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Software & IT

it engineer

Learned from 15 real résumés for this role.

Across 15 real U.S. résumés for a it engineer, the most distinctive skills are Permitting, Network Technician and Web Project Management — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Permitting
20% have it · 1621.6× vs average
Network Technician
20% have it · 1621.6× vs average
Web Project Management
20% have it · 1297.3× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

permitting
1621.6×
20% · N=3
network technician
1621.6×
20% · N=3
web project management
1297.3×
20% · N=3
team viewer
1297.3×
20% · N=3
active directory administrator
973.0×
20% · N=3
voip systems
572.3×
20% · N=3
windows xp to windows 7 migration
540.5×
20% · N=3
oracle database management
405.4×
20% · N=3
construction management
308.9×
20% · N=3
pos systems
249.5×
20% · N=3
it specialist
249.5×
20% · N=3
diagnosis
216.2×
20% · N=3
network analysis
204.8×
20% · N=3
telephony
183.6×
20% · N=3
virtual machines
175.3×
20% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

it kyc administrator17% · N=6project manager17% · N=6system and database administrator8% · N=3active directory server8% · N=3lecturer project manager8% · N=3operations engineer8% · N=3software systems engineer8% · N=3security analyst8% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

helpdesk technician7% · N=3infrastructure engineer11% · N=3it administrator2% · N=3it infrastructure engineer14% · N=3it network administrator17% · N=3it systems specialist25% · N=3technician3% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a It Engineer need?

In 15 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Permitting (20% have it), Network Technician (20% have it), Web Project Management (20% have it), Team Viewer (20% have it), Active Directory Administrator (20% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in It Engineer roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are It Kyc Administrator (17% of moves, N=6), Project Manager (17% of moves, N=6), System And Database Administrator (8% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into It Engineer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Helpdesk Technician (7% of arrivals, N=3), Infrastructure Engineer (11% of arrivals, N=3), It Administrator (2% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show It Engineer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 15 of them are It Engineer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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