Market evidence report — welding-engineer

Source: 49 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 49), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	36	73 %
senior	7	14 %
lead	3	6 %
junior	2	4 %
n/a	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	10	20 %
2	Microsoft PowerPoint	5	10 %
3	Microsoft Word	5	10 %
4	Microsoft Office	3	6 %
5	Solidworks	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	welding engineering	14	29 %
2	welding process development	11	22 %
3	root cause analysis	8	16 %
4	heat treatment	7	14 %
5	data analysis	5	10 %
6	destructive testing	5	10 %
7	materials science	5	10 %
8	process improvement	5	10 %
9	welding	5	10 %
10	welding procedure development	5	10 %
11	failure analysis	4	8 %
12	metallurgy	4	8 %
13	quality control	4	8 %
14	technical guidance	4	8 %
15	troubleshooting	4	8 %
16	weld inspection	4	8 %
17	defect analysis	3	6 %
18	fabrication	3	6 %
19	laser welding	3	6 %
20	materials selection	3	6 %
21	metallurgical analysis	3	6 %
22	non-destructive examination	3	6 %
23	project management	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	aws d1.1	5	10 %
2	asme section ix	4	8 %
3	non-destructive testing (NDT)	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	documentation maintenance	5	10 %
2	compliance assurance	4	8 %
3	issue resolution	4	8 %
4	technical support	3	6 %
5	welding procedure development	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 49 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

49 ads.

Top hard skills:

welding engineering — 29 % (14 ads)
welding process development — 22 % (11 ads)
root cause analysis — 16 % (8 ads)
heat treatment — 14 % (7 ads)
data analysis — 10 % (5 ads)
destructive testing — 10 % (5 ads)
materials science — 10 % (5 ads)
process improvement — 10 % (5 ads)
welding — 10 % (5 ads)
welding procedure development — 10 % (5 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 20 % (10 ads)
Microsoft PowerPoint — 10 % (5 ads)
Microsoft Word — 10 % (5 ads)
Microsoft Office — 6 % (3 ads)
Solidworks — 6 % (3 ads)
CAD software — 4 % (2 ads)
Microsoft Access — 4 % (2 ads)
Microsoft Outlook — 4 % (2 ads)
WELD software suite — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 73 % · senior 14 % · lead 6 % · junior 4 % · 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)