K6 jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-14, K6 appears in 230 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for QA Automation Engineer roles, with demand up 78% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-14
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Frequently asked questions about K6
+Is K6 in demand in 2026?
Yes. K6 appears in 230 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14, with demand up 78% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for QA Automation Engineer roles (11% of QA Automation Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require K6?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14, the job titles most likely to require K6 are QA Automation Engineer (11% of postings list K6), QA Engineer (7% of postings list K6), Software Engineer (7% of postings list K6).
+What skills are commonly paired with K6?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-14), K6 most often appears alongside Playwright, JMeter, CI/CD, TypeScript, Cypress.
+Where is K6 most in demand?
As of 2026-08-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring K6 are Austin, London, Bengaluru, Pune, Costa Rica, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring K6 — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require K6
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| QA Automation Engineer | 25 | 10.9% |
| QA Engineer | 17 | 7.4% |
| Software Engineer | 17 | 7.4% |
| Product Manager | 16 | 7.0% |
| Quality Engineer | 16 | 7.0% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 8 | 3.5% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 8 | 3.5% |
| Software Engineer in Test | 7 | 3.0% |
| Automation Engineer | 6 | 2.6% |
| Performance Test Engineer | 6 | 2.6% |
Top metros hiring for K6
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 7 | 3.0% |
| London | 7 | 3.0% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 2.2% |
| Pune | 5 | 2.2% |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1.7% |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 1.3% |
| Hyderabad | 3 | 1.3% |
| Herndon | 2 | 0.9% |
| Kraków | 2 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with K6
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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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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