Performance testing jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Performance testing appears in 1,383 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Performance testing, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Performance testing in demand in 2026?
Yes. Performance testing appears in 1,383 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Performance testing (16.4% of all postings mentioning Performance testing).
+What jobs require Performance testing?
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 Performance testing are Performance Test Engineer (70.0% of that role’s postings mention Performance testing), Quality Test Engineer (32.1% of that role’s postings mention Performance testing), Test Architect (30.4% of that role’s postings mention Performance testing).
+What skills are commonly paired with Performance testing?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Performance testing most often appears alongside CI/CD, test automation, regression testing, integration testing, Python.
+Where is Performance testing most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Performance testing are Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, New York City, Chennai, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Performance testing — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Performance testing
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Test Engineer | 21 | 70.0% |
| Quality Test Engineer | 9 | 32.1% |
| Test Architect | 7 | 30.4% |
| Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer | 6 | 27.3% |
| Software Test Automation Engineer | 6 | 26.1% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 28 | 19.7% |
| Software Quality Engineer | 11 | 19.6% |
| QA Lead | 7 | 18.4% |
| Performance Engineer | 9 | 17.3% |
| Mechanical Test Engineer | 5 | 17.2% |
Roles with the most Performance testing postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 227 | 16.4% |
| QA Engineer | 103 | 7.4% |
| Test Engineer | 70 | 5.1% |
| QA Automation Engineer | 44 | 3.2% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 40 | 2.9% |
| Software Test Engineer | 35 | 2.5% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 28 | 2.0% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 25 | 1.8% |
| Test Automation Engineer | 25 | 1.8% |
| Data Engineer | 22 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for Performance testing
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 56 | 4.0% |
| Pune | 37 | 2.7% |
| Hyderabad | 31 | 2.2% |
| New York City | 21 | 1.5% |
| Chennai | 19 | 1.4% |
| London | 18 | 1.3% |
| Toronto | 18 | 1.3% |
| Austin | 11 | 0.8% |
| Dublin | 11 | 0.8% |
Skills commonly paired with Performance testing
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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 Performance testing by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Performance testing postings by all Performance 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).
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