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

As of 2026-10-29, System testing appears in 617 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning System testing, with demand share down 2.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
617
Demand vs prior month
down 2.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 16.5% of skill postings
Software Engineer
Top hiring metro
Pune

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Frequently asked questions about System testing

+Is System testing in demand in 2026?

Yes. System testing appears in 617 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning System testing (16.5% of all postings mentioning System testing).

+What jobs require System testing?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning System testing are System Test Engineer (17.2% of that role’s postings mention System testing), Software Test Automation Engineer (12.0% of that role’s postings mention System testing), Software Quality Engineer (9.6% of that role’s postings mention System testing).

+What skills are commonly paired with System testing?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), System testing most often appears alongside integration testing, unit testing, Python, regression testing, functional testing.

+Where is System testing most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring System testing are Pune, Singapore, Huntsville, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

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

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around System testing

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before System testing

Before System testingtest cases → System testing: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairtest plans → System testing: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairregression testing → System testing: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairSelenium → System testing: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → System testing: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairselenium webdriver → System testing: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → System testing: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairmanual testing → System testing: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystemtestingtest cases: 8 movestest cases8 movestest plans: 8 movestest plans8 movesregression testing: 8 movesregression testing8 movesSelenium: 6 movesSelenium6 movesJava: 6 movesJava6 movesselenium webdriver: 5 movesselenium webdriver5 movessql: 4 movessql4 movesmanual testing: 4 movesmanual testing4 moves

Skills after System testing

After System testingSystem testing → Jira: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystem testing → sql: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystem testing → Java: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystem testing → Functional Testing: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystem testing → Selenium: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystem testing → SQL queries: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystem testing → TestNG: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystem testing → test cases: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairSystemtestingJira: 10 movesJira10 movessql: 9 movessql9 movesJava: 8 movesJava8 movesFunctional Testing: 8 movesFunctional Testing8 movesSelenium: 8 movesSelenium8 movesSQL queries: 6 movesSQL queries6 movesTestNG: 6 movesTestNG6 movestest cases: 6 movestest cases6 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 cases8
Before: test plans8
Before: regression testing8
Before: Selenium6
Before: Java6
Before: selenium webdriver5
Before: sql4
Before: manual testing4
After: Jira10
After: sql9
After: Java8
After: Functional Testing8
After: Selenium8
After: SQL queries6
After: TestNG6
After: test cases6

Roles most likely to require System testing

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
System Test Engineer1117.2%
Software Test Automation Engineer312.0%
Software Quality Engineer59.6%
QA Analyst46.9%
Software Development Test Engineer26.9%
Systems Integration and Test Engineer26.2%
Automation Test Engineer46.1%
QA Test Engineer25.3%
Software QA Engineer75.2%
Software Test Engineer185.0%

Roles with the most System testing postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer10216.5%
Systems Engineer548.8%
Test Engineer365.8%
Business Analyst325.2%
QA Engineer264.2%
Software Test Engineer182.9%
Quality Assurance Engineer111.8%
System Test Engineer111.8%
Automation Engineer101.6%
Embedded Software Engineer81.3%

Top companies posting jobs requiring System testing

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring System testing
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Globalpr20
Motorola Solutions14
Starfish10
Ncs10
Cisco10
RTX9
Northrop Grumman9
Mastercard8
JDA8
Nimble Storage8

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 System testing

NamePostingsShare
Pune182.9%
Singapore172.8%
Huntsville152.4%
Bengaluru132.1%
Hyderabad101.6%
Toronto91.5%
Woburn81.3%
Boston61.0%
San Diego61.0%

Skills commonly paired with System testing

integration testing (288)unit testing (186)Python (185)regression testing (162)functional testing (142)test automation (131)CI/CD (110)Agile (98)SQL (94)Java (86)

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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 2026-10-29. 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 System testing by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s System testing postings by all System 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 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (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
6e008329670a639c
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index