test scripts jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, test scripts appears in 405 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Business Analyst has the most postings mentioning test scripts, with demand down 19% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is test scripts in demand in 2026?
Yes. test scripts appears in 405 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 19% vs the prior 4 weeks. Business Analyst accounts for the most postings mentioning test scripts (9.1% of all postings mentioning test scripts).
+What jobs require test scripts?
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 scripts are Systems/Software Engineer (13.0% of that role’s postings mention test scripts), Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (8.0% of that role’s postings mention test scripts), Software QA Engineer (7.8% of that role’s postings mention test scripts).
+What skills are commonly paired with test scripts?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), test scripts most often appears alongside test plans, regression testing, Python, Test cases, test automation.
+Where is test scripts most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring test scripts are Woburn, Bengaluru, Sunnyvale, Tallinn, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring test scripts — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require test scripts
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Systems/Software Engineer | 3 | 13.0% |
| Quality Assurance Automation Engineer | 2 | 8.0% |
| Software QA Engineer | 9 | 7.8% |
| QA Analyst | 3 | 6.8% |
| Hardware Test Engineer | 5 | 6.5% |
| Systems Test Engineer | 5 | 5.8% |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 9 | 5.7% |
| Software Test Engineer | 15 | 5.6% |
| Automation QA Engineer | 3 | 5.6% |
| Software Quality Assurance Engineer | 5 | 5.5% |
Roles with the most test scripts postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Business Analyst | 37 | 9.1% |
| Systems Engineer | 35 | 8.6% |
| QA Engineer | 27 | 6.7% |
| Test Engineer | 27 | 6.7% |
| Software Engineer | 15 | 3.7% |
| Software Test Engineer | 15 | 3.7% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 13 | 3.2% |
| QA Automation Engineer | 11 | 2.7% |
| Quality Assurance Specialist | 11 | 2.7% |
| Product Owner | 9 | 2.2% |
Top metros hiring for test scripts
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Woburn | 26 | 6.4% |
| Bengaluru | 11 | 2.7% |
| Sunnyvale | 7 | 1.7% |
| Tallinn | 7 | 1.7% |
| Toronto | 6 | 1.5% |
| Charlotte | 5 | 1.2% |
| Lexington | 5 | 1.2% |
| Arlington | 4 | 1.0% |
| Boston | 4 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with test scripts
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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 scripts by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s test scripts postings by all test scripts 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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