K6 jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, K6 appears in 254 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — QA Automation Engineer has the most postings mentioning K6, with demand down 34% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is K6 in demand in 2026?
Yes. K6 appears in 254 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 34% vs the prior 4 weeks. QA Automation Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning K6 (11.4% of all postings mentioning K6).
+What jobs require K6?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning K6 are Quality Engineer (14.4% of that role’s postings mention K6), Quality Test Engineer (14.3% of that role’s postings mention K6), Performance Test Engineer (13.3% of that role’s postings mention K6).
+What skills are commonly paired with K6?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), K6 most often appears alongside Playwright, JMeter, CI/CD, JavaScript, Python.
+Where is K6 most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring K6 are Austin, Pune, Hyderabad, London, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring K6 — last 90 days
Roles most likely to require K6
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Engineer | 23 | 14.4% |
| Quality Test Engineer | 4 | 14.3% |
| Performance Test Engineer | 4 | 13.3% |
| Performance Engineer | 5 | 9.6% |
| QA Manager | 2 | 8.7% |
| Software Quality Engineer | 4 | 7.1% |
| Software Developer in Test | 3 | 6.4% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 9 | 6.3% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 9 | 6.0% |
| QA Automation Engineer | 29 | 5.9% |
Roles with the most K6 postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| QA Automation Engineer | 29 | 11.4% |
| Software Engineer | 24 | 9.4% |
| QA Engineer | 23 | 9.1% |
| Quality Engineer | 23 | 9.1% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 9 | 3.5% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 9 | 3.5% |
| Software Engineer in Test | 9 | 3.5% |
| Test Automation Engineer | 6 | 2.4% |
| Test Engineer | 6 | 2.4% |
| Performance Engineer | 5 | 2.0% |
Top metros hiring for K6
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 10 | 3.9% |
| Pune | 8 | 3.1% |
| Hyderabad | 7 | 2.8% |
| London | 7 | 2.8% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 2.0% |
| Prague | 4 | 1.6% |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 1.2% |
| Bogotá | 3 | 1.2% |
| New York City | 3 | 1.2% |
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 2026-09-28. 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 K6 by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s K6 postings by all K6 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).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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