What Lead QA Jobs Ask For
Across 1,601 open Lead QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, test-automation, ci-cd.
Updated September 19, 2026
2,034 open Lead QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,601 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 63% |
| test-automation | 48% |
| ci-cd | 42% |
| api | 39% |
| agile | 38% |
| ai | 35% |
| python | 30% |
| selenium | 27% |
| sql | 22% |
| devops | 22% |
| cloud | 21% |
| java | 21% |
| playwright | 20% |
| jira | 19% |
| azure | 18% |
| scrum | 16% |
| jenkins | 15% |
| postman | 13% |
| cypress | 13% |
| javascript | 12% |
| git | 12% |
| github | 11% |
| rest | 10% |
| azure-devops | 10% |
| typescript | 10% |
| aws | 10% |
| sdlc | 9% |
| agentic-ai | 9% |
| stakeholder-management | 9% |
| analytics | 9% |
| pytest | 9% |
| llm | 9% |
| gitlab | 8% |
| etl | 8% |
| jmeter | 8% |
| acceptance-criteria | 8% |
| csharp | 8% |
| github-actions | 8% |
| accessibility | 8% |
| machine-learning | 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 2,034 open Lead QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 13,150
- test-automation 9,571
- api 8,172
- agile 7,449
- python 7,223
- ci-cd 7,145
- ai 6,723
- jira 5,530
- selenium 5,467
- sql 5,384
- cloud 4,617
- java 4,543