QA Lead jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-18, Skillenai has indexed 40 job postings with the title “QA Lead” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is CI/CD, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-18
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+How many QA Lead jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 40 job postings with the title “QA Lead” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do QA Lead jobs require?
Across QA Lead postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, the skills mentioned most often are CI/CD, test automation, Playwright, JIRA, regression testing.
+Which cities are hiring the most QA Lead?
As of 2026-09-18, QA Lead postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Berlin, Cape Town, Gurugram, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok.
+Is QA Lead a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 40 QA Lead postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in QA Lead postings is CI/CD, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly QA Lead postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for QA Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 19 | 47.5% |
| test automation | 17 | 42.5% |
| Playwright | 12 | 30.0% |
| JIRA | 11 | 27.5% |
| regression testing | 10 | 25.0% |
| Selenium | 9 | 22.5% |
| integration testing | 9 | 22.5% |
| API testing | 8 | 20.0% |
| SQL | 7 | 17.5% |
| Performance testing | 7 | 17.5% |
| Python | 6 | 15.0% |
| Postman | 6 | 15.0% |
| Agile | 6 | 15.0% |
| QA | 6 | 15.0% |
| Java | 6 | 15.0% |
Top metros hiring QA Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 2 | 5.0% |
| Cape Town | 2 | 5.0% |
| Gurugram | 2 | 5.0% |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 5.0% |
| Bangkok | 1 | 2.5% |
| Boston | 1 | 2.5% |
| Gatineau | 1 | 2.5% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 2.5% |
| Lima | 1 | 2.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, matching postings whose canonical role is “QA Lead”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- QA Lead
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-18
- 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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