Next
Apparel & Fashion Brands · Children's Clothing

Next tech stack

Next builds mostly with SQL, C#, Python, PowerShell. Its stack also includes Azure, Azure DevOps, MS SQL, Db2. Azure is named in 25 of the 74 job postings Next published in the last 12 months (34%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Next, updated Nov 15, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 15, 2026
Technologies in use
103
Postings analysed
74
Open now
32
Modernity
74 /100

What programming languages does Next use?

SQL is named in 31% of job postings at Next, followed by C# (18%), Python (16%), PowerShell (15%).

SQL 23 31% required in 96% · 14 open now · since Jul 2026
C# 13 18% required in 92% · 8 open now · since Aug 2026
Python 12 16% required in 92% · 7 open now · since Sep 2026
PowerShell 11 15% required in 91% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
JavaScript 10 14% required in 80% · 5 open now · since Aug 2026
COBOL 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
JCL 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Bash 3 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Show all (15)
Node JS3
TypeScript2
Assembly1
Kotlin1
Sass1
Swift1
Java1

What frameworks and libraries does Next use?

ASP.NET Core is named in 5% of job postings at Next, followed by Blazor (3%), Bootstrap (3%), Jetpack Compose (1%).

ASP.NET Core 4 5% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Blazor 2 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Bootstrap 2 3% required in 100% · since Aug 2026
Jetpack Compose 1 1% required in 100% · since Oct 2026
Spring MVC 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Aug 2026
SwiftUI 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
XCUITest 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Xamarin 1 1% required in 100% · since Oct 2026

What databases does Next use?

MS SQL is named in 11% of job postings at Next, followed by Db2 (7%), Azure Cosmos DB (4%), Delta Lake (3%).

MS SQL 8 11% required in 88% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Db2 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Azure Cosmos DB 3 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Delta Lake 2 3% required in 50% · since Oct 2026
Azure SQL Database 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Google BigQuery 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Snowflake 1 1% required in 100% · since Sep 2026

What cloud and platforms does Next use?

Azure is named in 34% of job postings at Next, followed by Azure DevOps (24%), Power BI (22%), Databricks (16%).

Azure 25 34% required in 72% · 10 open now · since Jul 2026
Azure DevOps 18 24% required in 83% · 8 open now · since Jul 2026
Power BI 16 22% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Sep 2026
Databricks 12 16% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Sep 2026
Windows 9 12% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Kubernetes 9 12% required in 56% · 6 open now · since Aug 2026
.NET 7 9% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2026
Dynatrace 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Show all (29)
Linux5
Figma4
Grafana4
GCP4
Crowdstrike3
Active Directory2
Azure AKS2
Windows Server2
Spark2
Akamai1
GitHub1
Looker1
Microsoft Fabric1
Postman1
SIEM1
VMWare1
Vertex AI1
AWS1
Google Cloud Run1
SSAS1
Veracode1

What developer tools does Next use?

Microsoft Excel is named in 20% of job postings at Next, followed by Git (12%), Adobe Photoshop (7%), Docker (7%).

Microsoft Excel 15 20% required in 93% · 5 open now · since Sep 2026
Git 9 12% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Adobe Photoshop 5 7% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Docker 5 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Terraform 5 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Aug 2026
Adobe Illustrator 4 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Azure Data Factory 3 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
CICS 3 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Show all (23)
Copilot3
Helm3
Rest API3
Ansible2
Docker Compose2
SSIS2
npm2
pySpark2
Adobe After Effects1
Model Context Protocol1
Swift Testing1
Syncsort1
Zabbix1
Endevor1
z/OS Connect1

What AI and ML technologies does Next use?

LLM is named in 1% of job postings at Next.

LLM 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

Which engineering practices does Next ask for?

CI/CD is named in 16% of job postings at Next, followed by Incident Management (5%), AI Agents (5%), ETL/ELT (5%).

CI/CD 12 16% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Aug 2026
Incident Management 4 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
AI Agents 4 5% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Oct 2026
ETL/ELT 4 5% required in 75% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
SOAP 3 4% required in 67% · since Jul 2026
A/B Testing 2 3% required in 100% · since Oct 2026
DNS 2 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
FinOps 2 3% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026
Show all (20)
MVC2
RAG2
Agentic Workflows1
DHCP1
Deep Linking1
Embeddings1
Human-in-the-Loop1
LLM Guardrails1
Machine Learning1
Prompt Engineering1
TCP/IP1
Dimensional Modeling1

What does each Next team work with?

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

Finance

12 postings
Microsoft Excel9
Power BI6
Databricks5
SQL5
Python3

Analytics

10 postings
Power BI7
Databricks4
SQL4
Azure3
PowerShell2
Python2

Backend

8 postings
C#7
.NET5
Azure5
Azure DevOps4
JavaScript4
MS SQL4

Enterprise Apps

7 postings
COBOL5
Db25
JCL5
CICS3
SQL3
Bootstrap2

DevOps

7 postings
SQL6
Azure5
Azure DevOps5
PowerShell5
C#4
Docker4

Design

7 postings
Figma4
Adobe Photoshop3
Adobe Illustrator2

See the open roles

How does your stack fit Next?

Sign in to compare your skills with this stack and see which open roles fit you.
Sign In

How modern is the Next stack?

Modern AI adopter 74/100

Next scores 74 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 Next stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,095 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Azure14%
SQL27%
Azure DevOps4%
Power BI19%
C#6%
Databricks6%
Python21%
PowerShell5%
JavaScript17%
Kubernetes8%

What sets Next apart

Azure DevOps4%
.NET4%
COBOL1%
Db21%
Dynatrace1%
JCL0%
ASP.NET Core1%
Grafana4%
Azure Cosmos DB1%
Bash2%

Questions about the Next tech stack

What programming languages does Next use?

The languages named in Next job postings are SQL (31%), C# (18%), Python (16%), PowerShell (15%), JavaScript (14%), as a share of the 74 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Next use ASP.NET Core?

Yes. ASP.NET Core is named in 4 of 74 job postings (5%) and required in 4 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Next use?

The cloud and platforms named in Next job postings are Azure (25), Azure DevOps (18), Power BI (16) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Finance job at Next?

Finance postings at Next most often require Microsoft Excel (9), Power BI (6), Databricks (5), SQL (5), out of 12 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Next tech stack changing?

No new technology has appeared in Next job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Next tech stack?

Next scores 74 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 Next tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Next publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 74 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 15, 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, "Next tech stack: 103 technologies from 74 job postings", as of Nov 15, 2026. https://alion.io/company/next-co-uk/technologies

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0JSON