | Apache Hadoop | Data base management system software | yes | | Apache Hive | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Apache Kafka | Development environment software | yes | | Apache Maven | Development environment software | yes | | Apache Spark | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Apache Subversion SVN | File versioning software | yes | | Apache Tomcat | Web platform development software | yes | | Apple iOS | Operating system software | yes | | Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes | | Atlassian Bitbucket | Application server software | yes | | Atlassian Confluence | Project management software | yes | | Atlassian JIRA | Content workflow software | yes | | Bash | Operating system software | yes | | Bootstrap | Web platform development software | yes | | Border Gateway Protocol BGP | Switch or router software | yes | | C | Development environment software | yes | | C# | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Cascading style sheets CSS | Web platform development software | yes | | Chef | Configuration management software | yes | | Cisco Webex | Video conferencing software | yes | | Django | Web platform development software | yes | | Docker | Application server software | yes | | Eclipse IDE | Development environment software | yes | | Elasticsearch | Data base management system software | yes | | ESRI ArcGIS software | Map creation software | yes | | Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | Figma | Graphical user interface development software | yes | | Git | File versioning software | yes | | GitHub | Application server software | yes | | GitLab | Application server software | yes | | Go | Development environment software | yes | | Google Analytics | Data mining software | yes | | Google Android | Operating system software | yes | | Google Angular | Web platform development software | yes | | Google Docs | Word processing software | yes | | Google Looker Analytics | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | | Google Sheets | Spreadsheet software | yes | | Grafana Labs Grafana Cloud | Graphical user interface development software | yes | | GraphQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Hibernate ORM | Object oriented data base management software | yes | | Hypertext markup language HTML | Web platform development software | yes | | IBM DB2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | IBM SPSS Statistics | Analytical or scientific software | yes | | IBM Terraform | Configuration management software | yes | | IBM WebSphere MQ | Cloud-based management software | yes | | Informatica software | Metadata management software | yes | | JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes | | JavaScript Object Notation JSON | Web platform development software | yes | | Jenkins CI | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | jQuery | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | JUnit | Program testing software | yes | | Kubernetes | Application server software | yes | | Linux | Operating system software | yes | | Marketo Marketing Automation | Sales and marketing software | yes | | Microsoft .NET Framework | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Microsoft Active Directory | Internet directory services software | yes | | Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP | Web platform development software | yes | | Microsoft ASP.NET | Web platform development software | yes | | Microsoft Azure software | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | | Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | | Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | | Microsoft Power Automate | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | Microsoft Power BI | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | | Microsoft Power Platform software | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | | Microsoft PowerShell | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes | | Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software | yes | | Microsoft SQL Server | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS | Data base reporting software | yes | | Microsoft Team Foundation Server | Project management software | yes | | Microsoft Teams | Project management software | yes | | Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes | | Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft Visual Studio | Development environment software | yes | | Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes | | Microsoft Windows Server | Operating system software | yes | | Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | | MongoDB | Data base management system software | yes | | MySQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Node.js | Web platform development software | yes | | NoSQL | Data base management system software | yes | | Oracle Cloud software | Cloud-based management software | yes | | Oracle Database | Data base management system software | yes | | Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Oracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE | Development environment software | yes | | Oracle PeopleSoft | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | | Oracle PL/SQL | Data base management system software | yes | | Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management | Project management software | yes | | Oracle SQL Developer | Development environment software | yes | | Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | PHP | Web platform development software | yes | | PostgreSQL | Object oriented data base management software | yes | | Prometheus | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Puppet | Configuration management software | yes | | Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | PyTorch | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | R | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | React | Web platform development software | yes | | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Operating system software | yes | | Red Hat OpenShift | Application server software | yes | | Redis | Data base management system software | yes | | Ruby | Development environment software | yes | | Salesforce software | Customer relationship management CRM software | yes | | SAP ERP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | | SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | | SAS | Analytical or scientific software | yes | | Scala | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Selenium | Program testing software | yes | | ServiceNow | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Shell