What Senior QA Jobs Ask For
Across 6,079 open Senior QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, test-automation, api.
Updated October 10, 2026
6,781 open Senior QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 6,079 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 58% |
| test-automation | 44% |
| api | 39% |
| ci-cd | 36% |
| python | 34% |
| ai | 31% |
| agile | 31% |
| playwright | 23% |
| sql | 23% |
| selenium | 23% |
| cloud | 22% |
| jira | 21% |
| java | 19% |
| devops | 18% |
| postman | 16% |
| git | 15% |
| azure | 15% |
| root-cause-analysis | 14% |
| jenkins | 14% |
| github | 13% |
| javascript | 13% |
| scrum | 12% |
| typescript | 12% |
| corrective-action | 11% |
| aws | 11% |
| rest | 11% |
| cypress | 10% |
| docker | 10% |
| azure-devops | 9% |
| linux | 9% |
| jmeter | 9% |
| github-actions | 8% |
| analytics | 8% |
| sdlc | 8% |
| acceptance-criteria | 8% |
| gitlab | 8% |
| kubernetes | 7% |
| csharp | 7% |
| accessibility | 7% |
| microservices | 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 6,781 open Senior QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 13,504
- test-automation 9,876
- api 8,233
- python 7,744
- agile 7,576
- ci-cd 7,365
- ai 6,962
- jira 5,604
- sql 5,513
- selenium 5,474
- corrective-action 5,304
- cloud 4,693