What Middle QA Jobs Ask For
Across 971 open Middle QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are test-automation, automation, api.
Updated November 3, 2026
1,164 open Middle QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 971 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| test-automation | 50% |
| automation | 46% |
| api | 39% |
| ci-cd | 32% |
| python | 32% |
| agile | 30% |
| selenium | 28% |
| sql | 27% |
| jira | 27% |
| playwright | 25% |
| postman | 22% |
| java | 22% |
| ai | 22% |
| git | 19% |
| scrum | 17% |
| cloud | 16% |
| api-testing | 16% |
| javascript | 16% |
| devops | 15% |
| rest | 14% |
| jenkins | 13% |
| typescript | 12% |
| azure | 12% |
| cypress | 12% |
| github | 11% |
| root-cause-analysis | 10% |
| jmeter | 10% |
| linux | 10% |
| csharp | 10% |
| azure-devops | 10% |
| rest-assured | 9% |
| corrective-action | 9% |
| gitlab | 9% |
| acceptance-criteria | 8% |
| bdd | 8% |
| cpp | 8% |
| version-control | 8% |
| cucumber | 8% |
| docker | 8% |
| labview | 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 1,164 open Middle QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 16,472
- test-automation 13,249
- api 10,788
- ci-cd 9,525
- python 9,492
- agile 9,340
- ai 7,728
- selenium 7,700
- jira 7,589
- sql 7,499
- java 6,187
- playwright 5,935