IQVIA
Clinical Trial Software · Healthcare & Life Sciences Consulting

IQVIA tech stack

IQVIA builds mostly with SQL, Python, SAS, JavaScript. Its stack also includes GCP, Azure, Snowflake, React.js. GCP is named in 609 of the 1,348 job postings IQVIA published in the last 12 months (45%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of IQVIA, updated Nov 10, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 10, 2026
Technologies in use
367
Postings analysed
1,348
Open now
543
Modernity
78 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does IQVIA use?

SQL is named in 15% of job postings at IQVIA, followed by Python (13%), SAS (5%), JavaScript (5%).

SQL 207 15% required in 91% · 51 open now · since Jun 2021
Python 172 13% required in 87% · 42 open now · since Mar 2026
SAS 66 5% required in 92% · 24 open now · since Feb 2022
JavaScript 65 5% required in 60% · 16 open now · since Apr 2026
C# 42 3% required in 60% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
Java 37 3% required in 81% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
TypeScript 26 2% required in 46% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
Node JS 16 1% required in 88% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
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Scala16
Stata13
PowerShell12
Bash7
C++7
Apex5
PHP4
Julia3
Ruby3
SPSS3
C3
Groovy2
Kotlin2
Visual Basic2
R2
COBOL1
Go1
JCL1
LookML1
MATLAB1

What frameworks and libraries does IQVIA use?

React.js is named in 2% of job postings at IQVIA, followed by LangChain (1%), FastAPI (1%), Angular (1%).

React.js 32 2% required in 78% · 6 open now · since Apr 2026
LangChain 14 1% required in 64% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
FastAPI 12 1% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Angular 12 1% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
ASP.NET Core 11 1% required in 91% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
LangGraph 11 1% required in 73% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Selenium 10 1% required in 70% · since Aug 2026
Spring Boot 8 1% required in 75% · since Aug 2026
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JQuery6
Playwright6
Hadoop6
PyTorch6
NumPy5
Pandas5
Blazor5
CrewAI5
CUDA5
React Native4
AutoGen4
Entity Framework Core4
Pytest4
Scikit-learn4
Vue.js4
Jest3
SDL3
TensorFlow3
Hibernate2
JUnit2
Lightning Web Components2
LlamaIndex2
Mockito2
Next.js2
Outlines2
Spring Framework2
Bootstrap2
Cypress2
Django2
Flask2
Streamlit2
OpenTelemetry2

And 33 more, each named in fewer postings.

What databases does IQVIA use?

Snowflake is named in 4% of job postings at IQVIA, followed by PostgreSQL (2%), Oracle (2%), MS SQL (2%).

Snowflake 53 4% required in 81% · 10 open now · since Nov 2022
PostgreSQL 30 2% required in 83% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Oracle 25 2% required in 96% · 7 open now · since Nov 2022
MS SQL 21 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2022
MySQL 16 1% required in 94% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Amazon Redshift 11 1% required in 91% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
ElasticSearch 11 1% required in 55% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Azure SQL Database 6 <1% required in 67% · since Oct 2026
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Pinecone4
Milvus3
OpenSearch3
Qdrant3
Redis3
Weaviate3
Apache Iceberg2
Delta Lake2
HBase2
Chroma2
RavenDB2
Google BigQuery1
IMS1
Trino1
Amazon DocumentDB1
Cassandra1
DynamoDB1
Neo4j1
Presto1

What cloud and platforms does IQVIA use?

GCP is named in 45% of job postings at IQVIA, followed by Azure (9%), AWS (7%), Power BI (6%).

GCP 609 45% required in 97% · 258 open now · since Aug 2020
Azure 119 9% required in 66% · 30 open now · since Oct 2024
AWS 95 7% required in 71% · 25 open now · since Nov 2022
Power BI 84 6% required in 88% · 28 open now · since Jun 2021
Windows 70 5% required in 94% · 27 open now · since May 2026
Databricks 50 4% required in 84% · 13 open now · since Apr 2026
Kubernetes 40 3% required in 73% · 13 open now · since Apr 2026
Linux 28 2% required in 86% · 9 open now · since Jun 2026
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Spark25
Tableau24
GitLab24
.NET21
Azure DevOps20
GitHub12
Postman11
OpenAI11
Amazon S310
GitLab CI10
Apache Kafka10
Anthropic8
Amazon CloudWatch7
AWS Lambda7
Grafana7
Active Directory6
Unix6
Airflow6
Figma6
AWS Bedrock6
Amazon EC25
API Gateway5
Amazon ECS5
MicroStrategy5
VMWare5
GitHub Actions5
Twilio5
Microsoft Entra ID4
SAP BusinessObjects4
Microsoft Fabric4
Windows Server4
Kibana4

And 35 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does IQVIA use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 11% of job postings at IQVIA, followed by Git (4%), Rest API (3%), Docker (3%).

Microsoft Excel 150 11% required in 89% · 56 open now · since Jul 2021
Git 54 4% required in 80% · 12 open now · since Dec 2021
Rest API 43 3% required in 79% · 15 open now · since Sep 2026
Docker 43 3% required in 56% · 10 open now · since Apr 2026
Copilot 40 3% required in 80% · 13 open now · since Jun 2026
Terraform 25 2% required in 68% · 10 open now · since Aug 2026
Cursor 23 2% required in 57% · 8 open now · since Jul 2026
Mandiant capa 16 1% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Feb 2022
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Veeva15
LIMS14
Ansible13
Model Context Protocol13
pySpark10
CloudFormation9
HL79
Jenkins9
TestRail8
FHIR8
Matter7
Prometheus7
Medidata Rave6
SSIS6
Adobe Photoshop6
Azure Data Factory4
Informatica4
Swagger4
Claude Code4
Adobe Premiere Pro3
Helm3
Vite3
AWS CDK3
GraphQL3
Semantic Kernel3
dbt3
Adobe Illustrator3
Adobe After Effects2
Alteryx2
Apache NiFi2
ArgoCD2
FortiGate2

And 24 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does IQVIA use?

