Manual QA Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 46 job postings with the title “Manual QA Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is JIRA.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Manual QA Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 46 job postings with the title “Manual QA Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Manual QA Engineer jobs require?
Across Manual QA Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are JIRA, Confluence, Postman, Manual testing, regression testing.
+Which cities are hiring the most Manual QA Engineer?
As of 2026-09-30, Manual QA Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Kyiv, Gurugram, Kaunas, Prague, Riga.
+Is Manual QA Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 46 Manual QA Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Manual QA Engineer postings is JIRA, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Manual QA Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Manual QA Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Manual QA Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
5 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Manual QA Engineer
Roles after Manual QA Engineer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Manual QA Engineer (different employer) | 5 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 1 |
| Before: Manual Tester | 1 |
| Before: Sales Manager | 1 |
| Before: Program Director | 1 |
| Before: Adjunct Professor | 1 |
| Before: QA Engineer | 1 |
| Before: QA Manual Engineer | 1 |
| After: Manual QA Engineer (different employer) | 5 |
| After: Automation Engineer | 1 |
| After: System Test Engineer | 1 |
| After: QA Engineer | 1 |
| After: Software Test Engineer | 1 |
| After: QA Automation Engineer | 1 |
Skills most often required for Manual QA Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| JIRA | 31 | 67.4% |
| Confluence | 23 | 50.0% |
| Postman | 22 | 47.8% |
| Manual testing | 22 | 47.8% |
| regression testing | 17 | 37.0% |
| SQL | 16 | 34.8% |
| TestRail | 15 | 32.6% |
| API testing | 12 | 26.1% |
| test documentation | 12 | 26.1% |
| Test case design | 10 | 21.7% |
| functional testing | 9 | 19.6% |
| JavaScript | 9 | 19.6% |
| Test cases | 8 | 17.4% |
| test plans | 8 | 17.4% |
| smoke testing | 8 | 17.4% |
Top companies posting Manual QA Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Ubuntu.com | 6 |
| Lionhires | 4 |
| Vacancies | 3 |
| Appcharge | 2 |
| Wargaming | 2 |
| Nord Security | 2 |
| Patrianna | 2 |
| Growe | 2 |
| Betsson Group | 2 |
| Anaplan | 2 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Manual QA Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kyiv | 3 | 6.5% |
| Gurugram | 2 | 4.3% |
| Kaunas | 2 | 4.3% |
| Prague | 2 | 4.3% |
| Riga | 2 | 4.3% |
| Tel Aviv | 2 | 4.3% |
| Vilnius | 2 | 4.3% |
| Barcelona | 1 | 2.2% |
| Belgrade | 1 | 2.2% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Manual QA Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Manual QA Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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