# Market evidence report — remote-sensing-technician

Source: **22 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 22), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 9 | 41 % |
| senior | 7 | 32 % |
| n/a | 2 | 9 % |
| junior | 2 | 9 % |
| lead | 2 | 9 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 6 | 27 % |
| 2 | ArcGIS | 5 | 23 % |
| 3 | AWS | 5 | 23 % |
| 4 | ENVI | 5 | 23 % |
| 5 | ERDAS IMAGINE | 4 | 18 % |
| 6 | Google Earth Engine | 4 | 18 % |
| 7 | Landsat | 4 | 18 % |
| 8 | QGIS | 4 | 18 % |
| 9 | Sentinel | 4 | 18 % |
| 10 | Azure | 3 | 14 % |
| 11 | GDAL | 3 | 14 % |
| 12 | LiDAR | 3 | 14 % |
| 13 | rasterio | 3 | 14 % |
| 14 | scikit-learn | 3 | 14 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remote sensing | 13 | 59 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 9 | 41 % |
| 3 | algorithm development | 7 | 32 % |
| 4 | statistical modeling | 5 | 23 % |
| 5 | crop monitoring | 4 | 18 % |
| 6 | aerial data post-processing | 3 | 14 % |
| 7 | image processing | 3 | 14 % |
| 8 | lidar data processing | 3 | 14 % |
| 9 | quality control | 3 | 14 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | machine learning | 4 | 18 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data processing | 6 | 27 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 5 | 23 % |
| 3 | model development | 4 | 18 % |
| 4 | team mentoring | 4 | 18 % |
| 5 | deliverable creation | 3 | 14 % |
| 6 | methodology development | 3 | 14 % |
| 7 | technical guidance | 3 | 14 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 22 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 22 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### 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 |
|---|---|
| Lead Remote Sensing Scientist (Agriculture) | 2 |
| [Remote] Principal Geospatial Scientist (Remote Sensing) | 1 |
| [Remote] Senior Remote Sensing Technician | 1 |
| Assistant Research Scientist in UAV Remote Sensing and Geospatial AI | 1 |
| Data Scientist(Remote Sensing) | 1 |
| HAB Forecasting Scientist: Remote Sensing & Modeling | 1 |
| Plant Traits Scientist: In Situ & Remote Sensing | 1 |
| Principal Geospatial Scientist (Remote Sensing) | 1 |
| Remote Sensing Scientist | 1 |
| Remote Sensing Scientist - Agricultural Applications | 1 |
| Remote Sensing Scientist – Agricultural Applications | 1 |
| Remote Sensing Scientist Forest Biomass & Carbon Dynamics | 1 |
| Remote Sensing Technician | 1 |
| Remote Sensing Technician - DoD SkillBridge Members Only | 1 |
| Research Scientist - Remote Sensing Technology & Lab Specialist | 1 |
| Senior Remote Sensing Scientist — GEOINT & Data Exploitation | 1 |
| Senior Remote Sensing Technician | 1 |
| Senior Remote Sensing Technician - Aerial Data Specialist | 1 |
| Senior Remote Sensing Technician - Lead Aerial Data | 1 |
| Senior Remote Sensing Technician: LiDAR & Aerial Data Lead | 1 |
| Senior Scientist / Engineer: Remote Sensing of reputed company reputed company & Tracking | 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.