script | Operating system software | yes | | Slack | Cloud-based data access and sharing software | yes | | Snowflake | Data mining software | yes | | Splunk Enterprise | Cloud-based management software | yes | | Spring Boot | Application server software | yes | | Spring Framework | Web platform development software | yes | | Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Swift | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Tableau | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | | TensorFlow | Analytical or scientific software | yes | | Teradata Database | Data base management system software | yes | | The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | yes | | Transact-SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Trimble SketchUp Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | TypeScript | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | UNIX | Operating system software | yes | | UNIX Shell | Operating system software | yes | | Vue.js | Web platform development software | yes | | WordPress | Web page creation and editing software | yes | | Workday software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | | Zoom | Video conferencing software | yes | | 3M Post-it App | Word processing software | | | A programming language APL | Development environment software | | | ABC Compiler | Development environment software | | | ABC: the AspectBench Compiler for AspectJ | Object or component oriented development software | | | Ada | Development environment software | | | ADO.NET | Data base user interface and query software | | | Adobe ActionScript | Development environment software | | | Adobe Dreamweaver | Web page creation and editing software | | | Adobe Flex | Web platform development software | | | Advanced business application programming ABAP | Object or component oriented development software | | | Airtable | Data base user interface and query software | | | Algorithmic language ALGOL | Development environment software | | | Allaire ColdFusion | Web platform development software | | | Amazon Kinesis | Data base management system software | | | Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 | Storage networking software | | | American National Standards Institute ANSI C | Development environment software | | | Apache Ant | Development environment software | | | Apache Avro | Information retrieval or search software | | | Apache Flume | Data base management system software | | | Apache Groovy | Object or component oriented development software | | | Apache HBase | Data base management system software | | | Apache HTTP Server | Portal server software | | | Apache Oozie | Data base management system software | | | Apache Pig | Data base management system software | | | Apache Solr | Data base management system software | | | Apache Struts | Web platform development software | | | Atlassian Bamboo | Enterprise application integration software | | | Automated installation software | Configuration management software | | | AWK | Development environment software | | | Backbone.js | Web platform development software | | | Backup and archival software | Backup or archival software | | | Beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code BASIC | Development environment software | | | Bigloo Scheme | Development environment software | | | Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge | Customer relationship management CRM software | | | Blackboard software | Data base user interface and query software | | | Blink | Instant messaging software | | | B-Method | Development environment software | | | Call-processing language CPL | Development environment software | | | Canu | Development environment software | | | Cisco IOS | Operating system software | | | Citrix cloud computing software | Access software | | | Collaborative Application Markup Language CAML | Object or component oriented development software | | | Common business oriented language COBOL | Development environment software | | | Common Lisp Object System CLOS | Object or component oriented development software | | | Component object model COM software | Object or component oriented development software | | | Component-based Scalable Logical Architecture CSLA | Object or component oriented development software | | | Computer Associates integrated data management system CA-IDMS | Data base management system software | | | Computer On-line Real-time Applications Language CORAL 66 | Development environment software | | | Customer information control system CICS | Transaction server software | | | Data analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | | | Data definition language DDL | Data base management system software | | | Data manipulation language DML | Data base management system software | | | DataVision | Data base reporting software | | | Defect tracking software | Program testing software | | | Delphi Technology | Financial analysis software | | | Deployment software | Configuration management software | | | Disk operating system DOS | Operating system software | | | Distributed component object model DCOM software | Object or component oriented development software | | | Distributed database management software | Data base management system software | | | Document management system software | Document management software | | | Document Object Model DOM Scripting | Object or component oriented development software | | | Dropbox | Cloud-based data access and sharing software | | | Drupal | Web platform development software | | | Dynamic analysis software | Program testing software | | | Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML | Web platform development software | | | Dynamic modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | | | E++ pattern language | Object or component oriented development software | | | Eclipse Jersey | Web platform development software | | | Eiffel | Object or component oriented development software | | | Embarcadero Delphi | Object or component oriented development software | | | Embarcadero JBuilder | Development environment software | | | Embedded systems development software | Development environment software | | | Emerald Software Group Emerald Green Office | Content workflow software | | | Encryption software | Transaction security and virus protection software | | | Enterprise application integration EAI software | Enterprise application integration software | | | Enterprise JavaBeans | Web platform development software | | | Event-driven State-machines Programming | Development environment software | | | Evernote | Word processing software | | | Ext JS | Web