LLM is named in 2% of job postings at IQVIA, followed by Claude (1%), ChatGPT (1%), Llama (<1%).

LLM 33 2% required in 79% · 10 open now · since Apr 2026
Claude 17 1% required in 47% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
ChatGPT 7 1% required in 29% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
Llama 3 <1% required in 67% · since Aug 2026
LoRA 2 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
Qwen 2 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
PEFT 2 <1% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
AWQ 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
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GPT-41
GPTQ1
Mistral1
QLoRA1

Which engineering practices does IQVIA ask for?

Good Clinical Practice is named in 19% of job postings at IQVIA, followed by CI/CD (8%), AI Agents (4%), ETL/ELT (4%).

Good Clinical Practice 255 19% required in 100% · 178 open now · since Aug 2020
CI/CD 107 8% required in 77% · 36 open now · since Dec 2021
AI Agents 55 4% required in 93% · 15 open now · since Mar 2026
ETL/ELT 55 4% required in 84% · 14 open now · since Jun 2021
CAPA 51 4% required in 100% · 27 open now · since Feb 2022
Machine Learning 51 4% required in 82% · 20 open now · since Apr 2026
RAG 35 3% required in 80% · 9 open now · since Apr 2026
GLP 23 2% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Sep 2021
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Prompt Engineering23
Mass Spectrometry14
CDISC13
Incident Management13
GMP11
IAM11
Multi-Agent Systems11
Chromatography10
Agentic Workflows9
Human-in-the-Loop9
Platform Engineering9
SOAP8
Semantic Search8
NLP8
Flow Cytometry7
ICH Guidelines7
LLMOps7
Embeddings7
Time Series7
Hallucination6
HPLC5
Master Data Management5
OCR5
SLI/SLO/SLA4
DNS4
FinOps4
Fine-tuning4
Function Calling4
Knowledge Graph4
Reinforcement Learning4
Configuration Management3
PCR3

And 47 more, each named in fewer postings.

What other technologies does IQVIA use?

Compound is named in 1% of job postings at IQVIA.

Compound 7 1% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Feb 2022

What does each IQVIA team work with?

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

Science & Research

164 postings
GCP104
LIMS12
Microsoft Excel11
Veeva3

Biotech

149 postings
GCP113
Veeva2

Management

140 postings
GCP83
Microsoft Excel9
SAS9
Compound4
Power BI4
Mandiant capa3

Analytics

103 postings
SQL42
Microsoft Excel28
Power BI27
Python27
Tableau10
Databricks7

Sales

97 postings
GCP57
Microsoft Excel25
Matter7
Copilot4

Operations

87 postings
GCP40
Windows24
Power BI5
SDL3
Mandiant capa2
Veeva2

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How much does IQVIA pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all IQVIA postings with stated pay: $167k across 299 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
GCP162$155k−7%
SQL32$181k+8%
Python24$216k+29%
AWS15$232k+39%
SAS14$257k+54%
Azure12$233k+40%
Power BI10$155k−7%
Snowflake8$237k+42%
LLM7$279k+67%
Databricks7$239k+43%

How is the IQVIA 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
Rest-AssuredNov 2026
FDA 510(k)Oct 2026
Digital TwinOct 2026
WizOct 2026
AWS Step FunctionsOct 2026
GroovyOct 2026
ChromaOct 2026
LangSmithOct 2026
Rising
Rest API0% → 4%
Git2% → 5%
SAS3% → 5%

How modern is the IQVIA stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 78/100

IQVIA scores 78 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: 12; legacy ones: 1.

How common is the IQVIA stack in its industry?

Share of the 505 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

GCP45%
SQL55%
Python56%
Azure39%
AWS46%
Power BI30%
Windows25%
SAS15%
JavaScript42%
Snowflake21%

What sets IQVIA apart

Stata2%
Hadoop4%

Questions about the IQVIA tech stack

What programming languages does IQVIA use?

The languages named in IQVIA job postings are SQL (15%), Python (13%), SAS (5%), JavaScript (5%), C# (3%), as a share of the 1,348 postings of the last 12 months.

Does IQVIA use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 32 of 1,348 job postings (2%) and required in 25 of them.

What cloud and platforms does IQVIA use?

The cloud and platforms named in IQVIA job postings are GCP (609), Azure (119), AWS (95) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Science & Research job at IQVIA?

Science & Research postings at IQVIA most often require GCP (104), LIMS (12), Microsoft Excel (11), Veeva (3), out of 164 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the IQVIA tech stack changing?

Yes. Rest-Assured, FDA 510(k), Digital Twin, Wiz first appeared in IQVIA job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the IQVIA tech stack?

IQVIA scores 78 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: 12; legacy ones: 1.

How does Alion know the IQVIA tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting IQVIA publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 1,348 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 10, 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, "IQVIA tech stack: 367 technologies from 1,348 job postings", as of Nov 10, 2026. https://alion.io/company/iqvia/technologies

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