Test jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-10-08, Test appears in 197 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Systems Engineer has the most postings mentioning Test, with demand share up 17.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-08
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+Is Test in demand in 2026?
Yes. Test appears in 197 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08. Systems Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Test (17.8% of all postings mentioning Test).
+What jobs require Test?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Test are Electrical Engineer (8.9% of that role’s postings mention Test), Systems Engineering Manager (7.9% of that role’s postings mention Test), Integration & Test Engineer (7.4% of that role’s postings mention Test).
+What skills are commonly paired with Test?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-08), Test most often appears alongside Integration, systems engineering, Build, Python, verification.
+Where is Test most in demand?
As of 2026-10-08, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Test are Irvine, Colorado Springs, Cedar Rapids, Long Beach, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new Test content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after Test?
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 Test — last 90 days
Career paths around Test
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before Test
Skills after Test
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: JavaScript | 4 |
| Before: CSS | 3 |
| Before: HTML | 3 |
| Before: testing | 2 |
| Before: PHP | 2 |
| Before: Azure DevOps | 2 |
| Before: User Interface | 2 |
| Before: PostgreSQL | 2 |
| After: React | 2 |
| After: PostgreSQL | 2 |
| After: Monitoring | 2 |
| After: automation | 2 |
| After: TypeScript | 2 |
| After: engineering | 1 |
| After: Visual Basic | 1 |
| After: relational schemas | 1 |
Roles most likely to require Test
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer | 7 | 8.9% |
| Systems Engineering Manager | 6 | 7.9% |
| Integration & Test Engineer | 2 | 7.4% |
| Embedded Systems Security Engineer | 2 | 7.1% |
| Space Systems Engineer | 3 | 5.2% |
| Engineering Program Manager | 5 | 3.2% |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineer | 3 | 3.0% |
| Process Engineering Manager | 1 | 2.8% |
| Mechanical Engineer | 1 | 2.4% |
| Electrical Engineering Manager | 1 | 2.3% |
Roles with the most Test postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineer | 35 | 17.8% |
| Software Engineer | 21 | 10.7% |
| Technical Program Manager | 14 | 7.1% |
| Electrical Engineer | 7 | 3.6% |
| Program Manager | 7 | 3.6% |
| Systems Engineering Manager | 6 | 3.0% |
| DevOps Engineer | 5 | 2.5% |
| Engineering Program Manager | 5 | 2.5% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 5 | 2.5% |
| Agile Product Owner | 3 | 1.5% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring Test
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 20 |
| Boeing | 16 |
| Globalpr | 10 |
| Anduril | 8 |
| Renesas | 7 |
| Anduril Industries | 5 |
| True Anomaly | 4 |
| Toast | 3 |
| Sopra Steria | 3 |
| ADMS | 3 |
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 Test
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Irvine | 7 | 3.6% |
| Colorado Springs | 6 | 3.0% |
| Cedar Rapids | 5 | 2.5% |
| Long Beach | 5 | 2.5% |
| San Jose | 5 | 2.5% |
| Woburn | 5 | 2.5% |
| Boston | 3 | 1.5% |
| Costa Mesa | 3 | 1.5% |
| El Segundo | 3 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with Test
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-08. 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 Test by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Test postings by all Test 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: 0.1% to 0.1%. 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 2,617 identified employers and covers 70% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-09 to 2026-09-07 and 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 (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.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- a6916d39076ab502
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- 2026-10-08
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- 90
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