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

As of 2026-11-05, Manual testing appears in 910 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — QA Engineer has the most postings mentioning Manual testing, with demand share up 7.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Postings · last 90 days
910
Demand vs prior month
up 7.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 26.9% of skill postings
QA Engineer
Top hiring metro
Pune

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Frequently asked questions about Manual testing

+Is Manual testing in demand in 2026?

Yes. Manual testing appears in 910 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. QA Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Manual testing (26.9% of all postings mentioning Manual testing).

+What jobs require Manual 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 Manual testing are Manual QA Engineer (36.4% of that role’s postings mention Manual testing), Software Tester (34.8% of that role’s postings mention Manual testing), QA Tester (25.0% of that role’s postings mention Manual testing).

+What skills are commonly paired with Manual testing?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-05), Manual testing most often appears alongside regression testing, Automated testing, test automation, API testing, JIRA.

+Where is Manual testing most in demand?

As of 2026-11-05, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Manual testing are Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Ho Chi Minh City, Chennai, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

+Which skills come before and after Manual 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 Manual testing — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around Manual testing

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Manual testing

Before Manual testingtest plans → Manual testing: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairtest cases → Manual testing: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → Manual testing: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → Manual testing: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → Manual testing: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairregression testing → Manual testing: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairFunctional Testing → Manual testing: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairSelenium → Manual testing: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairManualtestingtest plans: 19 movestest plans19 movestest cases: 17 movestest cases17 movesJava: 14 movesJava14 movessql: 12 movessql12 movesJira: 11 movesJira11 movesregression testing: 11 movesregression testing11 movesFunctional Testing: 9 movesFunctional Testing9 movesSelenium: 9 movesSelenium9 moves

Skills after Manual testing

After Manual testingManual testing → Jira: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairManual testing → regression testing: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairManual testing → Java: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairManual testing → sql: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairManual testing → test cases: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairManual testing → TestNG: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairManual testing → Selenium: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairManual testing → Functional Testing: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairManualtestingJira: 19 movesJira19 movesregression testing: 18 movesregression testing18 movesJava: 15 movesJava15 movessql: 12 movessql12 movestest cases: 12 movestest cases12 movesTestNG: 12 movesTestNG12 movesSelenium: 11 movesSelenium11 movesFunctional Testing: 11 movesFunctional Testing11 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: test plans19
Before: test cases17
Before: Java14
Before: sql12
Before: Jira11
Before: regression testing11
Before: Functional Testing9
Before: Selenium9
After: Jira19
After: regression testing18
After: Java15
After: sql12
After: test cases12
After: TestNG12
After: Selenium11
After: Functional Testing11

Roles most likely to require Manual testing

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Manual QA Engineer836.4%
Software Tester834.8%
QA Tester625.0%
Software Quality Assurance Engineer2121.6%
QA Engineer24520.7%
Software QA Engineer3320.4%
QA Analyst1115.1%
Software Test Engineer4512.1%
Quality Assurance Analyst2010.8%
Quality Assurance Engineer4610.5%

Roles with the most Manual testing postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
QA Engineer24526.9%
Test Engineer758.2%
Quality Assurance Engineer465.1%
Software Engineer465.1%
Software Test Engineer454.9%
QA Automation Engineer384.2%
Software QA Engineer333.6%
Software Quality Assurance Engineer212.3%
Quality Assurance Analyst202.2%
Quality Engineer161.8%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Manual testing

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring Manual testing
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Bosch13
CACI12
ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG10
Renesas8
SNC8
Sertis7
Actalent7
State Street7
OpenBrain7
Medtronic6

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 Manual testing

NamePostingsShare
Pune232.5%
Hyderabad182.0%
Bengaluru151.6%
Ho Chi Minh City121.3%
Chennai91.0%
London91.0%
Kyiv80.9%
Toronto80.9%
Bangkok70.8%

Skills commonly paired with Manual testing

regression testing (396)Automated testing (373)test automation (331)API testing (265)JIRA (260)Playwright (254)CI/CD (234)Python (229)Selenium (229)Agile (222)

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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 Manual testing by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Manual testing postings by all Manual 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: 0.3% to 0.3%. 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
3c439f6f5e244e04
data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index