What Middle QA Jobs Ask For
Across 638 open Middle QA postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, api, jira.
Updated October 17, 2026
802 open Middle QA postings. The percentages below are measured over the 638 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 47% |
| api | 41% |
| jira | 40% |
| ci-cd | 39% |
| test-automation | 38% |
| postman | 37% |
| sql | 35% |
| agile | 34% |
| git | 32% |
| selenium | 32% |
| playwright | 30% |
| java | 26% |
| scrum | 26% |
| python | 25% |
| typescript | 23% |
| javascript | 20% |
| ai | 19% |
| jenkins | 17% |
| gitlab | 17% |
| soapui | 16% |
| cypress | 15% |
| confluence | 14% |
| appium | 13% |
| aws | 13% |
| cloud | 13% |
| rest | 12% |
| cucumber | 11% |
| devops | 11% |
| docker | 10% |
| bitbucket | 9% |
| maven | 9% |
| datadog | 9% |
| csharp | 9% |
| version-control | 9% |
| azure | 8% |
| github | 8% |
| linux | 8% |
| sdlc | 7% |
| microservices | 7% |
| acceptance-criteria | 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 802 open Middle QA jobs →
Across all QA levels
Most QA postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- automation 14,282
- test-automation 10,526
- api 8,606
- python 8,213
- agile 8,027
- ci-cd 7,738
- ai 7,277
- jira 5,931
- selenium 5,872
- sql 5,814
- corrective-action 5,740
- cloud 4,957