What Lead QA Jobs Ask For
Across 146 open Lead QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, test-automation, ai.
Updated November 1, 2026
150 open Lead QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 146 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 55% |
| test-automation | 47% |
| ai | 46% |
| ci-cd | 44% |
| api | 37% |
| python | 29% |
| agile | 29% |
| cloud | 24% |
| devops | 22% |
| playwright | 21% |
| selenium | 21% |
| azure | 16% |
| acceptance-criteria | 15% |
| scrum | 14% |
| java | 14% |
| azure-devops | 12% |
| jenkins | 12% |
| jira | 12% |
| agentic-ai | 11% |
| aws | 11% |
| networking | 11% |
| gcp | 10% |
| accessibility | 10% |
| git | 10% |
| sql | 10% |
| appium | 9% |
| docker | 9% |
| github | 9% |
| gitlab | 9% |
| jmeter | 9% |
| github-actions | 8% |
| postman | 8% |
| root-cause-analysis | 8% |
| typescript | 8% |
| javascript | 8% |
| linux | 8% |
| llm | 8% |
| osha | 8% |
| scada | 8% |
| bash | 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 150 open Lead QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 1,560
- api 1,361
- ci-cd 1,224
- test-automation 1,176
- python 1,131
- jira 1,084
- ai 1,065
- sql 1,008
- agile 980
- postman 901
- selenium 869
- playwright 821