# Tools & technology — test engineer

Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 17-2112.02.

| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
| Docker | Application server software | yes |
| GitHub | Application server software | yes |
| Kubernetes | Application server software | yes |
| Red Hat OpenShift | Application server software | yes |
| Microsoft Power BI | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes |
| Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation | Cloud-based management software | yes |
| Splunk Enterprise | Cloud-based management software | yes |
| Dassault Systemes SolidWorks | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Chef | Configuration management software | yes |
| IBM Terraform | Configuration management software | yes |
| Puppet | Configuration management software | yes |
| Atlassian JIRA | Content workflow software | yes |
| Amazon DynamoDB | Data base management system software | yes |
| Apache Cassandra | Data base management system software | yes |
| Elasticsearch | Data base management system software | yes |
| MongoDB | Data base management system software | yes |
| MySQL | Data base management system software | yes |
| NoSQL | Data base management system software | yes |
| Teradata Database | Data base management system software | yes |
| Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Amazon Web Services AWS software | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Prometheus | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Apache Kafka | Development environment software | yes |
| Apache Maven | Development environment software | yes |
| C | Development environment software | yes |
| Go | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Azure software | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerShell | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | Development environment software | yes |
| Ruby | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes |
| Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
| Jenkins CI | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
| Microsoft Power Automate | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
| Microsoft Power Platform software | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
| Ansible software | Expert system software | yes |
| Apache Subversion SVN | File versioning software | yes |
| Git | File versioning software | yes |
| Grafana Labs Grafana Cloud | Graphical user interface development software | yes |
| C# | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| R | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Scala | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| PostgreSQL | Object oriented data base management software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Bash | Operating system software | yes |
| Linux | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Operating system software | yes |
| Shell script | Operating system software | yes |
| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
| UNIX Shell | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
| JUnit | Program testing software | yes |
| Selenium | Program testing software | yes |
| Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Apache Tomcat | Web platform development software | yes |
| Django | Web platform development software | yes |
| JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes |
| Node.js | Web platform development software | yes |
| PHP | Web platform development software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Cadence Incisive Enterprise Specman Elite Testbench | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| IndySoft Gage InSite Enterprise | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Laboratory information management system LIMS | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Logic simulators | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Minitab | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| QUALCOMM eXtensible Diagnostic Monitor QxDM | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Simulation software | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Statistical software | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Synopsys electronic design software | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Red Hat WildFly | Application server software |  |
| Sparta Systems TrackWise | Compliance software |  |
| Dassault Systemes CATIA | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| PTC Creo Parametric | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| Perforce Helix software | Configuration management software |  |
| Apache Solr | Data base management system software |  |
| Structure query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software |  |
| Apache Ant | Development environment software |  |
| IBM Rational ClearQuest | Development environment software |  |
| National Instruments LabVIEW | Development environment software |  |
| Verilog | Development environment software |  |
| Very high-speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL | Development environment software |  |
| EMC Documentum | Document management software |  |
| Email software | Electronic mail software |  |
| IBM Notes | Electronic mail software |  |
| Atlassian Bamboo | Enterprise application integration software |  |
| GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX | Industrial control software |  |
| Nagios | Network monitoring software |  |
| Wireshark | Network monitoring software |  |
| Virtual private networking VPN software | Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software |  |
| Apache Groovy | Object or component oriented development software |  |
| Ubuntu | Operating system software |  |
| Apache HTTP Server | Portal server software |  |
| Bugzilla | Program testing software |  |
| Hewlett Packard LoadRunner | Program testing software |  |
| Hewlett Packard QuickTest Professional | Program testing software |  |
| Windows kernel debuggers | Program testing software |  |
| Apache Struts | Web platform development software |  |
| Ruby on Rails | Web platform development software |  |