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

As of 2026-10-29, usability testing appears in 1,394 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Designer has the most postings mentioning usability testing.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
1,394
Top role · 40.1% of skill postings
Product Designer
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about usability testing

+Is usability testing in demand in 2026?

Yes. usability testing appears in 1,394 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Product Designer accounts for the most postings mentioning usability testing (40.1% of all postings mentioning usability testing).

+What jobs require usability 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 usability testing are UX Researcher (46.6% of that role’s postings mention usability testing), UX/UI Designer (37.3% of that role’s postings mention usability testing), Digital Product Designer (35.0% of that role’s postings mention usability testing).

+What skills are commonly paired with usability testing?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), usability testing most often appears alongside Figma, prototyping, design systems, user research, Interaction Design.

+Where is usability testing most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring usability testing are New York City, London, San Francisco, Berlin, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

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

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

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around usability testing

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before usability testing

Before usability testinguser research → usability testing: 25 observed employer moves with this skill pairwireframes → usability testing: 19 observed employer moves with this skill pairprototypes → usability testing: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairinformation architecture → usability testing: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairFigma → usability testing: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairwireframing → usability testing: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairPrototyping → usability testing: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairuser testing → usability testing: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairusabilitytestinguser research: 25 movesuser research25 moveswireframes: 19 moveswireframes19 movesprototypes: 17 movesprototypes17 movesinformation architecture: 14 movesinformationarchitecture14 movesFigma: 14 movesFigma14 moveswireframing: 13 moveswireframing13 movesPrototyping: 10 movesPrototyping10 movesuser testing: 9 movesuser testing9 moves

Skills after usability testing

After usability testingusability testing → Figma: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → Prototyping: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → design system: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → wireframing: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → wireframes: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → Competitive analysis: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → user research: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairusability testing → CSS: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairusabilitytestingFigma: 16 movesFigma16 movesPrototyping: 14 movesPrototyping14 movesdesign system: 12 movesdesign system12 moveswireframing: 11 moveswireframing11 moveswireframes: 11 moveswireframes11 movesCompetitive analysis: 10 movesCompetitiveanalysis10 movesuser research: 10 movesuser research10 movesCSS: 9 movesCSS9 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: user research25
Before: wireframes19
Before: prototypes17
Before: information architecture14
Before: Figma14
Before: wireframing13
Before: Prototyping10
Before: user testing9
After: Figma16
After: Prototyping14
After: design system12
After: wireframing11
After: wireframes11
After: Competitive analysis10
After: user research10
After: CSS9

Roles most likely to require usability testing

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
UX Researcher9646.6%
UX/UI Designer6037.3%
Digital Product Designer735.0%
UX Designer19134.9%
UI/UX Designer10134.5%
UI/UX Engineer731.8%
Software Tester420.0%
Product Designer55919.7%
Interaction Designer616.7%
AI Product Designer313.6%

Roles with the most usability testing postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Product Designer55940.1%
UX Designer19113.7%
UI/UX Designer1017.2%
Product Manager997.1%
UX Researcher966.9%
UX/UI Designer604.3%
Product Engineer161.1%
Product Owner130.9%
QA Engineer80.6%
Software Engineer80.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring usability testing

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring usability testing
CompanyPostings · 90 days
CLERA23
LBG12
Bjakcareer11
Truelogic10
Moniepoint10
GoHighLevel10
Cisco10
Barclays9
Mastercard8
Tailscale8

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 usability testing

NamePostingsShare
New York City453.2%
London443.2%
San Francisco372.7%
Berlin352.5%
Bengaluru261.9%
Toronto231.6%
Boston130.9%
Atlanta120.9%
Singapore120.9%

Skills commonly paired with usability testing

Figma (794)prototyping (772)design systems (726)user research (715)Interaction Design (444)Wireframing (361)information architecture (317)accessibility (310)product design (250)wireframes (223)

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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 usability testing by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s usability testing postings by all usability 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). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
015d9953cfb33406
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index