McKesson tech stack
McKesson builds mostly with SQL, Java, JavaScript, Python. Its stack also includes Azure, Apache Kafka, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL. SQL is named in 5 of the 10 job postings McKesson published in the last 12 months (50%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of McKesson, updated Oct 14, 2026.
What programming languages does McKesson use?
SQL is named in 50% of job postings at McKesson, followed by Java (20%), JavaScript (20%), Python (20%).
What frameworks and libraries does McKesson use?
Micronaut is named in 10% of job postings at McKesson, followed by React.js (10%), Spring Boot (10%), Vue.js (10%).
What databases does McKesson use?
ElasticSearch is named in 10% of job postings at McKesson, followed by PostgreSQL (10%), Snowflake (10%).
What cloud and platforms does McKesson use?
Azure is named in 40% of job postings at McKesson, followed by Apache Kafka (20%), GCP (20%), Power BI (20%).
Azure
4 40%
Apache Kafka
2 20%
GCP
2 20%
Power BI
2 20%
AWS
1 10%
Databricks
1 10%
GitHub
1 10%
GitHub Actions
1 10%
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What developer tools does McKesson use?
Copilot is named in 20% of job postings at McKesson, followed by ArgoCD (10%), Azure Data Factory (10%), Docker (10%).
Copilot
2 20%
ArgoCD
1 10%
Docker
1 10%
Git
1 10%
Gradle
1 10%
Helm
1 10%
JFrog Artifactory
1 10%
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What AI and ML technologies does McKesson use?
Claude is named in 20% of job postings at McKesson, followed by LLM (10%).
Which engineering practices does McKesson ask for?
SLI/SLO/SLA is named in 30% of job postings at McKesson, followed by CI/CD (20%), Machine Learning (20%), ETL/ELT (10%).
SLI/SLO/SLA
3 30%
CI/CD
2 20%
Platform Engineering
1 10%
Prompt Engineering
1 10%
RAG
1 10%
How does your stack fit McKesson?
How is the McKesson 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 McKesson stack?
McKesson scores 86 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 McKesson stack in its industry?
Share of the 201 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
Companies with a stack like McKesson
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Conclusion
31 shared technologies
Hyland Software
31 shared technologies
CGI
32 shared technologies
SoftServe
31 shared technologies
Smarsh
31 shared technologies
ACI Worldwide
31 shared technologies
Questions about the McKesson tech stack
What programming languages does McKesson use?
The languages named in McKesson job postings are SQL (50%), Java (20%), JavaScript (20%), Python (20%), Groovy (10%), as a share of the 10 postings of the last 12 months.
Does McKesson use Azure?
Yes. Azure is named in 4 of 10 job postings (40%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does McKesson use?
The cloud and platforms named in McKesson job postings are Azure (4), Apache Kafka (2), GCP (2) (postings in brackets).
Is the McKesson tech stack changing?
Yes. SLI/SLO/SLA, Power BI, GCP, Machine Learning first appeared in McKesson job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the McKesson tech stack?
McKesson scores 86 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 McKesson tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting McKesson publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 10 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 14, 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, "McKesson tech stack: 48 technologies from 10 job postings", as of Oct 14, 2026. https://alion.io/company/mckesson/technologies