Aston tech stack

Aston builds mostly with SQL, Java, Python, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Apache Kafka, Selenium, MS SQL, PostgreSQL. SQL is named in 64 of the 96 job postings Aston published in the last 12 months (67%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Aston, updated Sep 26, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 26, 2026
Technologies in use
150
Postings analysed
96
Open now
37
Modernity
80 /100

What programming languages does Aston use?

SQL is named in 67% of job postings at Aston, followed by Java (29%), Python (28%), JavaScript (14%).

SQL 64 67% required in 97% · 24 open now · since Jul 2026
Java 28 29% required in 100% · 14 open now · since Jul 2026
Python 27 28% required in 93% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 13 14% required in 92% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
TypeScript 10 10% required in 90% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Node JS 8 8% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
C# 8 8% required in 63% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
1C 5 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
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Assembly2
Bash2
Kotlin2
COBOL1
Sass1
Groovy1
PowerShell1

What frameworks and libraries does Aston use?

Selenium is named in 20% of job postings at Aston, followed by TestNG (15%), JUnit (14%), React.js (11%).

Selenium 19 20% required in 100% · 12 open now · since Aug 2026
TestNG 14 15% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Aug 2026
JUnit 13 14% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Aug 2026
React.js 11 11% required in 82% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
LangChain 9 9% required in 89% · since Jul 2026
Vue.js 8 8% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Hadoop 8 8% required in 88% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
FastAPI 7 7% required in 86% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Flask5
Spring Boot5
Pytest4
Spring Framework3
Appium2
Hibernate2
Mockito2
Playwright2
Pydantic2
React Native2
LlamaIndex2
ASP.NET Core1
Aiohttp1
Angular1
Dask1
HTTPX1
LangGraph1
Metasploit1
Pandas1
Polars1
Redux1
Spring MVC1
Transformers1
Hazelcast1
Spring Cloud1

What databases does Aston use?

MS SQL is named in 18% of job postings at Aston, followed by PostgreSQL (16%), Redis (8%), Greenplum (4%).

MS SQL 17 18% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Aug 2026
PostgreSQL 15 16% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Redis 8 8% required in 88% · since Aug 2026
Greenplum 4 4% required in 75% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
ClickHouse 3 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
OpenSearch 3 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Apache Iceberg 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
MySQL 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Neo4j1
Pinecone1
Qdrant1
Weaviate1
ElasticSearch1
Teradata1

What cloud and platforms does Aston use?

Apache Kafka is named in 26% of job postings at Aston, followed by Power BI (15%), Kubernetes (11%), Linux (10%).

Apache Kafka 25 26% required in 96% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Power BI 14 15% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Kubernetes 11 11% required in 55% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Linux 10 10% required in 90% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
OpenAI 6 6% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
RabbitMQ 6 6% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
.NET 5 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Postman 5 5% required in 80% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Spark5
Amazon S33
Grafana3
GitLab CI3
OpenShift3
GitLab3
Airflow2
Erwin2
AWS2
Azure2
Figma2
Hugging Face2
Windows2
Bitbucket1
Burp Suite1
Kubeflow1
Langfuse1
MLFlow1
Mend1
Snyk1
Superset1
TeamCity1
API Gateway1
Active Directory1
GCP1
GitHub1
vLLM1

What developer tools does Aston use?

Git is named in 36% of job postings at Aston, followed by Docker (17%), Rest API (16%), Jenkins (5%).

Git 35 36% required in 97% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
Docker 16 17% required in 88% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Rest API 15 16% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Jenkins 5 5% required in 80% · since Jul 2026
Swagger 3 3% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
JMeter 2 2% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Maven 2 2% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Model Context Protocol 2 2% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
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Nginx2
WebSockets2
pySpark2
Prometheus2
Zabbix2
Acunetix1
Alertmanager1
Ansible1
Argo Workflows1
ArgoCD1
Binary Ninja1
Ghidra1
Gradle1
HAProxy1
Helm1
IBM MQ1
IDA Pro1
Jaeger1
Keycloak1
Microsoft Excel1
OPC UA1
OWASP Dependency-Check1
Tcpdump1
Terraform1
WinDbg1
Wireshark1
gRPC1
AgentOps1
Gitea1
Nagios1

What AI and ML technologies does Aston use?

LLM is named in 17% of job postings at Aston, followed by YandexGPT (5%).

LLM 16 17% required in 94% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
YandexGPT 5 5% required in 100% · since Aug 2026

Which engineering practices does Aston ask for?

CI/CD is named in 18% of job postings at Aston, followed by RAG (14%), AI Agents (5%), SOAP (5%).

CI/CD 17 18% required in 88% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
RAG 13 14% required in 85% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 5 5% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
SOAP 5 5% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Machine Learning 4 4% required in 75% · since Aug 2026
NLP 3 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
ETL/ELT 3 3% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
SLI/SLO/SLA 2 2% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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DNS1
GitOps1
Gitflow1
TCP/IP1
Red Teaming1

What does each Aston team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

QA

30 postings
SQL26
Java21
Selenium19
TestNG14
JUnit12
MS SQL10

Analytics

13 postings
SQL12
Apache Kafka5
Power BI5
Rest API3
Erwin2
PostgreSQL2

Frontend

12 postings
Git12
JavaScript12
React.js9
TypeScript9
Node JS8
Vue.js8

Data Science

11 postings
SQL10
Python9
Power BI8
Hadoop6
Apache Kafka3
Greenplum3

Backend

10 postings
Apache Kafka7
Git7
Java5
MS SQL5
SQL5
.NET4

AI/ML

9 postings
Python9
LLM8
Docker7
Git7
LangChain7
SQL7

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How modern is the Aston stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Aston scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Aston stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,332 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

SQL62%
Java46%
Python61%
Apache Kafka36%
Selenium19%
MS SQL22%
LLM36%
PostgreSQL50%
Power BI21%
TestNG6%

What sets Aston apart

YandexGPT0%
Greenplum3%

Questions about the Aston tech stack

What programming languages does Aston use?

The languages named in Aston job postings are SQL (67%), Java (29%), Python (28%), JavaScript (14%), TypeScript (10%), as a share of the 96 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Aston use Selenium?

Yes. Selenium is named in 19 of 96 job postings (20%) and required in 19 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Aston use?

The cloud and platforms named in Aston job postings are Apache Kafka (25), Power BI (14), Kubernetes (11) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a QA job at Aston?

QA postings at Aston most often require SQL (26), Java (21), Selenium (19), TestNG (14), out of 30 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Aston tech stack changing?

No new technology has appeared in Aston job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Aston tech stack?

Aston scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Aston tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Aston publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 96 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 26, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Aston tech stack: 150 technologies from 96 job postings", as of Sep 26, 2026. https://alion.io/company/aston/technologies

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