Quality Assurance Specialist jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-11-05, Skillenai has indexed 456 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Specialist” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is quality assurance, with demand share up 5.3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05
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Frequently asked questions about Quality Assurance Specialist jobs
+How many Quality Assurance Specialist jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 456 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Specialist” over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05.
+What skills do Quality Assurance Specialist jobs require?
Across Quality Assurance Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, the skills mentioned most often are quality assurance, CAPA, Root cause analysis, GMP, cGMP.
+Which cities are hiring the most Quality Assurance Specialist?
As of 2026-11-05, Quality Assurance Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Houston, Tallinn, Singapore, Orlando, Chicago.
+Is Quality Assurance Specialist a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 456 Quality Assurance Specialist postings over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. The skill mentioned most often in Quality Assurance Specialist postings is quality assurance, 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 Quality Assurance Specialist?
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 Quality Assurance Specialist postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths through Quality Assurance Specialist
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
913 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Quality Assurance Specialist
Roles after Quality Assurance Specialist
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: Quality Assurance Specialist (different employer) | 913 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Manager | 94 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Analyst | 87 |
| Before: Customer Service Representative | 66 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Engineer | 44 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Technician | 39 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Supervisor | 38 |
| After: Quality Assurance Specialist (different employer) | 913 |
| After: Quality Assurance Manager | 121 |
| After: Quality Assurance Analyst | 92 |
| After: Quality Assurance Engineer | 65 |
| After: Quality Assurance Supervisor | 42 |
| After: Quality Assurance Technician | 35 |
| After: Software Engineer | 33 |
| After: Business Analyst | 32 |
Skills most often required for Quality Assurance Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| quality assurance | 228 | 50.0% |
| CAPA | 102 | 22.4% |
| Root cause analysis | 83 | 18.2% |
| GMP | 71 | 15.6% |
| cGMP | 66 | 14.5% |
| change control | 58 | 12.7% |
| quality control | 52 | 11.4% |
| Data analysis | 46 | 10.1% |
| Microsoft Office | 45 | 9.9% |
| Deviation management | 40 | 8.8% |
| SOPs | 38 | 8.3% |
| quality systems | 35 | 7.7% |
| Microsoft Excel | 35 | 7.7% |
| batch record review | 34 | 7.5% |
| Microsoft Word | 29 | 6.4% |
Top companies posting Quality Assurance Specialist jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) | 27 |
| MSD | 19 |
| Cardinal Health | 17 |
| Sanofi | 11 |
| Wise | 11 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 |
| Lonza | 7 |
| Novartis | 7 |
| Integrated Resources | 7 |
| Air National Guard Units | 7 |
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 Quality Assurance Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houston | 14 | 3.1% |
| Tallinn | 9 | 2.0% |
| Singapore | 8 | 1.8% |
| Orlando | 7 | 1.5% |
| Chicago | 5 | 1.1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 5 | 1.1% |
| Santi Cosma e Damiano | 5 | 1.1% |
| Seoul | 5 | 1.1% |
| Winston-Salem | 4 | 0.9% |
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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 2026-11-05, matching postings whose canonical role is “Quality Assurance Specialist”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). 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 2,472 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (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.
- role
- Quality Assurance Specialist
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-11-05
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- 90