What Senior QA Jobs Ask For
Across 1,248 open Senior QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, api, test-automation.
Updated November 1, 2026
1,354 open Senior QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,248 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 53% |
| api | 46% |
| test-automation | 44% |
| ci-cd | 43% |
| python | 39% |
| sql | 34% |
| ai | 32% |
| agile | 31% |
| selenium | 30% |
| jira | 30% |
| java | 28% |
| playwright | 28% |
| git | 26% |
| postman | 24% |
| jenkins | 20% |
| cloud | 20% |
| scrum | 17% |
| github | 17% |
| devops | 17% |
| docker | 16% |
| javascript | 15% |
| rest | 14% |
| cypress | 14% |
| github-actions | 13% |
| jmeter | 13% |
| linux | 13% |
| azure | 13% |
| aws | 12% |
| json | 12% |
| root-cause-analysis | 11% |
| typescript | 10% |
| bdd | 10% |
| cucumber | 9% |
| gitlab | 9% |
| networking | 9% |
| csharp | 8% |
| cpp | 8% |
| junit | 8% |
| robot-framework | 8% |
| confluence | 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 1,354 open Senior 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