Quality Assurance Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-01, Skillenai has indexed 479 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is test automation.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-01
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Frequently asked questions about Quality Assurance Engineer jobs
+How many Quality Assurance Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 479 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01.
+What skills do Quality Assurance Engineer jobs require?
Across Quality Assurance Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01, the skills mentioned most often are test automation, quality assurance, Playwright, Root cause analysis, Python.
+Which cities are hiring the most Quality Assurance Engineer?
As of 2026-10-01, Quality Assurance Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bayan Lepas, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kulim, Bangkok.
+Is Quality Assurance Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 479 Quality Assurance Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01. The skill mentioned most often in Quality Assurance Engineer postings is test automation, 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 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 Quality Assurance Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Quality Assurance Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
1,744 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Quality Assurance Engineer
Roles after Quality Assurance 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: Quality Assurance Engineer (different employer) | 1,744 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 268 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Analyst | 261 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Manager | 80 |
| Before: Quality Engineer | 75 |
| Before: Software Test Engineer | 69 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Specialist | 59 |
| Before: Project Manager | 47 |
| After: Quality Assurance Engineer (different employer) | 1,744 |
| After: Software Engineer | 254 |
| After: Quality Assurance Analyst | 147 |
| After: Quality Assurance Manager | 103 |
| After: Quality Engineer | 65 |
| After: QA Automation Engineer | 60 |
| After: Software Test Engineer | 60 |
| After: Software Quality Assurance Engineer | 48 |
Skills most often required for Quality Assurance Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| test automation | 97 | 20.3% |
| quality assurance | 96 | 20.0% |
| Playwright | 95 | 19.8% |
| Root cause analysis | 81 | 16.9% |
| Python | 77 | 16.1% |
| Selenium | 77 | 16.1% |
| CI/CD | 74 | 15.4% |
| regression testing | 72 | 15.0% |
| Postman | 69 | 14.4% |
| API testing | 69 | 14.4% |
| JIRA | 65 | 13.6% |
| Java | 63 | 13.2% |
| SQL | 60 | 12.5% |
| JavaScript | 57 | 11.9% |
| Manual testing | 54 | 11.3% |
Top companies posting Quality Assurance Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Renesas | 29 |
| Amtechsoftware | 8 |
| GeVernova | 8 |
| 42dot | 7 |
| Micro1 | 6 |
| Hitachi Energy | 6 |
| Caylent | 6 |
| Stryker | 6 |
| Devoteam | 6 |
| Trading212 | 5 |
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 Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bayan Lepas | 10 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 1.9% |
| Hyderabad | 7 | 1.5% |
| Kulim | 7 | 1.5% |
| Bangkok | 6 | 1.3% |
| Chennai | 5 | 1.0% |
| Hamburg | 5 | 1.0% |
| Lagos | 5 | 1.0% |
| Pune | 5 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01, matching postings whose canonical role is “Quality Assurance 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
- Quality Assurance Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-10-01
- window_days
- 90
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