Market evidence report — store-detective

Source: 58 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 58), 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	29	50 %
n/a	17	29 %
junior	12	21 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Lane Hawk	12	21 %
2	Smart Store	11	19 %
3	CCTV	7	12 %
4	Microsoft Excel	4	7 %
5	Microsoft PowerPoint	4	7 %
6	Microsoft Word	4	7 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	loss prevention	54	93 %
2	surveillance	21	36 %
3	investigation	20	34 %
4	theft detection	14	24 %
5	cctv surveillance	11	19 %
6	apprehension	10	17 %
7	incident investigation	6	10 %
8	investigations	6	10 %
9	policy violation detection	6	10 %
10	risk assessment	6	10 %
11	safety audits	6	10 %
12	shrink reduction	6	10 %
13	cash handling	5	9 %
14	cctv operation	5	9 %
15	incident reporting	5	9 %
16	policy compliance	5	9 %
17	shoplifter apprehension	5	9 %
18	theft identification	5	9 %
19	investigation support	4	7 %
20	report writing	4	7 %
21	shoplifting apprehension	4	7 %
22	security monitoring	3	5 %
23	shoplifter detection	3	5 %
24	shoplifting detection	3	5 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	asset protection	14	24 %
2	shoplifter apprehension	10	17 %
3	shrink minimization	10	17 %
4	policy enforcement	8	14 %
5	theft prevention	7	12 %
6	alarm response	6	10 %
7	apprehension	6	10 %
8	damage control	6	10 %
9	equipment troubleshooting	6	10 %
10	evidence maintenance	6	10 %
11	integrity issue reporting	6	10 %
12	paperwork completion	6	10 %
13	security maintenance	6	10 %
14	store security maintenance	6	10 %
15	testimony provision	6	10 %
16	video recording	6	10 %
17	customer communication	5	9 %
18	customer interaction	5	9 %
19	customer service	5	9 %
20	reporting policy violations	5	9 %
21	theft detection	5	9 %
22	apprehension of offenders	4	7 %
23	policy adherence	4	7 %
24	security duties	4	7 %
25	shoplifter detection	4	7 %
26	CCTV monitoring	3	5 %
27	loss vulnerability identification	3	5 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 58 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

58 ads.

Top hard skills:

loss prevention — 93 % (54 ads)
surveillance — 36 % (21 ads)
investigation — 34 % (20 ads)
theft detection — 24 % (14 ads)
cctv surveillance — 19 % (11 ads)
apprehension — 17 % (10 ads)
incident investigation — 10 % (6 ads)
investigations — 10 % (6 ads)
policy violation detection — 10 % (6 ads)
risk assessment — 10 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

Lane Hawk — 21 % (12 ads)
Smart Store — 19 % (11 ads)
CCTV — 12 % (7 ads)
Microsoft Excel — 7 % (4 ads)
Microsoft PowerPoint — 7 % (4 ads)
Microsoft Word — 7 % (4 ads)
CCTV systems — 3 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 50 % · n/a 29 % · junior 21 %

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)