# Tools & technology — biology technician

Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 19-1029.04.

| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| IBM SPSS Statistics | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| ESRI ArcGIS software | Geographic information system | yes |
| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging 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 |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Linux | Operating system software | yes |
| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| Agilent Technologies GeneSpring GX | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| BioKin PlateKi | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| BLAT | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Blue Tractor Software DNADynamo | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| CUBIC | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequence analysis software | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| EMBOSS | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| EnzymeX | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Excavator | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| FASTA | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| FoldX | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Gene Codes Sequencher | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Ingenuity Systems Ingenuity Pathways Analysis | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| JaMBW | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Joint Prediction of Operons JPOP | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| MacVector | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Meyer Instruments Optimas | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Minitab | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| NAMD | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Partek Incorporated Partek Genomics Suite | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Phrap | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Phred | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Protein Explorer | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| RepeatMasker | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| SequentiX TreeMe | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| sim4 | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| SoftZymics VisualEnzymics | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| SURFDriver Software WinSURF | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Textco BioSoftware Gene Inspector | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| The Mathworks SimBiology | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| VayTek VoxBlast | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Visual Molecular Dynamics VMD | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Wolfram Research Mathematica | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| TIBCO Spotfire | Business intelligence and data analysis software |  |
| National Instruments LabVIEW | Development environment software |  |
| Software development tools | Development environment software |  |
| Geographic information system GIS software | Geographic information system |  |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software |  |

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 25 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Tools

- Microsoft Excel — **20 %**

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