What Lead QA Jobs Ask For
Across 1,694 open Lead QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, test-automation, ci-cd.
Updated October 8, 2026
1,967 open Lead QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,694 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 61% |
| test-automation | 46% |
| ci-cd | 41% |
| agile | 37% |
| api | 37% |
| ai | 35% |
| python | 28% |
| selenium | 26% |
| devops | 22% |
| sql | 20% |
| playwright | 20% |
| cloud | 19% |
| jira | 19% |
| java | 19% |
| azure | 18% |
| scrum | 15% |
| root-cause-analysis | 15% |
| jenkins | 14% |
| postman | 13% |
| cypress | 12% |
| javascript | 12% |
| git | 11% |
| github | 11% |
| corrective-action | 11% |
| azure-devops | 10% |
| rest | 10% |
| agentic-ai | 10% |
| stakeholder-management | 9% |
| typescript | 9% |
| sdlc | 9% |
| aws | 9% |
| accessibility | 8% |
| analytics | 8% |
| llm | 8% |
| acceptance-criteria | 8% |
| pytest | 8% |
| jmeter | 8% |
| csharp | 8% |
| etl | 7% |
| github-actions | 7% |
"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 1,967 open Lead QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 13,405
- test-automation 9,793
- api 8,205
- agile 7,579
- python 7,571
- ci-cd 7,260
- ai 7,068
- jira 5,590
- sql 5,547
- selenium 5,470
- corrective-action 4,996
- cloud 4,684