Market evidence report — industrial-engineer

Source: 48 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 48), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-14. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	32	67 %
senior	12	25 %
junior	4	8 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	16	33 %
2	AutoCAD	10	21 %
3	Python	9	19 %
4	SQL	9	19 %
5	Tableau	8	17 %
6	SAP	7	15 %
7	Power BI	6	12 %
8	Microsoft Office	5	10 %
9	Microsoft Word	5	10 %
10	solidworks	5	10 %
11	Microsoft PowerPoint	4	8 %
12	oracle	4	8 %
13	R language	4	8 %
14	arena	3	6 %
15	flexsim	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	data analysis	16	33 %
2	process improvement	16	33 %
3	statistical analysis	12	25 %
4	industrial engineering	9	19 %
5	capacity planning	7	15 %
6	process mapping	6	12 %
7	root cause analysis	6	12 %
8	simulation	6	12 %
9	facility layout	5	10 %
10	labor standards development	5	10 %
11	line balancing	5	10 %
12	operations research	5	10 %
13	optimization	5	10 %
14	time and motion studies	5	10 %
15	workflow design	5	10 %
16	capacity management	4	8 %
17	continuous improvement	4	8 %
18	cost-benefit analysis	4	8 %
19	human-centered design	4	8 %
20	lean manufacturing	4	8 %
21	performance improvement	4	8 %
22	systems engineering	4	8 %
23	time studies	4	8 %
24	time study analysis	4	8 %
25	bottleneck analysis	3	6 %
26	capacity modeling	3	6 %
27	data analytics	3	6 %
28	material flow optimization	3	6 %
29	process analysis	3	6 %
30	process validation	3	6 %
31	project management	3	6 %
32	simulation modeling	3	6 %
33	value stream mapping	3	6 %
34	waste reduction	3	6 %
35	work measurement	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	lean manufacturing	22	46 %
2	six sigma	12	25 %
3	value stream mapping	8	17 %
4	continuous improvement	7	15 %
5	5s methodology	6	12 %
6	change management	6	12 %
7	discrete event simulation	6	12 %
8	kaizen events	6	12 %
9	continuous improvement methodologies	5	10 %
10	systems thinking	5	10 %
11	lean six sigma	4	8 %
12	DMAIC	3	6 %
13	kaizen	3	6 %
14	kanban	3	6 %
15	line balancing	3	6 %
16	most	3	6 %
17	process mapping	3	6 %
18	time studies	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	data analysis	7	15 %
2	process improvement	6	12 %
3	process improvement implementation	5	10 %
4	analytical tool application	4	8 %
5	care delivery model design	4	8 %
6	data-driven decision support	4	8 %
7	methodology establishment	4	8 %
8	outcome measurement	4	8 %
9	performance improvement initiative leadership	4	8 %
10	problem framing	4	8 %
11	process analysis	4	8 %
12	process optimization	4	8 %
13	recommendation translation	4	8 %
14	staff mentoring	4	8 %
15	waste reduction	4	8 %
16	corrective action implementation	3	6 %
17	kpi monitoring	3	6 %
18	project leadership	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 48 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

48 ads.

Top hard skills:

data analysis — 33 % (16 ads)
process improvement — 33 % (16 ads)
statistical analysis — 25 % (12 ads)
industrial engineering — 19 % (9 ads)
capacity planning — 15 % (7 ads)
process mapping — 12 % (6 ads)
root cause analysis — 12 % (6 ads)
simulation — 12 % (6 ads)
facility layout — 10 % (5 ads)
labor standards development — 10 % (5 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 33 % (16 ads)
AutoCAD — 21 % (10 ads)
Python — 19 % (9 ads)
SQL — 19 % (9 ads)
Tableau — 17 % (8 ads)
SAP — 15 % (7 ads)
Power BI — 12 % (6 ads)
Microsoft Office — 10 % (5 ads)
Microsoft Word — 10 % (5 ads)
solidworks — 10 % (5 ads)

Seniority: mid 67 % · senior 25 % · junior 8 %

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)