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functional testing jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-05, functional testing appears in 1,472 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — QA Engineer has the most postings mentioning functional testing, with demand share up 0.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
1,472
Demand vs prior month
up 0.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 12.8% of skill postings
QA Engineer
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about functional testing

+Is functional testing in demand in 2026?

Yes. functional testing appears in 1,472 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. QA Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning functional testing (12.8% of all postings mentioning functional testing).

+What jobs require functional testing?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning functional testing are Manual QA Engineer (40.9% of that role’s postings mention functional testing), Quality Assurance Tester (40.0% of that role’s postings mention functional testing), Automation Tester (25.0% of that role’s postings mention functional testing).

+What skills are commonly paired with functional testing?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), functional testing most often appears alongside regression testing, integration testing, test automation, Python, Performance testing.

+Where is functional testing most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring functional testing are Bengaluru, Nashville, Hyderabad, Pune, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new functional testing content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning functional testing alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new functional testing content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after functional testing?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring functional testing — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around functional testing

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before functional testing

Before functional testingsql → functional testing: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairtest cases → functional testing: 22 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → functional testing: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → functional testing: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairtest plans → functional testing: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairregression testing → functional testing: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairselenium webdriver → functional testing: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairSelenium → functional testing: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctionaltestingsql: 23 movessql23 movestest cases: 22 movestest cases22 movesJava: 20 movesJava20 movesJira: 19 movesJira19 movestest plans: 18 movestest plans18 movesregression testing: 17 movesregression testing17 movesselenium webdriver: 15 movesselenium webdriver15 movesSelenium: 12 movesSelenium12 moves

Skills after functional testing

After functional testingfunctional testing → test cases: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctional testing → Jira: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctional testing → Java: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctional testing → test plans: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctional testing → Postman: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctional testing → TestNG: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctional testing → Selenium: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctional testing → sql: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairfunctionaltestingtest cases: 25 movestest cases25 movesJira: 25 movesJira25 movesJava: 23 movesJava23 movestest plans: 23 movestest plans23 movesPostman: 21 movesPostman21 movesTestNG: 19 movesTestNG19 movesSelenium: 19 movesSelenium19 movessql: 17 movessql17 moves
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.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: sql23
Before: test cases22
Before: Java20
Before: Jira19
Before: test plans18
Before: regression testing17
Before: selenium webdriver15
Before: Selenium12
After: test cases25
After: Jira25
After: Java23
After: test plans23
After: Postman21
After: TestNG19
After: Selenium19
After: sql17

Roles most likely to require functional testing

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Manual QA Engineer940.9%
Quality Assurance Tester840.0%
Automation Tester625.0%
QA Tester521.7%
QA Analyst1520.8%
Platform Software Engineer2718.9%
Software QA Engineer2817.4%
Quality Automation Engineer417.4%
Software Tester417.4%
Software Test Automation Engineer517.2%

Roles with the most functional testing postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
QA Engineer18812.8%
Software Engineer18612.6%
Test Engineer1218.2%
Business Analyst825.6%
Software Test Engineer513.5%
QA Automation Engineer432.9%
Software QA Engineer281.9%
Platform Software Engineer271.8%
Systems Engineer271.8%
Quality Assurance Engineer221.5%

Top companies posting jobs requiring functional testing

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring functional testing
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Mastercard34
Oracle30
Cisco18
ING14
Northrop Grumman13
Bosch11
Flex11
General Dynamics Information Technology11
CACI10
Nimble Storage10

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 for functional testing

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru362.4%
Nashville251.7%
Hyderabad221.5%
Pune221.5%
San Francisco161.1%
Toronto161.1%
Sunnyvale151.0%
Austin130.9%
Bucharest130.9%

Skills commonly paired with functional testing

regression testing (684)integration testing (585)test automation (431)Python (379)Performance testing (363)CI/CD (357)Agile (328)SQL (287)JIRA (285)Java (265)

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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. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning functional testing by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s functional testing postings by all functional testing postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.6% to 0.6%. 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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
9e24bb370d843c80
data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index