What Staff QA Jobs Ask For
Across 365 open Staff QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, python, test-automation.
Updated September 19, 2026
410 open Staff QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 365 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 65% |
| python | 59% |
| test-automation | 42% |
| ai | 39% |
| ci-cd | 31% |
| cloud | 24% |
| cpp | 24% |
| linux | 22% |
| analytics | 20% |
| agile | 19% |
| api | 19% |
| git | 17% |
| java | 16% |
| networking | 14% |
| jira | 13% |
| machine-learning | 13% |
| regulatory-compliance | 13% |
| firmware | 12% |
| jenkins | 11% |
| selenium | 11% |
| github | 10% |
| playwright | 10% |
| sql | 10% |
| javascript | 10% |
| aws | 10% |
| azure | 10% |
| gitlab | 9% |
| oscilloscope | 9% |
| vendor-management | 9% |
| distributed-systems | 9% |
| typescript | 8% |
| bash | 8% |
| business-development | 8% |
| devops | 8% |
| observability | 8% |
| perl | 8% |
| pytest | 8% |
| csharp | 7% |
| tcp-ip | 7% |
| docker | 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 410 open Staff QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 13,128
- test-automation 9,552
- api 8,162
- agile 7,428
- python 7,221
- ci-cd 7,139
- ai 6,712
- jira 5,521
- selenium 5,460
- sql 5,380
- cloud 4,606
- java 4,541