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Market evidence report — instrumentation-engineering-technician
Source: 55 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 55), 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 | 44 | 80 % |
| junior | 6 | 11 % |
| senior | 4 | 7 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | multimeters | 6 | 11 % |
| 2 | SAP | 6 | 11 % |
| 3 | computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) | 4 | 7 % |
| 4 | forklift | 4 | 7 % |
| 5 | Allen Bradley PLC | 3 | 5 % |
| 6 | Allen Bradley RS Logix | 3 | 5 % |
| 7 | gauges | 3 | 5 % |
| 8 | hand tools | 3 | 5 % |
| 9 | oscilloscopes | 3 | 5 % |
| 10 | PLC | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | Siemens | 3 | 5 % |
| 12 | vfd | 3 | 5 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calibration | 19 | 35 % |
| 2 | troubleshooting | 19 | 35 % |
| 3 | plc programming | 18 | 33 % |
| 4 | instrumentation maintenance | 15 | 27 % |
| 5 | electrical troubleshooting | 12 | 22 % |
| 6 | preventive maintenance | 10 | 18 % |
| 7 | instrument calibration | 8 | 15 % |
| 8 | blueprint reading | 7 | 13 % |
| 9 | schematic interpretation | 6 | 11 % |
| 10 | control systems troubleshooting | 5 | 9 % |
| 11 | corrective maintenance | 5 | 9 % |
| 12 | electrical maintenance | 4 | 7 % |
| 13 | electrical repair | 4 | 7 % |
| 14 | electrical system maintenance | 4 | 7 % |
| 15 | electrical wiring | 4 | 7 % |
| 16 | equipment repair | 4 | 7 % |
| 17 | instrumentation calibration | 4 | 7 % |
| 18 | commissioning | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | control valve maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | dcs programming | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | equipment maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 22 | hmi programming | 3 | 5 % |
| 23 | instrument installation | 3 | 5 % |
| 24 | instrumentation | 3 | 5 % |
| 25 | instrumentation repair | 3 | 5 % |
| 26 | instrumentation troubleshooting | 3 | 5 % |
| 27 | loop checks | 3 | 5 % |
| 28 | plc troubleshooting | 3 | 5 % |
| 29 | preventative maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 30 | repair | 3 | 5 % |
| 31 | system diagnostics | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preventative maintenance | 7 | 13 % |
| 2 | preventive maintenance | 6 | 11 % |
| 3 | continuous improvement | 4 | 7 % |
| 4 | NFPA-70E | 4 | 7 % |
| 5 | lockout/tagout | 3 | 5 % |
| 6 | standard operating procedures (SOPs) | 3 | 5 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | equipment repair | 14 | 25 % |
| 2 | system troubleshooting | 10 | 18 % |
| 3 | safety compliance | 8 | 15 % |
| 4 | troubleshooting | 8 | 15 % |
| 5 | calibration | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | equipment installation | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | system installation | 6 | 11 % |
| 8 | technical support | 6 | 11 % |
| 9 | equipment maintenance | 5 | 9 % |
| 10 | equipment troubleshooting | 5 | 9 % |
| 11 | record keeping | 5 | 9 % |
| 12 | instrumentation installation | 4 | 7 % |
| 13 | system maintenance | 4 | 7 % |
| 14 | equipment calibration | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | equipment setup | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | instrument maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | maintenance documentation | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | sensor maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | system repair | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | vendor coordination | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | work order documentation | 3 | 5 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 55 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
55 ads.
Top hard skills:
- calibration — 35 % (19 ads)
- troubleshooting — 35 % (19 ads)
- plc programming — 33 % (18 ads)
- instrumentation maintenance — 27 % (15 ads)
- electrical troubleshooting — 22 % (12 ads)
- preventive maintenance — 18 % (10 ads)
- instrument calibration — 15 % (8 ads)
- blueprint reading — 13 % (7 ads)
- schematic interpretation — 11 % (6 ads)
- control systems troubleshooting — 9 % (5 ads)
Top tools:
- multimeters — 11 % (6 ads)
- SAP — 11 % (6 ads)
- computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) — 7 % (4 ads)
- forklift — 7 % (4 ads)
- Allen Bradley PLC — 5 % (3 ads)
- Allen Bradley RS Logix — 5 % (3 ads)
- gauges — 5 % (3 ads)
- hand tools — 5 % (3 ads)
- oscilloscopes — 5 % (3 ads)
- PLC — 5 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 80 % · junior 11 % · senior 7 % · n/a 2 %
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 |
|---|---|
| Instrument Technician | 5 |
| Instrumentation and Electrical Technician | 3 |
| Senior Instrument Tech | 3 |
| Electrical & Instrumentation Technician | 2 |
| Instrument & Control Technician | 2 |
| Instrumentation & Electrical Field Technician - Water Transfer Operations | 2 |
| Instrumentation & Electrical Technician | 2 |
| Instrumentation and Controls Technician | 2 |
| Aero Instrumentation & Controls Technician | 1 |
| Controls & Instrumentation Technician (12 Hour Nights Shift - Onsite) | 1 |
| E&I Technician | 1 |
| Eastern Controls - Instrumentation Technician - Edgmont, PA | 1 |
| Electrical & Instrumentation Controls (EIC) Technician | 1 |
| Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering Technician Apprentice | 1 |
| Electrical & Instrumentation Technician - Level 3 | 1 |
| Electrical and Instrumentation Technician | 1 |
| Electrical Instrumentation and Controls (EIC) Technician 1st shift (M-F; 6a-230p) | 1 |
| Electrician & Instrumentation Technician | 1 |
| Electronic & Instrumentation Technician | 1 |
| Equipment and Controls Technician | 1 |
| Field Instrument and Controls Technician | 1 |
| I &C Calibration/Metrology Technician-1, 2, 3, Lead | 1 |
| Instrument and Controls Technician | 1 |
| Instrument Assembly Technician | 1 |
| Instrument Maintenance Technic | 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.