Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 401 job postings with the title “Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand up 9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 401 job postings with the title “Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Test Engineer jobs require?
Across Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Python, test automation, Data analysis, test procedures, troubleshooting.
+Which cities are hiring the most Test Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Singapore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Los Angeles, Austin.
+Is Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 401 Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 9% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Test Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Test Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 98 | 16.1% |
| test automation | 75 | 12.3% |
| Data analysis | 45 | 7.4% |
| test procedures | 42 | 6.9% |
| troubleshooting | 40 | 6.6% |
| test planning | 39 | 6.4% |
| Linux | 39 | 6.4% |
| test plans | 37 | 6.1% |
| data acquisition | 29 | 4.8% |
| instrumentation | 29 | 4.8% |
| MATLAB | 29 | 4.8% |
| test engineering | 28 | 4.6% |
| Root cause analysis | 28 | 4.6% |
| Performance testing | 27 | 4.4% |
| functional testing | 24 | 3.9% |
Top metros hiring Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 12 | 17.6% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 13.2% |
| Hyderabad | 9 | 13.2% |
| Los Angeles | 9 | 13.2% |
| Austin | 7 | 10.3% |
| Dallas | 6 | 8.8% |
| Long Beach | 6 | 8.8% |
| Denver | 5 | 7.4% |
| Fort Meade | 5 | 7.4% |
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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 “Test Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- 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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