test plans jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, test plans appears in 1,331 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Systems Engineer has the most postings mentioning test plans, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is test plans in demand in 2026?
Yes. test plans appears in 1,331 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks. Systems Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning test plans (12.2% of all postings mentioning test plans).
+What jobs require test plans?
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 plans are Integration & Test Engineer (48.1% of that role’s postings mention test plans), Integration and Test Engineer (25.0% of that role’s postings mention test plans), Embedded Systems Security Engineer (24.0% of that role’s postings mention test plans).
+What skills are commonly paired with test plans?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), test plans most often appears alongside Python, Test cases, test automation, test procedures, regression testing.
+Where is test plans most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring test plans are Bengaluru, Woburn, Costa Mesa, Boston, Long Beach, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring test plans — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require test plans
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Integration & Test Engineer | 13 | 48.1% |
| Integration and Test Engineer | 6 | 25.0% |
| Embedded Systems Security Engineer | 6 | 24.0% |
| System Test Engineer | 10 | 20.4% |
| RF Systems Engineer | 9 | 20.0% |
| Quality Assurance Tester | 5 | 20.0% |
| Test Engineering Manager | 4 | 20.0% |
| Manual QA Engineer | 8 | 18.2% |
| Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer | 4 | 18.2% |
| QA Test Engineer | 7 | 17.5% |
Roles with the most test plans postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineer | 163 | 12.2% |
| Test Engineer | 127 | 9.5% |
| Software Engineer | 92 | 6.9% |
| QA Engineer | 88 | 6.6% |
| Business Analyst | 70 | 5.3% |
| Software Test Engineer | 38 | 2.9% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 34 | 2.6% |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineer | 15 | 1.1% |
| Systems Test Engineer | 15 | 1.1% |
| Product Manager | 14 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for test plans
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 46 | 3.5% |
| Woburn | 29 | 2.2% |
| Costa Mesa | 24 | 1.8% |
| Boston | 19 | 1.4% |
| Long Beach | 19 | 1.4% |
| Pune | 18 | 1.4% |
| Atlanta | 15 | 1.1% |
| Toronto | 15 | 1.1% |
| El Segundo | 13 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with test plans
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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 plans by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s test plans postings by all test plans 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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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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