{"company":{"id":1766463,"name":"NPL","domain":"npl.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/npl-co-uk"},"answer":"NPL builds mostly with Python, MATLAB, Bash, C++. Its stack also includes Linux, Kubernetes, GraphDB, MySQL. Python is named in 13 of the 27 job postings NPL published in the last 12 months (48%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of NPL, updated Oct 11, 2026.","window_days":365,"postings_analysed":27,"open_postings":25,"technologies_in_use":56,"modernity_score":74,"ai_adoption":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","layer":"languages","postings":13,"share":0.4815,"required":10,"open_postings":13,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-10-07","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Linux","layer":"cloud","postings":10,"share":0.3704,"required":7,"open_postings":10,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-06","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Ansible","layer":"tools","postings":6,"share":0.2222,"required":6,"open_postings":6,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Kubernetes","layer":"cloud","postings":6,"share":0.2222,"required":6,"open_postings":6,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-07","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Terraform","layer":"tools","postings":6,"share":0.2222,"required":6,"open_postings":6,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Active Directory","layer":"cloud","postings":5,"share":0.1852,"required":5,"open_postings":5,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-08","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"MATLAB","layer":"languages","postings":5,"share":0.1852,"required":5,"open_postings":4,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-09","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Platform Engineering","layer":"practices","postings":5,"share":0.1852,"required":5,"open_postings":5,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"VMWare","layer":"cloud","postings":5,"share":0.1852,"required":4,"open_postings":5,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Machine Learning","layer":"practices","postings":4,"share":0.1481,"required":4,"open_postings":3,"first_seen":"2026-09-08","last_seen":"2026-10-01","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"DNS","layer":"practices","postings":4,"share":0.1481,"required":3,"open_postings":4,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Windows","layer":"cloud","postings":4,"share":0.1481,"required":3,"open_postings":4,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Azure","layer":"cloud","postings":3,"share":0.1111,"required":3,"open_postings":3,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-02","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Bash","layer":"languages","postings":3,"share":0.1111,"required":3,"open_postings":3,"first_seen":"2026-10-02","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"C++","layer":"languages","postings":3,"share":0.1111,"required":3,"open_postings":2,"first_seen":"2026-10-06","last_seen":"2026-10-09","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Docker","layer":"tools","postings":3,"share":0.1111,"required":3,"open_postings":3,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-02","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"PKI","layer":"practices","postings":3,"share":0.1111,"required":3,"open_postings":3,"first_seen":"2026-10-02","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"PowerShell","layer":"languages","postings":3,"share":0.1111,"required":3,"open_postings":3,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"OpenStack","layer":"tools","postings":3,"share":0.1111,"required":1,"open_postings":3,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-07","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"CI/CD","layer":"practices","postings":2,"share":0.0741,"required":2,"open_postings":2,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-02","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Windows Server","layer":"cloud","postings":2,"share":0.0741,"required":2,"open_postings":2,"first_seen":"2026-10-02","last_seen":"2026-10-05","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Ghidra","layer":"tools","postings":2,"share":0.0741,"required":1,"open_postings":2,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-06","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Git","layer":"tools","postings":2,"share":0.0741,"required":1,"open_postings":2,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"AI Agents","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-01","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"BGP","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"DHCP","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Knowledge Graph","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"LLM","layer":"ai","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-10-02","last_seen":"2026-10-02","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Lua","layer":"languages","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-10-06","last_seen":"2026-10-06","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"MPLS","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Microsoft Excel","layer":"tools","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"OSPF","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Power BI","layer":"cloud","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-01","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"PyTorch","layer":"frameworks","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-23","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Scikit-learn","layer":"frameworks","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-23","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"TensorFlow","layer":"frameworks","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-23","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"VPN","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Wi-Fi","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Zabbix","layer":"tools","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":1,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-10-08","last_seen":"2026-10-08","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"C#","layer":"languages","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Computer Vision","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-23","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"FastAPI","layer":"frameworks","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Flask","layer":"frameworks","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"GitHub","layer":"cloud","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-10-02","last_seen":"2026-10-02","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"GraphDB","layer":"data","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"IDA Pro","layer":"tools","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-10-01","last_seen":"2026-10-01","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Java","layer":"languages","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"MLFlow","layer":"cloud","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-23","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"MySQL","layer":"data","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Neo4j","layer":"data","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Oracle","layer":"data","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"PostgreSQL","layer":"data","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Reinforcement Learning","layer":"practices","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-23","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Rest API","layer":"tools","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-18","last_seen":"2026-09-18","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Unix","layer":"cloud","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-25","last_seen":"2026-09-25","median_stated_pay_usd":null},{"name":"Weights & Biases","layer":"cloud","postings":1,"share":0.037,"required":0,"open_postings":1,"first_seen":"2026-09-23","last_seen":"2026-09-23","median_stated_pay_usd":null}],"own_products":[],"changes":{"first_appeared":[],"rising":[],"falling":[],"not_seen_180d":[]},"similar_stacks":[{"name":"T-Bank","url":"https://alion.io/company/t-bank/technologies","shared_technologies":42},{"name":"Bcore","url":"https://alion.io/company/bcore/technologies","shared_technologies":43},{"name":"Base-2 Solutions","url":"https://alion.io/company/base-2-solutions/technologies","shared_technologies":42},{"name":"ExxonMobil","url":"https://alion.io/company/exxonmobil/technologies","shared_technologies":45},{"name":"BAE Systems","url":"https://alion.io/company/baesystems/technologies","shared_technologies":42},{"name":"University of Maryland","url":"https://alion.io/company/umd/technologies","shared_technologies":48},{"name":"Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory","url":"https://alion.io/company/llnl/technologies","shared_technologies":42},{"name":"Freedom Consulting Group","url":"https://alion.io/company/freedom-consulting-group/technologies","shared_technologies":46}],"html_url":"https://alion.io/company/npl-co-uk/technologies","json_url":"https://alion.io/company/npl-co-uk/technologies.json","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","meta":{"source":"Alion","built_at":"2026-10-11T03:10:54Z","generated_at":"2026-10-11T12:57:10Z"}}