Northern Trust tech stack
Northern Trust builds mostly with SQL, Python, Java, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Azure, Power BI, Snowflake, Spring Boot. Azure is named in 89 of the 248 job postings Northern Trust published in the last 12 months (36%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Northern Trust, updated Sep 28, 2026.
What programming languages does Northern Trust use?
SQL is named in 25% of job postings at Northern Trust, followed by Python (24%), Java (14%), JavaScript (6%).
SQL
62 25%
Python
60 24%
Java
35 14%
JavaScript
16 6%
PowerShell
12 5%
C#
9 4%
Node JS
9 4%
C++
2 1%
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What frameworks and libraries does Northern Trust use?
Spring Boot is named in 6% of job postings at Northern Trust, followed by React.js (4%), Selenium (2%), Bootstrap (2%).
Spring Boot
15 6%
React.js
9 4%
Selenium
4 2%
Bootstrap
4 2%
ASP.NET Core
3 1%
Spring Cloud
3 1%
NumPy
2 1%
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What databases does Northern Trust use?
Snowflake is named in 8% of job postings at Northern Trust, followed by Oracle (5%), PostgreSQL (4%), Azure SQL Database (3%).
Snowflake
20 8%
Oracle
13 5%
PostgreSQL
9 4%
Azure SQL Database
8 3%
Neo4j
6 2%
Delta Lake
3 1%
MS SQL
3 1%
MySQL
3 1%
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What cloud and platforms does Northern Trust use?
Azure is named in 36% of job postings at Northern Trust, followed by Power BI (22%), AWS (15%), Azure DevOps (14%).
Azure
89 36%
Power BI
54 22%
AWS
38 15%
Azure DevOps
34 14%
Kubernetes
25 10%
Databricks
19 8%
Apache Kafka
19 8%
GCP
18 7%
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And 25 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Northern Trust use?
Microsoft Excel is named in 22% of job postings at Northern Trust, followed by Terraform (12%), Copilot (9%), Rest API (8%).
Terraform
30 12%
Copilot
23 9%
Rest API
20 8%
Git
19 8%
Docker
18 7%
Jenkins
13 5%
Ansible
10 4%
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And 5 more, each named in fewer postings.
What AI and ML technologies does Northern Trust use?
LLM is named in 3% of job postings at Northern Trust, followed by Claude (1%).
Which engineering practices does Northern Trust ask for?
CI/CD is named in 22% of job postings at Northern Trust, followed by SLI/SLO/SLA (10%), Incident Management (7%), Platform Engineering (6%).
CI/CD
54 22%
SLI/SLO/SLA
26 10%
Incident Management
17 7%
Platform Engineering
16 6%
AI Agents
13 5%
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And 3 more, each named in fewer postings.
What does each Northern Trust team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Finance
92 postingsSecurity
29 postingsAnalytics
18 postingsDevOps
16 postingsBackend
11 postingsSupport
10 postingsHow does your stack fit Northern Trust?
How much does Northern Trust pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Northern Trust postings with stated pay: $169k across 111 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | 35 | $195k | +15% |
| SQL | 30 | $182k | +8% |
| Python | 26 | $195k | +15% |
| Java | 20 | $195k | +15% |
| Power BI | 18 | $152k | −10% |
| Azure DevOps | 14 | $195k | +15% |
| AWS | 12 | $234k | +38% |
| Databricks | 12 | $234k | +38% |
| Snowflake | 11 | $234k | +38% |
| Kubernetes | 8 | $214k | +27% |
How is the Northern Trust 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 Northern Trust stack?
Northern Trust 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: 2; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Northern Trust stack in its industry?
Share of the 3,422 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Northern Trust apart
Companies with a stack like Northern Trust
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
147 shared technologies
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
160 shared technologies
State Street
192 shared technologies
FIS
165 shared technologies
Bank of Montreal
145 shared technologies
Genpact
169 shared technologies
Kyndryl
184 shared technologies
PNC Financial Services Group
135 shared technologies
Questions about the Northern Trust tech stack
What programming languages does Northern Trust use?
The languages named in Northern Trust job postings are SQL (25%), Python (24%), Java (14%), JavaScript (6%), PowerShell (5%), as a share of the 248 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Northern Trust use Spring Boot?
Yes. Spring Boot is named in 15 of 248 job postings (6%) and required in 10 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Northern Trust use?
The cloud and platforms named in Northern Trust job postings are Azure (89), Power BI (54), AWS (38) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Finance job at Northern Trust?
Finance postings at Northern Trust most often require Microsoft Excel (31), Power BI (28), SQL (16), Python (15), out of 92 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Northern Trust tech stack changing?
Yes. Amazon CloudWatch, SAS, DataStage, Alteryx first appeared in Northern Trust job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Northern Trust tech stack?
Northern Trust 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: 2; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Northern Trust tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Northern Trust publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 248 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 28, 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, "Northern Trust tech stack: 211 technologies from 248 job postings", as of Sep 28, 2026. https://alion.io/company/northerntrust/technologies