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Test Manager Career Market Report 2026

473 active jobs. 260 companies. Median salary $110K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

473
Active Job Openings
260
Companies Hiring
$110K
Median Salary (US)
74%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Test Manager market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 74% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $110K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $80K to $175K.

Quality Assurance is the most-demanded skill at 81%

Go demand rose +8.3pp — fastest-growing skill

Krgtechnology leads hiring with 12 open positions

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 25% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager41$80K$107K$175K
Lead14$90K$120K$175K

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States28$120KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.1%
Remote6.1%
Hybrid1.7%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Quality Assurance
81%
AI/LLM
25%
CI/CD
16%
Project Management
15%
Quality Control
13%
DevOps
12%
Go
8%
Python
8%
SAP
8%
Java
7%
SQL
7%
Azure
7%

Skills on the Rise

Go ↑+8.3ppPython ↑+8.0ppSAP ↑+7.7ppSQL ↑+7.1ppJava ↑+7.1pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-31.7ppAgile ↓-16.0ppTeam Leadership ↓-11.1ppSustainability ↓-10.7ppPharmacy ↓-9.5pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Krgtechnology122.5%
Statestreet102.1%
Usm81.7%
Capco71.5%
Kbr61.3%
Lextorahlds51.1%
Jabil51.1%
Globalhr51.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States149
India38
United Kingdom13
China11
Poland11
Germany11
Remote10
Canada7

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree53.0%186
Bachelor's Degree11.7%41
Master's Degree11.7%41
MBA0.3%1
PhD / Doctorate0.3%1
High School / GED0.3%1

Certifications

PMP (3%)ITIL (1%)CPA (1%)

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