# Market evidence report — instrumentation-engineer

Source: **50 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 35, gb 15), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-14.
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## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 31 | 62 % |
| senior | 11 | 22 % |
| lead | 4 | 8 % |
| junior | 3 | 6 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PLC | 10 | 20 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 9 | 18 % |
| 3 | AutoCAD | 8 | 16 % |
| 4 | DCS | 8 | 16 % |
| 5 | microsoft office | 7 | 14 % |
| 6 | Microsoft Word | 6 | 12 % |
| 7 | Siemens | 5 | 10 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | control systems design | 11 | 22 % |
| 2 | instrumentation engineering | 8 | 16 % |
| 3 | plc programming | 8 | 16 % |
| 4 | instrumentation design | 7 | 14 % |
| 5 | instrumentation specification | 6 | 12 % |
| 6 | troubleshooting | 6 | 12 % |
| 7 | data analysis | 5 | 10 % |
| 8 | electrical engineering | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | electrical system design | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | loop checking | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | technical documentation | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | calibration | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | commissioning | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | controls engineering | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | cost estimation | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | drawing creation | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | engineering analysis | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | engineering calculations | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | instrumentation and controls engineering | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | instrumentation system design | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | nuclear power plant design | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | p&id development | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | process control systems design | 3 | 6 % |
| 24 | process optimization | 3 | 6 % |
| 25 | system design | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | automation | 4 | 8 % |
| 2 | ISA standards | 3 | 6 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | client communication | 8 | 16 % |
| 2 | design review | 4 | 8 % |
| 3 | technical support | 4 | 8 % |
| 4 | design study development | 3 | 6 % |
| 5 | engineering document development | 3 | 6 % |
| 6 | junior employee mentoring | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | plant walkdown | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | project meeting attendance | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | site walkdowns | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | system commissioning | 3 | 6 % |
| 11 | team collaboration | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | technical guidance | 3 | 6 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 50 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

35 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- control systems design — 26 % (9 ads)
- plc programming — 20 % (7 ads)
- instrumentation specification — 17 % (6 ads)
- troubleshooting — 17 % (6 ads)
- data analysis — 14 % (5 ads)
- electrical engineering — 11 % (4 ads)
- electrical system design — 11 % (4 ads)
- instrumentation design — 11 % (4 ads)
- instrumentation engineering — 11 % (4 ads)
- drawing creation — 9 % (3 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 26 % (9 ads)
- DCS — 17 % (6 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 17 % (6 ads)
- PLC — 17 % (6 ads)
- AutoCAD — 14 % (5 ads)
- microsoft office — 14 % (5 ads)
- Siemens — 9 % (3 ads)
- allen-bradley — 6 % (2 ads)
- AutoCAD Electrical — 6 % (2 ads)
- Building Management Systems (BMS) — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 66 % · senior 17 % · junior 9 % · lead 6 % · n/a 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Senior Instrumentation & Controls Engineer 1 - Nuclear | 4 |
| Instrumentation and Control Engineer | 3 |
| Instrumentation and Controls Engineer - Mid, Senior & Principal Levels | 3 |
| Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer | 2 |
| Instrument Engineer | 2 |
| Automation and Instrumentation Engineer | 1 |
| Beam Instrumentation Engineer (R&D Engineer 2/3) | 1 |
| Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer, Entry Level - Columbus | 1 |
| Electrical & Instrumentation QA/QC Engineer | 1 |
| Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer - Lancaster, PA | 1 |
| Engineer 2, Instrumentation & Controls | 1 |
| Facilities Instrumentation Engineering Owner's Rep (Remote + Travel) | 1 |
| Field Engineer - Instrumentation and Electrical | 1 |
| Instrument and Control System Eengineer | 1 |
| Instrumentation & Control Engineer (Data Centers) | 1 |
| Instrumentation & Controls Engineer (39384) | 1 |
| Instrumentation & Controls Engineer, Solar Cell Factory (Starlink) | 1 |
| Instrumentation and Controls Engineer | 1 |
| Instrumentation Engineer | 1 |
| Instrumentation Engineer - Test Methods & Data Systems | 1 |
| Instrumentation Engineer (Experienced or Lead) Jobs | 1 |
| Instrumentation Engineer (Sewerage Treatment Plant) | 1 |
| Instrumentation Engineer II (Greenfield) | 1 |
| Lead Instrument Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Instrumentation & Controls Engineer | 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.