Quality Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 86 job postings with the title “Quality Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is test automation, with demand up 5% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Quality Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 86 job postings with the title “Quality Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 5% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Quality Engineer jobs require?
Across Quality Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are test automation, CI/CD, Python, Selenium, API testing.
+Which cities are hiring the most Quality Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Quality Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Toronto, Washington, Cairo.
+Is Quality Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 86 Quality Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 5% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Quality Engineer postings is test automation, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Quality Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Quality Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| test automation | 43 | 11.4% |
| CI/CD | 42 | 11.1% |
| Python | 36 | 9.5% |
| Selenium | 30 | 7.9% |
| API testing | 26 | 6.9% |
| Playwright | 25 | 6.6% |
| JavaScript | 23 | 6.1% |
| Java | 21 | 5.6% |
| TypeScript | 20 | 5.3% |
| Performance testing | 19 | 5.0% |
| Jenkins | 19 | 5.0% |
| regression testing | 19 | 5.0% |
| Automated testing | 19 | 5.0% |
| SQL | 18 | 4.8% |
| Cypress | 18 | 4.8% |
Top metros hiring Quality Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 7 | 24.1% |
| Hyderabad | 6 | 20.7% |
| Toronto | 3 | 10.3% |
| Washington | 3 | 10.3% |
| Cairo | 2 | 6.9% |
| Chennai | 2 | 6.9% |
| Gurugram | 2 | 6.9% |
| Lahore | 2 | 6.9% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 6.9% |
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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 “Quality Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Quality Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-05-17
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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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