What Staff QA Jobs Ask For
Across 382 open Staff QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, python, test-automation.
Updated November 3, 2026
412 open Staff QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 382 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 65% |
| python | 62% |
| test-automation | 46% |
| ai | 42% |
| ci-cd | 33% |
| cloud | 30% |
| linux | 24% |
| cpp | 24% |
| root-cause-analysis | 23% |
| api | 23% |
| agile | 21% |
| java | 18% |
| machine-learning | 17% |
| networking | 16% |
| firmware | 15% |
| corrective-action | 14% |
| selenium | 14% |
| jenkins | 12% |
| playwright | 12% |
| analytics | 12% |
| aws | 12% |
| bash | 11% |
| git | 11% |
| sql | 11% |
| jira | 11% |
| rest-assured | 11% |
| azure | 10% |
| oscilloscope | 10% |
| javascript | 10% |
| observability | 10% |
| perl | 10% |
| llm | 9% |
| pytest | 9% |
| github | 9% |
| iot | 9% |
| gitlab | 8% |
| typescript | 8% |
| agentic-ai | 7% |
| docker | 7% |
| gcp | 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 412 open Staff 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