Software Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 109 job postings with the title “Software Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is test automation, with demand down 2% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about Software Test Engineer jobs
+How many Software Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 109 job postings with the title “Software Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 2% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Software Test Engineer jobs require?
Across Software Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are test automation, Python, CI/CD, Software Testing, Regression testing.
+Which cities are hiring the most Software Test Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Software Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Pune, Santa Clara, Chicago, San Diego.
+Is Software Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 109 Software Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 2% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Software Test Engineer postings is test automation, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Software Test Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Software Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| test automation | 36 | 12.3% |
| Python | 34 | 11.6% |
| CI/CD | 28 | 9.6% |
| Software Testing | 28 | 9.6% |
| Regression testing | 21 | 7.2% |
| Selenium | 20 | 6.8% |
| test plans | 17 | 5.8% |
| Manual testing | 16 | 5.5% |
| API testing | 15 | 5.1% |
| functional testing | 15 | 5.1% |
| Performance testing | 14 | 4.8% |
| integration testing | 13 | 4.4% |
| test planning | 12 | 4.1% |
| Root cause analysis | 12 | 4.1% |
| Cypress | 12 | 4.1% |
Top metros hiring Software Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 9 | 27.3% |
| Pune | 5 | 15.2% |
| Santa Clara | 5 | 15.2% |
| Chicago | 3 | 9.1% |
| San Diego | 3 | 9.1% |
| Chennai | 2 | 6.1% |
| Hyderabad | 2 | 6.1% |
| Karachi | 2 | 6.1% |
| Los Angeles | 2 | 6.1% |
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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 “Software Test Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Software Test Engineer
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- 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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