Lead QA Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 9 job postings with the title “Lead QA Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Playwright, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Lead QA Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 9 job postings with the title “Lead QA Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Lead QA Engineer jobs require?
Across Lead QA Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Playwright, test strategy, integration testing, shift-left testing, CI/CD.
+Which cities are hiring the most Lead QA Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Lead QA Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Rica, Delhi, Quartier Latin, Uk.
+Is Lead QA Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 9 Lead QA Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Lead QA Engineer postings is Playwright, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Lead QA Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Lead QA Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Playwright | 4 | 9.8% |
| test strategy | 4 | 9.8% |
| integration testing | 4 | 9.8% |
| shift-left testing | 3 | 7.3% |
| CI/CD | 3 | 7.3% |
| Python | 3 | 7.3% |
| test automation | 3 | 7.3% |
| Regression testing | 3 | 7.3% |
| accessibility testing | 2 | 4.9% |
| Test case design | 2 | 4.9% |
| Test automation frameworks | 2 | 4.9% |
| Docker | 2 | 4.9% |
| API testing | 2 | 4.9% |
| unit testing | 2 | 4.9% |
| Selenium | 2 | 4.9% |
Top metros hiring Lead QA Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 2 | 40.0% |
| Delhi | 1 | 20.0% |
| Quartier Latin | 1 | 20.0% |
| Uk | 1 | 20.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Lead QA Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Lead QA Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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