quality assurance (QA) jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, quality assurance (QA) appears in 303 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Quality Assurance Specialist has the most postings mentioning quality assurance (QA), with demand share up 3.0% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about quality assurance (QA)
+Is quality assurance (QA) in demand in 2026?
Yes. quality assurance (QA) appears in 303 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Quality Assurance Specialist accounts for the most postings mentioning quality assurance (QA) (6.6% of all postings mentioning quality assurance (QA)).
+What jobs require quality assurance (QA)?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning quality assurance (QA) are Quality Assurance Inspector (21.0% of that role’s postings mention quality assurance (QA)), Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer (9.5% of that role’s postings mention quality assurance (QA)), Quality Test Engineer (7.1% of that role’s postings mention quality assurance (QA)).
+What skills are commonly paired with quality assurance (QA)?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), quality assurance (QA) most often appears alongside quality control (QC), Python, test automation, regulatory compliance, Root cause analysis.
+Where is quality assurance (QA) most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring quality assurance (QA) are Cleveland, Aiken, Richland, Hyderabad, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new quality assurance (QA) content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after quality assurance (QA)?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring quality assurance (QA) — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around quality assurance (QA)
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before quality assurance (QA)
Skills after quality assurance (QA)
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.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: requirements gathering | 2 |
| Before: Email Marketing | 1 |
| Before: component traceability | 1 |
| Before: testing | 1 |
| Before: C# | 1 |
| Before: Webflow | 1 |
| Before: ASP.NET Core | 1 |
| Before: data engineer | 1 |
| After: data protection | 1 |
| After: healthcare purchasing EDI transactions | 1 |
| After: ci/cd | 1 |
| After: Amazon RDS | 1 |
| After: DynamoDB | 1 |
| After: cyber threats | 1 |
| After: MYSQL | 1 |
| After: product development | 1 |
Roles most likely to require quality assurance (QA)
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Assurance Inspector | 17 | 21.0% |
| Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| Quality Test Engineer | 2 | 7.1% |
| Quality Assurance Lead | 6 | 6.7% |
| Quality Assurance Specialist | 20 | 6.0% |
| IT Consultant | 1 | 5.0% |
| Quality Assurance Officer | 1 | 5.0% |
| Quality Assurance Director | 4 | 4.8% |
| Generative AI Analyst | 1 | 4.8% |
| Quality Assurance Supervisor | 3 | 4.5% |
Roles with the most quality assurance (QA) postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Assurance Specialist | 20 | 6.6% |
| Quality Assurance Inspector | 17 | 5.6% |
| Program Manager | 11 | 3.6% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 11 | 3.6% |
| Quality Assurance Manager | 11 | 3.6% |
| Product Manager | 9 | 3.0% |
| QA Engineer | 8 | 2.6% |
| Data Analyst | 7 | 2.3% |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 7 | 2.3% |
| Business Analyst | 6 | 2.0% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring quality assurance (QA)
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| ProSidian Consulting | 18 |
| Novartis | 9 |
| OpenBrain | 9 |
| CCF | 8 |
| MSD | 6 |
| Mercor | 5 |
| AECOM | 5 |
| YipitData | 4 |
| I2cinc | 4 |
| JJ | 4 |
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 for quality assurance (QA)
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 8 | 2.6% |
| Aiken | 7 | 2.3% |
| Richland | 7 | 2.3% |
| Hyderabad | 6 | 2.0% |
| Boston | 5 | 1.7% |
| Queen Creek | 5 | 1.7% |
| San Francisco | 5 | 1.7% |
| Anderson | 4 | 1.3% |
| Austin | 4 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with quality assurance (QA)
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Explore related pages
- Quality Assurance Inspector
- Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer
- Quality Test Engineer
- Quality Assurance Lead
- Quality Assurance Specialist
- IT Consultant
- Quality Assurance Officer
- Quality Assurance Director
- quality control (QC)
- Python
- test automation
- regulatory compliance
- Root cause analysis
- regression testing
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Test cases
How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning quality assurance (QA) by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s quality assurance (QA) postings by all quality assurance (QA) postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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