What Senior QA Jobs Ask For
Across 7,199 open Senior QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, test-automation, api.
Updated November 5, 2026
7,937 open Senior QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 7,199 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 60% |
| test-automation | 49% |
| api | 44% |
| ci-cd | 40% |
| python | 34% |
| agile | 31% |
| ai | 30% |
| selenium | 26% |
| playwright | 25% |
| sql | 25% |
| cloud | 23% |
| jira | 22% |
| java | 22% |
| devops | 20% |
| api-testing | 20% |
| postman | 18% |
| jenkins | 16% |
| azure | 16% |
| root-cause-analysis | 15% |
| git | 15% |
| javascript | 15% |
| scrum | 14% |
| github | 14% |
| typescript | 13% |
| aws | 12% |
| rest | 12% |
| jmeter | 11% |
| corrective-action | 11% |
| rest-assured | 11% |
| cypress | 11% |
| github-actions | 10% |
| docker | 10% |
| azure-devops | 10% |
| integration-testing | 10% |
| gitlab | 9% |
| linux | 9% |
| sdlc | 9% |
| csharp | 9% |
| acceptance-criteria | 8% |
| bdd | 8% |
"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 7,937 open Senior QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 17,200
- test-automation 13,811
- api 11,299
- ci-cd 9,988
- python 9,882
- agile 9,707
- ai 8,140
- selenium 8,014
- jira 7,886
- sql 7,826
- java 6,463
- playwright 6,235