What QA engineer roles require at tech companies · 63 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
63 QA engineer roles counted in the window, one per company, title and level; 415 software postings open now, all titles and levels.
In short
Test Automation is required most often, in 26 of 63 (41%) QA engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then Python (25) and CI/CD (24). Among roles that state years, 18 of 26 ask for at least 5 years. We counted 63 roles from 56 employers.
- Test Automation
- 26 of 63 (41%)
- Required most often, of the roles we could read
- 5+ years
- 18 of 26
- Of roles stating years
- Remote roles
- 55 of 63 (87%)
- Of the roles we could read for it
What the postings ask for
Out of the 63 roles whose requirements we could read, of 63 in all. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Test Automation | 26 of 63 (41%) |
| Python | 25 of 63 (40%) |
| CI/CD | 24 of 63 (38%) |
| API Testing | 19 of 63 (30%) |
| Java | 18 of 63 (29%) |
| Agile | 16 of 63 (25%) |
| TypeScript | 14 of 63 (22%) |
| Postman | 13 of 63 (21%) |
| Git | 12 of 63 (19%) |
| REST | 12 of 63 (19%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 13 of 63 (21%) |
| Agile | 8 of 63 (13%) |
| Test Automation | 7 of 63 (11%) |
| AI | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| API Testing | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| Azure DevOps | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| Git | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| Jira | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| AWS | 4 of 63 (6%) |
| GCP | 4 of 63 (6%) |
Experience
Of the 26 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 26 of 26
- 2+ years
- 26 of 26
- 3+ years
- 24 of 26
- 5+ years
- 18 of 26
- 8+ years
- 3 of 26
- 10+ years
- 1 of 26
Degree
Of the 34 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 8 of 34
- Required, or experience instead
- 5 of 34
- Preferred
- 2 of 34
- Not mentioned
- 19 of 34
Pay and remote work
Of the 63 roles we could read for it
- Roles stating pay
- 15 of 63 (24%)
- Remote roles
- 55 of 63 (87%)
Questions about QA engineer roles
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Companies with the most QA engineer roles
- Akamai Technologies3 roles
- TASQ Staffing Solutions3 roles
- Crusoe2 roles
- Leading Edge2 roles
- Okta2 roles
- Alex Staff Agency1 role
- Black Duck Software, Inc.1 role
- Black Financial Consult1 role
- Bridgenext1 role
- Brillio1 role
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How we count: 63 roles from 56 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology