Quality Assurance Associate jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 87 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Associate” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is quality assurance.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Quality Assurance Associate jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 87 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Associate” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Quality Assurance Associate jobs require?
Across Quality Assurance Associate postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are quality assurance, GMP, change control, cGMP, CAPA.
+Which cities are hiring the most Quality Assurance Associate?
As of 2026-09-30, Quality Assurance Associate postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Austin, Elwood, Framingham, Los Angeles, Taipei.
+Is Quality Assurance Associate a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 87 Quality Assurance Associate postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Quality Assurance Associate postings is quality assurance, 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 Quality Assurance Associate?
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 Quality Assurance Associate postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Quality Assurance Associate
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
63 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Quality Assurance Associate
Roles after Quality Assurance Associate
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: Quality Assurance Associate (different employer) | 63 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Specialist | 14 |
| Before: Manufacturing Specialist | 9 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 6 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Technician | 6 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Analyst | 6 |
| Before: Assistant Manager | 6 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Manager | 6 |
| After: Quality Assurance Associate (different employer) | 63 |
| After: Quality Assurance Specialist | 24 |
| After: Quality Assurance Manager | 11 |
| After: Quality Assurance Supervisor | 8 |
| After: Quality Assurance Engineer | 7 |
| After: Financial Analyst | 6 |
| After: Quality Assurance Analyst | 5 |
| After: Quality Assurance Technician | 4 |
Skills most often required for Quality Assurance Associate
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| quality assurance | 36 | 41.4% |
| GMP | 20 | 23.0% |
| change control | 18 | 20.7% |
| cGMP | 16 | 18.4% |
| CAPA | 15 | 17.2% |
| Root cause analysis | 15 | 17.2% |
| Excel | 13 | 14.9% |
| SOPs | 11 | 12.6% |
| Microsoft Office | 10 | 11.5% |
| quality management system (QMS) | 9 | 10.3% |
| Deviation management | 9 | 10.3% |
| corrective actions | 8 | 9.2% |
| quality management system | 7 | 8.0% |
| batch record review | 7 | 8.0% |
| Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) | 7 | 8.0% |
Top companies posting Quality Assurance Associate jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Elanco | 6 |
| Catalent Pharma Solutions | 6 |
| Replimune | 5 |
| CesiumAstro | 5 |
| JJ | 4 |
| SGS | 3 |
| Amgen | 3 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 3 |
| Integrated Resources | 2 |
| Eurofins | 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 Quality Assurance Associate
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 5 | 5.7% |
| Elwood | 3 | 3.4% |
| Framingham | 3 | 3.4% |
| Los Angeles | 3 | 3.4% |
| Taipei | 3 | 3.4% |
| Thousand Oaks | 3 | 3.4% |
| Aurora | 2 | 2.3% |
| Avon | 2 | 2.3% |
| Columbia | 2 | 2.3% |
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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 “Quality Assurance Associate”. 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
- Quality Assurance Associate
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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