Test Lead jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Test Lead” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Java.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Test Lead jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Test Lead” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Test Lead jobs require?
Across Test Lead postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are Java, SQL, ETL testing, Selenium, Agile.
+Which cities are hiring the most Test Lead?
As of 2026-09-30, Test Lead postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Richardson, Bellevue, Irvine, Jersey City, Plano.
+Is Test Lead a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 22 Test Lead postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Test Lead postings is Java, 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 Test Lead?
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 Test Lead postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Test Lead
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
14 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Test Lead
Roles after Test Lead
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: Test Lead (different employer) | 14 |
| Before: Software Test Engineer | 10 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 7 |
| Before: Test Engineer | 7 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Engineer | 5 |
| Before: Consultant | 4 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 3 |
| Before: Test Analyst | 3 |
| After: Test Lead (different employer) | 14 |
| After: Test Manager | 8 |
| After: Business Analyst | 5 |
| After: Project Manager | 4 |
| After: Quality Assurance Analyst | 4 |
| After: Test Engineer | 3 |
| After: Consultant | 2 |
| After: Program Manager | 2 |
Skills most often required for Test Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Java | 11 | 50.0% |
| SQL | 9 | 40.9% |
| ETL testing | 8 | 36.4% |
| Selenium | 7 | 31.8% |
| Agile | 5 | 22.7% |
| test automation | 5 | 22.7% |
| test strategy | 5 | 22.7% |
| MapReduce | 4 | 18.2% |
| JUnit | 4 | 18.2% |
| Hive | 4 | 18.2% |
| RDBMS | 4 | 18.2% |
| functional testing | 4 | 18.2% |
| MRUnit | 4 | 18.2% |
| Pig | 4 | 18.2% |
| test planning | 3 | 13.6% |
Top companies posting Test Lead jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Krazybee | 1 |
| Datamatics | 1 |
| Solirius Reply | 1 |
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 Test Lead
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Richardson | 3 | 13.6% |
| Bellevue | 2 | 9.1% |
| Irvine | 2 | 9.1% |
| Jersey City | 2 | 9.1% |
| Plano | 2 | 9.1% |
| Chicago | 1 | 4.5% |
| Denver | 1 | 4.5% |
| London | 1 | 4.5% |
| Los Angeles | 1 | 4.5% |
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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 “Test Lead”. 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
- Test Lead
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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