test engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, test engineering appears in 242 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Test Engineer has the most postings mentioning test engineering, with demand down 29% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is test engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. test engineering appears in 242 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 29% vs the prior 4 weeks. Test Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning test engineering (31.4% of all postings mentioning test engineering).
+What jobs require test engineering?
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 test engineering are Test Engineering Manager (25.0% of that role’s postings mention test engineering), Performance Test Engineer (6.7% of that role’s postings mention test engineering), Test Engineer (6.6% of that role’s postings mention test engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with test engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), test engineering most often appears alongside Python, test automation, Data analysis, Root cause analysis, test plans.
+Where is test engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring test engineering are Lone Tree, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Hyderabad, Sunnyvale, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring test engineering — last 90 days
Roles most likely to require test engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Test Engineering Manager | 5 | 25.0% |
| Performance Test Engineer | 2 | 6.7% |
| Test Engineer | 76 | 6.6% |
| Quantitative Finance Analyst | 1 | 4.5% |
| Production Test Engineer | 1 | 4.3% |
| QA Manager | 1 | 4.3% |
| Environmental Test Engineer | 1 | 4.0% |
| Quality Test Engineer | 1 | 3.6% |
| Systems Test Engineer | 3 | 3.5% |
| Mechanical Test Engineer | 1 | 3.4% |
Roles with the most test engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Test Engineer | 76 | 31.4% |
| Systems Engineer | 24 | 9.9% |
| Software Engineer | 10 | 4.1% |
| Technical Program Manager | 9 | 3.7% |
| QA Engineer | 8 | 3.3% |
| Test Engineering Manager | 5 | 2.1% |
| Engineering Manager | 3 | 1.2% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 3 | 1.2% |
| Systems Test Engineer | 3 | 1.2% |
| Algorithm & Signal Processing Engineer | 2 | 0.8% |
Top metros hiring for test engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree | 8 | 3.3% |
| Long Beach | 7 | 2.9% |
| Los Angeles | 6 | 2.5% |
| Hyderabad | 5 | 2.1% |
| Sunnyvale | 5 | 2.1% |
| Auckland | 4 | 1.7% |
| Berkeley | 4 | 1.7% |
| Boston | 4 | 1.7% |
| Huntsville | 4 | 1.7% |
Skills commonly paired with test engineering
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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 test engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s test engineering postings by all test engineering 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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