platform development software | | | Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML | Web platform development software | | | Extensible stylesheet language transformations XSLT | Web platform development software | | | FaceTime | Video conferencing software | | | Fault testing software | Program testing software | | | File server software | Filesystem software | | | FileMaker Pro | Data base user interface and query software | | | Firewall software | Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software | | | Flipgrid | Video creation and editing software | | | Formula translation/translator FORTRAN | Development environment software | | | Forth | Development environment software | | | Functional testing software | Program testing software | | | Gambit Scheme | Development environment software | | | GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Google Cloud software | Cloud-based management software | | | Google Drive | Cloud-based data access and sharing software | | | Google Gmail | Electronic mail software | | | Google Meet | Video conferencing software | | | Google Sites | Web page creation and editing software | | | Google Slides | Presentation software | | | Gradle | Object or component oriented development software | | | Graphical user interface GUI builder software | Graphical user interface development software | | | Graphical user interface GUI design software | Graphical user interface development software | | | GroupMe | Instant messaging software | | | Haskell | Development environment software | | | Hewlett Packard HP-UX | Operating system software | | | Hewlett Packard LoadRunner | Program testing software | | | IBM AIX | Operating system software | | | IBM Cognos Impromptu | Business intelligence and data analysis software | | | IBM Domino | Communications server software | | | IBM InfoSphere DataStage | Enterprise application integration software | | | IBM Middleware | Transaction server software | | | IBM Notes | Electronic mail software | | | IBM Power Systems software | Enterprise system management software | | | IBM Rational ClearCase | Configuration management software | | | IBM Rational ClearQuest | Development environment software | | | IBM Rational PurifyPlus | Program testing software | | | IBM Rational RequisitePro | Requirements analysis and system architecture software | | | IBM Rational Rose XDE | Development environment software | | | IBM WebSphere | Cloud-based management software | | | IBM z/OS operating systems | Network operation system software | | | ICON programming language | Development environment software | | | IEA Software Emerald | Data base user interface and query software | | | Integrated development environment IDE software | Development environment software | | | Integration testing software | Program testing software | | | Interface definition language IDL | Development environment software | | | Interoperability testing software | Program testing software | | | Interstate connection ICON | Development environment software | | | J | Development environment software | | | JamBoard | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | JavaScript framework software | Web platform development software | | | JFrog Artifactory | Development environment software | | | Job control language JCL | Operating system software | | | Jupyter Notebook | Object or component oriented development software | | | KornShell | Operating system software | | | Kotlin | Development environment software | | | LAMP Stack | Web platform development software | | | LexisNexis | Information retrieval or search software | | | LibreOffice | Office suite software | | | LinkedIn | Web page creation and editing software | | | List processing language LISP | Development environment software | | | Load testing software | Program testing software | | | LogMeIn GoToMeeting | Video conferencing software | | | LogMeIn GoToWebinar | Network conferencing software | | | Loom | Video creation and editing software | | | Magellan Firmware | Operating system software | | | Management information systems MIS | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | MathWorks Simulink | Analytical or scientific software | | | McAfee | Transaction security and virus protection software | | | Microservices Architecture | Application server software | | | Microsoft ActiveX | Object or component oriented development software | | | Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC | Web platform development software | | | Microsoft Azure DevOps Services | Development environment software | | | Microsoft DirectX | Device drivers or system software | | | Microsoft Dynamics | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | Microsoft ESP SDK | Development environment software | | | Microsoft Exchange | Electronic mail software | | | Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) | Transaction server software | | | Microsoft OneNote | Word processing software | | | Microsoft Publisher | Desktop publishing software | | | Microsoft transact-structural query language T-SQL | Data base management system software | | | Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript | Development environment software | | | Microsoft Visual Basic.NET | Object or component oriented development software | | | Microsoft Visual C# .NET | Object or component oriented development software | | | MicroStrategy | Business intelligence and data analysis software | | | Migration software | Platform interconnectivity software | | | Migration testing software | Program testing software | | | Minitab | Analytical or scientific software | | | Modula | Object or component oriented development software | | | Moodle | Computer based training software | | | MuleSoft software | Enterprise application integration software | | | MUMPS M | Development environment software | | | Mutation testing software | Program testing software | | | Nagios | Network monitoring software | | | National Instruments LabVIEW | Development environment software | | | NetSuite ERP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software | Transaction security and virus protection software | | | Oberon | Object or component oriented development software | | | Object Management Group Object Request Broker | Transaction server software | | | Objective C | Object or component oriented development software | | | Objective Caml | Object or component oriented development software | | | Open Graphics Library OpenGL | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | OpenAI ChatGPT | Development environment software | | | Operating system shells | Operating system software | | | Oracle