DS Smith
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DS Smith tech stack

DS Smith builds mostly with SQL, Python. Its stack also includes Power BI, AWS, Oracle. Power BI is named in 8 of the 29 job postings DS Smith published in the last 12 months (28%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of DS Smith, updated Nov 13, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 13, 2026
Technologies in use
35
Postings analysed
29
Open now
16
Modernity
71 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does DS Smith use?

SQL is named in 7% of job postings at DS Smith, followed by Python (3%).

SQL 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
Python 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What databases does DS Smith use?

Oracle is named in 3% of job postings at DS Smith.

Oracle 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026

What cloud and platforms does DS Smith use?

Power BI is named in 28% of job postings at DS Smith, followed by AWS (17%), Azure (17%), Active Directory (7%).

Power BI 8 28% required in 88% · 3 open now · since May 2026
AWS 5 17% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Azure 5 17% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Active Directory 2 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Amazon EC2 2 7% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Amazon S3 2 7% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
VMWare 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Windows Server 2 7% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
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AWS Lambda1
Amazon CloudWatch1
CyberArk1
Linux1
Microsoft Defender1
Microsoft Entra ID1
Tanium1
Windows1

What developer tools does DS Smith use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 34% of job postings at DS Smith, followed by AutoCAD (3%), CloudFormation (3%), Hyper-V (3%).

Microsoft Excel 10 34% required in 90% · 4 open now · since May 2026
AutoCAD 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
CloudFormation 1 3% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Hyper-V 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Terraform 1 3% required in 100% · since Sep 2026

What AI and ML technologies does DS Smith use?

DALL-E is named in 7% of job postings at DS Smith.

DALL-E 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does DS Smith ask for?

IAM is named in 10% of job postings at DS Smith, followed by Computer Use (7%), Incident Management (7%), VPN (7%).

IAM 3 10% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
Computer Use 2 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Incident Management 2 7% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
VPN 2 7% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
CAPA 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
CI/CD 1 3% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
ETL/ELT 1 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
FinOps 1 3% required in 100% · since Sep 2026
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MPLS1
OCR1

What does each DS Smith team work with?

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

Finance

5 postings
Microsoft Excel4
Power BI2

Operations

4 postings
Microsoft Excel3
Power BI2

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How is the DS Smith 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
SQLOct 2026
VPNOct 2026
Windows ServerOct 2026
Incident ManagementSep 2026
AWSSep 2026
IAMSep 2026
Amazon EC2Sep 2026
Amazon S3Sep 2026

How modern is the DS Smith stack?

Modern AI adopter 71/100

DS Smith scores 71 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 1; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the DS Smith stack in its industry?

Share of the 626 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Power BI16%
AWS7%
Azure12%
Active Directory9%
Amazon EC20%
Amazon S31%
DALL-E1%
SQL18%
VMWare5%
Windows Server7%

Questions about the DS Smith tech stack

What programming languages does DS Smith use?

The languages named in DS Smith job postings are SQL (7%), Python (3%), as a share of the 29 postings of the last 12 months.

Does DS Smith use Power BI?

Yes. Power BI is named in 8 of 29 job postings (28%) and required in 7 of them.

What cloud and platforms does DS Smith use?

The cloud and platforms named in DS Smith job postings are Power BI (8), AWS (5), Azure (5) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Finance job at DS Smith?

Finance postings at DS Smith most often require Microsoft Excel (4), Power BI (2), out of 5 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the DS Smith tech stack changing?

Yes. SQL, VPN, Windows Server, Incident Management first appeared in DS Smith job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the DS Smith tech stack?

DS Smith scores 71 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 1; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the DS Smith tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting DS Smith publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 29 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 13, 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, "DS Smith tech stack: 35 technologies from 29 job postings", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/dssmith-com/technologies

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