Circana
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Circana tech stack

Circana builds mostly with Python, SQL, C++, Java. Its stack also includes Azure, Power BI, ClickHouse, CockroachDB. Python is named in 31 of the 86 job postings Circana published in the last 12 months (36%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Circana, updated Nov 12, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 12, 2026
Technologies in use
141
Postings analysed
86
Open now
47
Modernity
83 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Circana use?

Python is named in 36% of job postings at Circana, followed by SQL (30%), C++ (10%), Java (7%).

Python 31 36% required in 90% · 16 open now · since May 2026
SQL 26 30% required in 85% · 11 open now · since May 2026
C++ 9 10% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Java 6 7% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
C 6 7% optional · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
JavaScript 5 6% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
TypeScript 5 6% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Bash 4 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
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PowerShell3
Perl3
Node JS3
C#1
Clarity1
Scala1
R1
SAS1

What frameworks and libraries does Circana use?

CUDA is named in 7% of job postings at Circana, followed by MPI (7%), ROCm (7%), LangChain (5%).

CUDA 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
MPI 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
ROCm 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
LangChain 4 5% optional · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Cheerio 2 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
LangGraph 2 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Nest.JS 2 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
OpenAI Agents SDK 2 2% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
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Puppeteer2
Angular1
FastAPI1
Hadoop1
JUnit1
Matplotlib1
NumPy1
Pandas1
Pytest1
React.js1
Selenium1
TestNG1
dplyr1
ggplot21
tidyr1
PyTorch1

What databases does Circana use?

ClickHouse is named in 7% of job postings at Circana, followed by CockroachDB (7%), DuckDB (7%), RocksDB (7%).

ClickHouse 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
CockroachDB 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
DuckDB 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
RocksDB 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
ScyllaDB 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
PostgreSQL 5 6% required in 80% · 4 open now · since May 2026
Oracle 1 1% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
Snowflake 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
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MS SQL1

What cloud and platforms does Circana use?

Azure is named in 21% of job postings at Circana, followed by Power BI (12%), AWS (10%), Tableau (10%).

Azure 18 21% required in 94% · 10 open now · since Aug 2026
Power BI 10 12% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
AWS 9 10% required in 78% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Tableau 9 10% required in 78% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 8 9% required in 88% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
OpenAI 8 9% required in 75% · 5 open now · since Nov 2025
Amazon S3 7 8% required in 100% · 7 open now · since May 2026
Linux 7 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
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Spark7
Kubernetes6
Airflow6
Copilot Studio5
Unix5
Grafana3
Active Directory2
Amazon EKS2
Azure AKS2
Azure DevOps2
GitHub2
Google GKE2
LDAP2
OpenShift2
Windows2
Vertex AI2
Anthropic2
QlikSense2
Cognos1
Crowdstrike1
DLP1
Erwin1
Exabeam1
GitHub Actions1
GitLab1
Microsoft Entra ID1
SIEM1
SSAS1

What developer tools does Circana use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 35% of job postings at Circana, followed by Rest API (9%), OpenMP (7%), Valgrind (7%).

Microsoft Excel 30 35% required in 97% · 16 open now · since Jun 2026
Rest API 8 9% required in 100% · 5 open now · since May 2026
OpenMP 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Valgrind 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
pySpark 6 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Docker 6 7% required in 83% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
Git 6 7% required in 83% · 4 open now · since May 2026
Copilot 5 6% required in 80% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
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Jenkins4
Ansible3
Apache Tomcat2
Claude Code2
Google ADK2
Model Context Protocol2
Prometheus2
Terraform2
WebSockets2
A2A2
Semantic Kernel2
Nagios1
Nessus1
Nginx1
SSIS1
gRPC1

What AI and ML technologies does Circana use?

Claude is named in 7% of job postings at Circana, followed by LLM (7%), ChatGPT (3%).

Claude 6 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Nov 2025
LLM 6 7% required in 100% · 3 open now · since May 2026
ChatGPT 3 3% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Circana ask for?

Machine Learning is named in 19% of job postings at Circana, followed by CI/CD (17%), AI Agents (12%), Prompt Engineering (10%).

Machine Learning 16 19% required in 88% · 12 open now · since May 2026
CI/CD 15 17% required in 80% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
AI Agents 10 12% required in 80% · 7 open now · since May 2026
Prompt Engineering 9 10% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Nov 2025
ETL/ELT 6 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
HPC 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Quantization 6 7% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
Incident Management 5 6% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
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RAG5
Human-in-the-Loop4
Agentic Workflows3
LLM Guardrails3
Platform Engineering3
Configuration Management2
Function Calling2
LLM Evaluation2
Structured Outputs2
TCP/IP2
Wi-Fi2
A/B Testing1
DHCP1
DNS1
EU AI Act1
Hallucination1
Master Data Management1
Recommender Systems1
Self-Healing1
Time Series1
Embeddings1

What does each Circana team work with?

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

Analytics

13 postings
Microsoft Excel11
Python3
Power BI2
SQL2
Tableau2

Backend

12 postings
Amazon S37
C++7
CUDA6
ClickHouse6
CockroachDB6
DuckDB6

AI/ML

6 postings
Python6
Azure5
GCP3
Kubernetes3
Rest API3
Amazon EKS2

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How much does Circana pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Circana postings with stated pay: $110k across 35 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python7$190k+73%
Azure6$195k+77%
SQL6$178k+61%

How is the Circana stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
CheerioOct 2026
Nest.JSOct 2026
PuppeteerOct 2026
WebSocketsOct 2026
Wi-FiOct 2026
TerraformOct 2026
QlikSenseSep 2026
Platform EngineeringSep 2026
Rising
Azure0% → 25%
AI Agents0% → 13%
C++0% → 13%
AWS0% → 13%
GCP0% → 11%
Machine Learning9% → 19%
Rest API0% → 10%
Amazon S30% → 8%
Falling
Perl27% → 0%
Unix27% → 3%
Linux27% → 6%
SQL45% → 28%
Git18% → 4%
Incident Management18% → 4%
Spark18% → 7%
PostgreSQL9% → 4%

How modern is the Circana stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 83/100

Circana scores 83 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Circana stack in its industry?

Share of the 598 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python54%
SQL46%
Azure23%
Power BI21%
AWS35%
C++5%
Tableau16%
GCP21%
OpenAI9%
Amazon S310%

What sets Circana apart

Airflow3%
C1%
CUDA1%
ClickHouse3%
CockroachDB0%
DuckDB0%
MPI0%
ROCm0%
RocksDB0%
ScyllaDB1%

Questions about the Circana tech stack

What programming languages does Circana use?

The languages named in Circana job postings are Python (36%), SQL (30%), C++ (10%), Java (7%), C (7%), as a share of the 86 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Circana use CUDA?

Yes. CUDA is named in 6 of 86 job postings (7%) and required in 6 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Circana use?

The cloud and platforms named in Circana job postings are Azure (18), Power BI (10), AWS (9) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Analytics job at Circana?

Analytics postings at Circana most often require Microsoft Excel (11), Python (3), Power BI (2), SQL (2), out of 13 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Circana tech stack changing?

Yes. Cheerio, Nest.JS, Puppeteer, WebSockets first appeared in Circana job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Circana tech stack?

Circana scores 83 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: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Circana tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Circana publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 86 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 12, 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, "Circana tech stack: 141 technologies from 86 job postings", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/circana/technologies

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