Application Server | Application server software | | | Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer | Data base reporting software | | | Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition | Business intelligence and data analysis software | | | Oracle Business Intelligence Suite | Data base reporting software | | | Oracle E-Business Suite Financials | Financial analysis software | | | Oracle Eloqua | Customer relationship management CRM software | | | Oracle Fusion Applications | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | Oracle Fusion Middleware | Enterprise application integration software | | | Oracle Hyperion | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | Oracle Java Message Service JMS | Object or component oriented development software | | | Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP | Web platform development software | | | Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | Oracle JDBC | Data base user interface and query software | | | Oracle PeopleSoft Financials | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | Oracle Reports | Data base reporting software | | | Oracle Solaris | Operating system software | | | Oracle WebLogic Server | Application server software | | | Pascal | Development environment software | | | Patch management software | Configuration management software | | | Perforce Helix software | Configuration management software | | | Platform as a service PaaS | Cloud-based data access and sharing software | | | Programming language one PL/I | Development environment software | | | Prolog | Development environment software | | | PuTTY | Access software | | | Qlik Tech QlikView | Business intelligence and data analysis software | | | QNX | Operating system software | | | Quest Erwin Data Modeler | Metadata management software | | | RabbitMQ | Object or component oriented development software | | | React Native | Web platform development software | | | React Redux | Web platform development software | | | Real time operating system RTOS software | Operating system software | | | Recovery testing software | Program testing software | | | Red Hat Ansible Engine | Configuration management software | | | Red Hat WildFly | Application server software | | | Regression testing software | Program testing software | | | Relational database management software | Data base management system software | | | Requirements management software | Requirements analysis and system architecture software | | | RESTful API | Web platform development software | | | Restructured extended executor REXX | Development environment software | | | Ruby on Rails | Web platform development software | | | Salesforce Visualforce | Graphical user interface development software | | | SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise | Data base management system software | | | SAP Business Intelligence | Data base reporting software | | | SAP Business Objects | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | | | SAP Crystal Reports | Data base reporting software | | | SAP NetWeaver | Enterprise application integration software | | | SAP PowerBuilder | Object or component oriented development software | | | Scheme | Development environment software | | | Screencastify | Video creation and editing software | | | Security testing software | Program testing software | | | Simple API for XML SAX | Object or component oriented development software | | | Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE | Analytical or scientific software | | | Single sign-on SSO | Authentication server software | | | Skype | Desktop communications software | | | Smalltalk | Object or component oriented development software | | | SmugMug Flickr | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Social media sites | Web page creation and editing software | | | Software development tools | Development environment software | | | Software distribution management software | Administration software | | | Software libraries | Development environment software | | | SonarQube | Program testing software | | | Source code editor software | Program testing software | | | StataCorp Stata | Analytical or scientific software | | | Static analysis software | Program testing software | | | Storage area network SAN software | Storage networking software | | | Stress testing software | Program testing software | | | String oriented symbolic language SNOBOL | Development environment software | | | Structured Query Report SQR | Data base management system software | | | Sun Microsystems Java Persistence API | Object or component oriented development software | | | Symantec Visual Cafe | Development environment software | | | System testing software | Program testing software | | | Talend Big Data Integration | Data base management system software | | | Talend Data Fabric | Metadata management software | | | Test design software | Program testing software | | | Test implementation software | Program testing software | | | Ubuntu | Operating system software | | | Unified modeling language UML | Requirements analysis and system architecture software | | | Unit testing software | Program testing software | | | Usability testing software | Program testing software | | | Verilog | Development environment software | | | Veritas NetBackup | Backup or archival software | | | Version control software | File versioning software | | | Virtual private networking VPN software | Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software | | | Visible Razor | Configuration management software | | | VMware | Clustering software | | | Voice over internet protocol VoIP system software | Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software | | | Web application software | Development environment software | | | Web server software | Transaction server software | | | Web service definition language WDSL | Development environment software | | | Win CE | Operating system software | | | Wind River VxWorks | Operating system software | | | Wireshark | Network monitoring software | | | Xcode | Development environment software | | | XML Path Language XPATH | Development environment software | | | YouTube | Video creation and editing software | | ## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 19 ads, as of 2026-07-12) Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs. ### Tools - Java — **37 %** - Git — **32 %** - Angular — **32 %** - Python — **26 %** - Docker — **21 %** - JavaScript — **21 %** - Kubernetes — **21 %** - PostgreSQL — **21 %** - GitHub — **16 %** - AWS — **16 %** - Redis — **16 %** - SQL Server — **16 %** - TypeScript — **16 %**