QA Analyst jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-29, Skillenai has indexed 58 job postings with the title “QA Analyst” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is JIRA.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29
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Frequently asked questions about QA Analyst jobs
+How many QA Analyst jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 58 job postings with the title “QA Analyst” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29.
+What skills do QA Analyst jobs require?
Across QA Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, the skills mentioned most often are JIRA, Regression testing, SQL, Playwright, Postman.
+Which cities are hiring the most QA Analyst?
As of 2026-10-29, QA Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Toronto, Bucharest, San Francisco, Woburn, Ashburn.
+Is QA Analyst a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 58 QA Analyst postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. The skill mentioned most often in QA Analyst postings is JIRA, 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 QA Analyst?
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 QA Analyst postings — last 90 days
Career paths through QA Analyst
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
695 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before QA Analyst
Roles after QA Analyst
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: QA Analyst (different employer) | 695 |
| Before: QA Engineer | 189 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 109 |
| Before: QA Tester | 95 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 44 |
| Before: Software Tester | 35 |
| Before: QA Automation Engineer | 33 |
| Before: Software Test Engineer | 30 |
| After: QA Analyst (different employer) | 695 |
| After: QA Engineer | 405 |
| After: QA Automation Engineer | 197 |
| After: Software Engineer | 108 |
| After: Business Analyst | 86 |
| After: Software Test Engineer | 59 |
| After: QA Tester | 46 |
| After: Software QA Engineer | 45 |
Skills most often required for QA Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| JIRA | 36 | 62.1% |
| Regression testing | 27 | 46.6% |
| SQL | 24 | 41.4% |
| Playwright | 20 | 34.5% |
| Postman | 20 | 34.5% |
| test automation | 19 | 32.8% |
| CI/CD | 17 | 29.3% |
| Selenium | 15 | 25.9% |
| TestRail | 14 | 24.1% |
| Agile | 13 | 22.4% |
| API testing | 12 | 20.7% |
| Confluence | 12 | 20.7% |
| Cypress | 11 | 19.0% |
| Exploratory testing | 11 | 19.0% |
| integration testing | 11 | 19.0% |
Top companies posting QA Analyst jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Keeper Security | 8 |
| Encora | 4 |
| TripArc | 3 |
| Testlio | 2 |
| Range | 2 |
| Quantum Integrators Group LLC | 2 |
| CrowdStrike | 2 |
| Globalpr | 1 |
| Portage CyberTech | 1 |
| IG Group | 1 |
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 QA Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 7 | 12.1% |
| Bucharest | 2 | 3.4% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 3.4% |
| Woburn | 2 | 3.4% |
| Ashburn | 1 | 1.7% |
| Beirut | 1 | 1.7% |
| Bethesda | 1 | 1.7% |
| Boston | 1 | 1.7% |
| João Lisboa | 1 | 1.7% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, matching postings whose canonical role is “QA Analyst”. 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
- QA Analyst
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-10-29
- window_days
- 90