What Junior QA Jobs Ask For
Across 570 open Junior QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, jira, api.
Updated September 19, 2026
858 open Junior QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 570 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 42% |
| jira | 39% |
| api | 35% |
| test-automation | 31% |
| sql | 30% |
| ci-cd | 25% |
| postman | 23% |
| agile | 22% |
| python | 22% |
| ai | 21% |
| selenium | 19% |
| git | 18% |
| playwright | 18% |
| java | 15% |
| scrum | 15% |
| javascript | 13% |
| github | 12% |
| rest | 11% |
| devops | 11% |
| testrail | 10% |
| linux | 10% |
| azure | 10% |
| github-actions | 10% |
| version-control | 9% |
| confluence | 8% |
| jenkins | 8% |
| typescript | 8% |
| azure-devops | 8% |
| cloud | 7% |
| gitlab | 7% |
| sdlc | 7% |
| acceptance-criteria | 7% |
| saas | 7% |
| android | 7% |
| networking | 6% |
| trello | 6% |
| cypress | 6% |
| cpp | 5% |
| ios | 5% |
| csharp | 5% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 858 open Junior QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 13,128
- test-automation 9,552
- api 8,162
- agile 7,428
- python 7,221
- ci-cd 7,139
- ai 6,712
- jira 5,521
- selenium 5,460
- sql 5,380
- cloud 4,606
- java 4,541