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Market evidence report — orthoptist
Source: 60 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 43, gb 17), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 49 | 82 % |
| n/a | 8 | 13 % |
| junior | 2 | 3 % |
| lead | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 4 | 7 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 7 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Word | 4 | 7 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Outlook | 3 | 5 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treatment planning | 14 | 23 % |
| 2 | diagnostic testing | 9 | 15 % |
| 3 | orthoptic assessment | 8 | 13 % |
| 4 | visual acuity testing | 8 | 13 % |
| 5 | retinoscopy | 7 | 12 % |
| 6 | ocular motility assessment | 6 | 10 % |
| 7 | binocular vision assessment | 5 | 8 % |
| 8 | diagnosis | 5 | 8 % |
| 9 | lensometry | 5 | 8 % |
| 10 | ophthalmic examination | 5 | 8 % |
| 11 | patient evaluation | 5 | 8 % |
| 12 | data collection | 4 | 7 % |
| 13 | manifest refraction | 4 | 7 % |
| 14 | patient assessment | 4 | 7 % |
| 15 | test result interpretation | 4 | 7 % |
| 16 | tonometry | 4 | 7 % |
| 17 | treatment program implementation | 4 | 7 % |
| 18 | clinical audit | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | clinical education | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | color vision testing | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | cycloplegic refraction | 3 | 5 % |
| 22 | eye movement disorder treatment | 3 | 5 % |
| 23 | medical record maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 24 | ophthalmic testing | 3 | 5 % |
| 25 | orthoptic examination | 3 | 5 % |
| 26 | refraction | 3 | 5 % |
| 27 | strabismus evaluation | 3 | 5 % |
| 28 | treatment plan development | 3 | 5 % |
| 29 | vision assessment | 3 | 5 % |
| 30 | visual field testing | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | training program development | 4 | 7 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patient assessment | 10 | 17 % |
| 2 | patient education | 6 | 10 % |
| 3 | diagnosis support | 5 | 8 % |
| 4 | patient instruction | 5 | 8 % |
| 5 | ocular disorder treatment | 4 | 7 % |
| 6 | patient evaluation | 4 | 7 % |
| 7 | patient examination | 4 | 7 % |
| 8 | treatment delivery | 4 | 7 % |
| 9 | data collection | 3 | 5 % |
| 10 | data presentation | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | diagnosis | 3 | 5 % |
| 12 | line management | 3 | 5 % |
| 13 | patient management | 3 | 5 % |
| 14 | resident instruction | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | test result communication | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | treatment implementation | 3 | 5 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 60 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
43 ads.
Top hard skills:
- treatment planning — 19 % (8 ads)
- visual acuity testing — 19 % (8 ads)
- diagnostic testing — 16 % (7 ads)
- retinoscopy — 16 % (7 ads)
- binocular vision assessment — 12 % (5 ads)
- lensometry — 12 % (5 ads)
- manifest refraction — 9 % (4 ads)
- ocular motility assessment — 9 % (4 ads)
- ophthalmic examination — 9 % (4 ads)
- patient evaluation — 9 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- Microsoft Excel — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 77 % · n/a 19 % · junior 5 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Orthoptist | 14 |
| Band 7 Highly Specialised Orthoptist | 3 |
| Certified Orthoptist | 3 |
| Certified Orthoptist | FT |
| Orthoptist - Ophthalmology Clinic | 2 |
| Orthoptist I | 2 |
| Specialist Orthoptist | 2 |
| Band 6 Orthoptist | 1 |
| Certified Orthoptist FT Days Le Bonheur Ophthalmology Memphis | 1 |
| Certified Orthoptist-Ophthalmology | 1 |
| Clinical Orthoptist | 1 |
| Lead Orthoptist – Specialist Paediatric & Adult Care | 1 |
| Orthoptist - Binocular Vision & Diagnostic Expert | 1 |
| Orthoptist - Full-time | 1 |
| Orthoptist - GHEI Ophthalmology Irvine - FT Days | 1 |
| Orthoptist – Kindersehschule & Diagnostik, Teamorientiert | 1 |
| Orthoptist - Ophthalmic Clinical Services, Full Time Bascom Palmer Eye Institute(Miami, FL) | 1 |
| Orthoptist - Ophthalmology | 1 |
| Orthoptist - Pediatric Eye & Motility Specialist | 1 |
| Orthoptist - Pediatric Ophthalmology (Full-Time) | 1 |
| Orthoptist (m/w/d) | 1 |
| Orthoptist (Ophthalmology) | 1 |
| Orthoptist- Division of Ophthalmology | 1 |
| Orthoptist I: Flexible Schedule, Pediatric Vision Impact | 1 |
| Orthoptist-$7,500 Sign On Bonus Vanderbilt Eye Institute | 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.