Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-27, Skillenai has indexed 1,162 job postings with the title “Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 49% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-27
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+How many Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 1,162 job postings with the title “Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, with demand down 49% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Test Engineer jobs require?
Across Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, the skills mentioned most often are Python, test automation, test procedures, Troubleshooting, test plans.
+Which cities are hiring the most Test Engineer?
As of 2026-09-27, Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Guadalajara, Austin, Berkeley, Singapore, Bayan Lepas.
+Is Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 1,162 Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, with demand down 49% 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
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 305 | 26.2% |
| test automation | 170 | 14.6% |
| test procedures | 132 | 11.4% |
| Troubleshooting | 130 | 11.2% |
| test plans | 127 | 10.9% |
| Root cause analysis | 105 | 9.0% |
| LabVIEW | 100 | 8.6% |
| Data analysis | 96 | 8.3% |
| test planning | 95 | 8.2% |
| C++ | 90 | 7.7% |
| Java | 90 | 7.7% |
| Selenium | 89 | 7.7% |
| Agile | 88 | 7.6% |
| functional testing | 84 | 7.2% |
| JIRA | 84 | 7.2% |
Top metros hiring Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Guadalajara | 27 | 2.3% |
| Austin | 20 | 1.7% |
| Berkeley | 18 | 1.5% |
| Singapore | 18 | 1.5% |
| Bayan Lepas | 16 | 1.4% |
| Huntsville | 15 | 1.3% |
| Pune | 15 | 1.3% |
| San Francisco | 15 | 1.3% |
| Dallas | 14 | 1.2% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, matching postings whose canonical role is “Test Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Test Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-27
- 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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