quality control jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, quality control appears in 486 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning quality control.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about quality control
+Is quality control in demand in 2026?
Yes. quality control appears in 486 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning quality control (10.7% of all postings mentioning quality control).
+What jobs require quality control?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning quality control are Quality Assurance Officer (20.0% of that role’s postings mention quality control), Quality Assurance Coordinator (19.4% of that role’s postings mention quality control), Bioinformatics Scientist (15.0% of that role’s postings mention quality control).
+What skills are commonly paired with quality control?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), quality control most often appears alongside quality assurance, Python, project management, Root cause analysis, Data analysis.
+Where is quality control most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring quality control are New York City, Washington, Bastrop, Atlanta, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new quality control content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning quality control alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new quality control content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after quality control?
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 quality control — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around quality control
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before quality control
Skills after quality control
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: sql | 3 |
| Before: agile methodology | 3 |
| Before: Excel | 3 |
| Before: testing | 2 |
| Before: python | 2 |
| Before: Quality Assurance | 2 |
| Before: marketing campaigns | 2 |
| Before: data analysis | 2 |
| After: python | 5 |
| After: sql | 4 |
| After: JavaScript | 3 |
| After: testing | 3 |
| After: software | 3 |
| After: Hardware | 3 |
| After: troubleshooting | 2 |
| After: PowerBI | 2 |
Roles most likely to require quality control
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Assurance Officer | 4 | 20.0% |
| Quality Assurance Coordinator | 7 | 19.4% |
| Bioinformatics Scientist | 3 | 15.0% |
| Customer Program Manager | 5 | 12.2% |
| Quality Assurance Inspector | 8 | 9.9% |
| Quality Assurance Supervisor | 6 | 9.1% |
| Quality Assurance Specialist | 27 | 8.1% |
| Quality Assurance Manager | 21 | 7.9% |
| Quality Assurance Technician | 10 | 7.7% |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 2 | 6.7% |
Roles with the most quality control postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 52 | 10.7% |
| Quality Assurance Specialist | 27 | 5.6% |
| Quality Assurance Manager | 21 | 4.3% |
| Software Engineer | 19 | 3.9% |
| Product Manager | 12 | 2.5% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 12 | 2.5% |
| Technical Program Manager | 11 | 2.3% |
| Quality Assurance Technician | 10 | 2.1% |
| Business Analyst | 9 | 1.9% |
| Data Analyst | 9 | 1.9% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring quality control
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| ProSidian Consulting | 16 |
| OpenBrain | 13 |
| AECOM | 11 |
| Fictiv | 10 |
| SpaceX | 9 |
| City of New York | 7 |
| Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) | 6 |
| Mastercard | 5 |
| Bet365 | 5 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 |
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 quality control
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 15 | 3.1% |
| Washington | 10 | 2.1% |
| Bastrop | 9 | 1.9% |
| Atlanta | 8 | 1.6% |
| San Francisco | 8 | 1.6% |
| Bengaluru | 7 | 1.4% |
| London | 6 | 1.2% |
| Annapolis | 5 | 1.0% |
| Gurugram | 5 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with quality control
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Explore related pages
- Quality Assurance Officer
- Quality Assurance Coordinator
- Bioinformatics Scientist
- Customer Program Manager
- Quality Assurance Inspector
- Quality Assurance Supervisor
- Quality Assurance Specialist
- Quality Assurance Manager
- quality assurance
- Python
- project management
- Root cause analysis
- Data analysis
- SQL
- Risk Management
- Excel
How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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 quality control by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s quality control postings by all quality control 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.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 5ecd168a0ea7947d
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- 2026-09-30
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