Merck & Co. tech stack
Merck & Co. builds mostly with Python, SQL, JavaScript, SAS. Its stack also includes Power BI, GCP, Supervision, Shiny. Python is named in 208 of the 719 job postings Merck & Co. published in the last 12 months (29%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Merck & Co., updated Sep 29, 2026.
What programming languages does Merck & Co. use?
Python is named in 29% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by SQL (16%), JavaScript (5%), SAS (5%).
Python
208 29%
SQL
118 16%
JavaScript
34 5%
SAS
33 5%
C#
24 3%
MATLAB
24 3%
Java
20 3%
PowerShell
19 3%
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What frameworks and libraries does Merck & Co. use?
Supervision is named in 3% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by Shiny (2%), PyTorch (2%), React.js (2%).
Supervision
20 3%
PyTorch
13 2%
React.js
12 2%
Streamlit
8 1%
Angular
7 1%
TensorFlow
7 1%
LangChain
6 1%
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And 14 more, each named in fewer postings.
What databases does Merck & Co. use?
Delta Lake is named in 2% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by Amazon Redshift (2%), SAP HANA (1%), Oracle (1%).
Delta Lake
11 2%
Amazon Redshift
11 2%
SAP HANA
10 1%
Oracle
8 1%
Snowflake
8 1%
ElasticSearch
6 1%
Apache Iceberg
5 1%
PostgreSQL
4 1%
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What cloud and platforms does Merck & Co. use?
Power BI is named in 18% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by GCP (16%), AWS (15%), Azure (8%).
Power BI
127 18%
GCP
114 16%
AWS
106 15%
Azure
58 8%
Databricks
49 7%
GitHub
44 6%
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And 48 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Merck & Co. use?
Microsoft Excel is named in 8% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by Git (6%), CAPA (6%), Terraform (5%).
Git
43 6%
Terraform
39 5%
Copilot
35 5%
Docker
30 4%
Rest API
18 3%
Ansible
18 3%
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And 29 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Merck & Co. use?
LLM is named in 4% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by Claude (1%), ChatGPT (1%), Gemini (1%).
Vision Transformer Which engineering practices does Merck & Co. ask for?
Machine Learning is named in 15% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by CI/CD (12%), AI Agents (9%), SLI/SLO/SLA (7%).
CI/CD
87 12%
AI Agents
68 9%
SLI/SLO/SLA
49 7%
Incident Management
48 7%
Platform Engineering
32 4%
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And 30 more, each named in fewer postings.
What other technologies does Merck & Co. use?
CDS Views is named in <1% of job postings at Merck & Co., followed by SAP Workflow (<1%).
What does each Merck & Co. team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Science & Research
112 postingsHR
73 postingsData Science
57 postingsLeadership
55 postingsDevOps
44 postingsSales
39 postingsHow does your stack fit Merck & Co.?
How much does Merck & Co. pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Merck & Co. postings with stated pay: $194k across 322 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 78 | $184k | −5% |
| GCP | 52 | $224k | +16% |
| Power BI | 47 | $167k | −14% |
| SQL | 35 | $203k | +5% |
| AWS | 22 | $203k | +5% |
| SAS | 22 | $184k | −5% |
| Databricks | 19 | $203k | +5% |
| Supervision | 19 | $151k | −22% |
| MATLAB | 18 | $247k | +28% |
| Amazon S3 | 18 | $224k | +16% |
How is the Merck & Co. 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 Merck & Co. stack?
Merck & Co. scores 77 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: 8; legacy ones: 1.
How common is the Merck & Co. stack in its industry?
Share of the 697 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Merck & Co. apart
Companies with a stack like Merck & Co.
Questions about the Merck & Co. tech stack
What programming languages does Merck & Co. use?
The languages named in Merck & Co. job postings are Python (29%), SQL (16%), JavaScript (5%), SAS (5%), C# (3%), as a share of the 719 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Merck & Co. use Supervision?
Yes. Supervision is named in 20 of 719 job postings (3%) and required in 7 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Merck & Co. use?
The cloud and platforms named in Merck & Co. job postings are Power BI (127), GCP (114), AWS (106) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Science & Research job at Merck & Co.?
Science & Research postings at Merck & Co. most often require GCP (37), Matter (11), SAS (10), CAPA (7), out of 112 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Merck & Co. tech stack changing?
Yes. HashiCorp Vault, MISP, SAP BW, Copilot Studio first appeared in Merck & Co. job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Merck & Co. tech stack?
Merck & Co. scores 77 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: 8; legacy ones: 1.
How does Alion know the Merck & Co. tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Merck & Co. publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 719 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 29, 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, "Merck & Co. tech stack: 336 technologies from 719 job postings", as of Sep 29, 2026. https://alion.io/company/msd/technologies