ICON tech stack
ICON builds mostly with Python, SAS, SQL, TypeScript. Its stack also includes GCP, Power BI, PostgreSQL, Oracle. GCP is named in 180 of the 610 job postings ICON published in the last 12 months (30%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of ICON, updated Nov 11, 2026.
What programming languages does ICON use?
Python is named in 5% of job postings at ICON, followed by SAS (3%), SQL (2%), TypeScript (1%).
Python
33 5%
SAS
18 3%
SQL
12 2%
TypeScript
8 1%
PowerShell
6 1%
JavaScript
6 1%
C++
4 1%
Node JS
4 1%
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What frameworks and libraries does ICON use?
React.js is named in 1% of job postings at ICON, followed by Pandas (<1%), ROS (<1%), Redux (<1%).
React.js
4 1%
Pandas
3 <1%
ROS
3 <1%
Redux
3 <1%
RxJS
3 <1%
LangChain
2 <1%
LlamaIndex
2 <1%
MuJoCo
2 <1%
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What databases does ICON use?
PostgreSQL is named in 1% of job postings at ICON, followed by Oracle (1%), Snowflake (<1%), Pinecone (<1%).
PostgreSQL
5 1%
Oracle
5 1%
Snowflake
3 <1%
Pinecone
2 <1%
Weaviate
2 <1%
Amazon Redshift
1 <1%
DynamoDB
1 <1%
Google BigQuery
1 <1%
What cloud and platforms does ICON use?
GCP is named in 30% of job postings at ICON, followed by Power BI (2%), AWS (2%), Azure (1%).
GCP
180 30%
Power BI
10 2%
AWS
10 2%
Azure
6 1%
Tableau
5 1%
Databricks
4 1%
Figma
3 <1%
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What developer tools does ICON use?
Veeva is named in 4% of job postings at ICON, followed by Microsoft Excel (4%), Medidata Rave (3%), SolidWorks (2%).
SolidWorks
12 2%
Jenkins
5 1%
Ansible
3 <1%
Git
3 <1%
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What AI and ML technologies does ICON use?
Claude is named in 1% of job postings at ICON, followed by LLM (1%), ChatGPT (<1%).
Which engineering practices does ICON ask for?
Good Clinical Practice is named in 66% of job postings at ICON, followed by CAPA (4%), GLP (3%), CDISC (2%).
CI/CD
11 2%
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And 3 more, each named in fewer postings.
What does each ICON team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Biotech
286 postingsSales
107 postingsManagement
37 postingsScience & Research
21 postingsIndustrial Engineering
21 postingsOperations
19 postingsHow does your stack fit ICON?
How is the ICON 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.
How modern is the ICON stack?
ICON scores 84 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 ICON stack in its industry?
Share of the 123 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets ICON apart
Companies with a stack like ICON
Gilead Sciences
102 shared technologies
Labcorp
100 shared technologies
Sanofi
122 shared technologies
Pfizer
108 shared technologies
SGS
106 shared technologies
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
116 shared technologies
AbbVie
124 shared technologies
Takeda Pharmaceutical
111 shared technologies
Questions about the ICON tech stack
What programming languages does ICON use?
The languages named in ICON job postings are Python (5%), SAS (3%), SQL (2%), TypeScript (1%), PowerShell (1%), as a share of the 610 postings of the last 12 months.
Does ICON use React.js?
Yes. React.js is named in 4 of 610 job postings (1%) and required in 3 of them.
What cloud and platforms does ICON use?
The cloud and platforms named in ICON job postings are GCP (180), Power BI (10), AWS (10) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Biotech job at ICON?
Biotech postings at ICON most often require GCP (107), Veeva (9), LIMS (3), Medidata Rave (2), out of 286 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the ICON tech stack changing?
Yes. Kubernetes, Windows, Plotly, Shiny first appeared in ICON job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the ICON tech stack?
ICON scores 84 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 ICON tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting ICON publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 610 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 11, 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, "ICON tech stack: 162 technologies from 610 job postings", as of Nov 11, 2026. https://alion.io/company/icon/technologies