Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer Hiring Trends
How demand for Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer roles at startups is changing, measured as a share of all startup job postings so it reflects hiring rather than how many startups we track.
- Share of startup postings
- 0.32%
- Last 12 months
- Change in share
- -22.3%
- From 0.41% the 12 months before
- Startups hiring
- 287
- Established startups, last 12 months
Demand over time
Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer jobs made up 0.32% of startup job postings in the last 12 months, down from 0.41% in the 12 months before.
287 established startups hired for the role, down 21.2% from 364.
Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer share of startup job postings
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| Quarter | Share of postings |
|---|---|
| Q1 2017 | 0.40% |
| Q2 2017 | 0.47% |
| Q3 2017 | 0.56% |
| Q4 2017 | 0.46% |
| Q1 2018 | 0.36% |
| Q2 2018 | 0.36% |
| Q3 2018 | 0.45% |
| Q4 2018 | 0.41% |
| Q1 2019 | 0.40% |
| Q2 2019 | 0.35% |
| Q3 2019 | 0.29% |
| Q4 2019 | 0.31% |
| Q1 2020 | 0.35% |
| Q2 2020 | 0.42% |
| Q3 2020 | 0.36% |
| Q4 2020 | 0.50% |
| Q1 2021 | 0.44% |
| Q2 2021 | 0.44% |
| Q3 2021 | 0.43% |
| Q4 2021 | 0.46% |
| Q1 2022 | 0.45% |
| Q2 2022 | 0.42% |
| Q3 2022 | 0.43% |
| Q4 2022 | 0.38% |
| Q1 2023 | 0.35% |
| Q2 2023 | 0.34% |
| Q3 2023 | 0.39% |
| Q4 2023 | 0.34% |
| Q1 2024 | 0.36% |
| Q2 2024 | 0.40% |
| Q3 2024 | 0.39% |
| Q4 2024 | 0.40% |
| Q1 2025 | 0.40% |
| Q2 2025 | 0.40% |
| Q3 2025 | 0.45% |
| Q4 2025 | 0.37% |
| Q1 2026 | 0.38% |
| Q2 2026 | 0.30% |
| Q3 2026 | 0.31% |
Where Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer jobs are
19.1% of Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer postings in the last 12 months were in the United States.
There, the role made up 0.13% of all startup postings.
Top countries, last 12 months
| Country | Share of Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer postings | Share of the country's postings |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 19.1% | 0.13% |
| India | 14.6% | 0.91% |
| Poland | 5.4% | 1.5% |
| Ukraine | 4.1% | 3.8% |
| United Kingdom | 2.0% | 0.10% |
| Germany | 1.5% | 0.10% |
| Canada | 0.7% | 0.05% |
| Spain | 0.7% | 0.16% |
| Vietnam | 0.4% | 0.41% |
| Israel | 0.4% | 0.19% |
Methodology
- Trends come from job postings on startup.jobs, sourced from startups' career pages and jobs posted directly by employers. Employers our vetting rejected or couldn't confirm as startups are left out.
- We keep adding startups, so posting counts grow even when hiring doesn't. Every trend is therefore a share of all startup postings in the same period, which stays comparable as coverage grows.
- Broad catch-all titles such as Manager or Specialist are left out of role rankings.
- Quarterly shares start in 2017 and cover complete quarters. Changes compare the last 12 full months with the 12 before.
You are welcome to cite these figures with a link: Source: Startup Jobs, startup.jobs/roles/quality-assurance-qa-engineer/trends
For salaries, remote work, and AI hiring, see the startup hiring statistics.
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