Software Quality Assurance Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 97 job postings with the title “Software Quality Assurance Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is test automation.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Software Quality Assurance Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 97 job postings with the title “Software Quality Assurance Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Software Quality Assurance Engineer jobs require?
Across Software Quality Assurance Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are test automation, regression testing, Python, Agile, Manual testing.
+Which cities are hiring the most Software Quality Assurance Engineer?
As of 2026-09-30, Software Quality Assurance Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Taipei, Cairo, Bangkok, Brisbane, Cedar Rapids.
+Is Software Quality Assurance Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 97 Software Quality Assurance Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Software Quality Assurance Engineer postings is test automation, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Software Quality Assurance Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Software Quality Assurance Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
774 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Roles after Software Quality Assurance Engineer
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.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Software Quality Assurance Engineer (different employer) | 774 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 104 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Engineer | 48 |
| Before: Software Quality Assurance Analyst | 46 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Analyst | 38 |
| Before: Software Test Engineer | 22 |
| Before: Software Developer | 21 |
| Before: Software QA Engineer | 17 |
| After: Software Quality Assurance Engineer (different employer) | 774 |
| After: Software Engineer | 79 |
| After: Quality Assurance Engineer | 44 |
| After: Software Quality Assurance Analyst | 36 |
| After: Quality Assurance Analyst | 28 |
| After: Software Test Engineer | 21 |
| After: Software Quality Assurance Manager | 21 |
| After: Software QA Engineer | 18 |
Skills most often required for Software Quality Assurance Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| test automation | 31 | 32.0% |
| regression testing | 28 | 28.9% |
| Python | 26 | 26.8% |
| Agile | 26 | 26.8% |
| Manual testing | 21 | 21.6% |
| JIRA | 20 | 20.6% |
| test plans | 19 | 19.6% |
| Software Testing | 18 | 18.6% |
| SQL | 17 | 17.5% |
| Playwright | 16 | 16.5% |
| defect tracking | 15 | 15.5% |
| test planning | 14 | 14.4% |
| CI/CD | 14 | 14.4% |
| Exploratory testing | 13 | 13.4% |
| Selenium | 13 | 13.4% |
Top companies posting Software Quality Assurance Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Fiserv | 5 |
| Sertis | 3 |
| General Motors | 3 |
| Truveta | 3 |
| Megaport | 3 |
| Nimble Storage | 3 |
| Lfnw | 2 |
| Globalpr | 2 |
| Aptiv | 2 |
| Foursquare | 2 |
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 Software Quality Assurance Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Taipei | 5 | 5.2% |
| Cairo | 4 | 4.1% |
| Bangkok | 3 | 3.1% |
| Brisbane | 3 | 3.1% |
| Cedar Rapids | 3 | 3.1% |
| Hyderabad | 3 | 3.1% |
| Alpharetta | 2 | 2.1% |
| Atlanta | 2 | 2.1% |
| Austin | 2 | 2.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Software Quality Assurance Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Software Quality Assurance Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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