QA Engineer Jobs in Germany
Automation appears in 56% of analyzed listings. Munich is the most frequently named city, and 39% are marked as hybrid.
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What the listings show
Based on 345 job listings we analyzed since 12 March 2026. Not a list of current vacancies.
- 345
- job listings analyzed
- 188
- companies behind these listings
- 51%
- of listings offer hybrid or remote work
- 66%
- of listings name a city
Which skills recur
Share of 345 analyzed listings that name each skill. One listing can name several.
Industrial & electrical67% of listings
Languages57% of listings
Testing54% of listings
Architecture & methods50% of listings
What gets you in, and what sets you apart
Use this to decide what your CV leads with: expected skills keep you in the running, rarer ones set you apart.
Shares of the analyzed listings; skills are extracted from each listing.
Table stakes
Named in at least half of these listings. Expected, not a differentiator.
- Automation195 listings · 57%
Your edge
Rarer but present. These are what set a candidate apart.
- Python101 listings · 29%
- Jira93 listings · 27%
- CI/CD89 listings · 26%
- Quality Assurance85 listings · 25%
- Security67 listings · 19%
AI skills in QA Engineer listings
18% of QA Engineer postings name an AI or GenAI skill.
Some employers even name specific tools: ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Cursor.
Based on skills extracted from each listing.
What to take into your search
Show how you used Automation
Fully remote listings are less common
Work patterns and requirements
Work mode
Of 345 analyzed listings, 143 require German, 148 say it is optional or a plus, and 54 do not say.
43% of the listings are written in English.
Full-time 70% (not shown in the bar).
Top locations
These postings don't specify a city in the data we have. That doesn't mean location isn't required, only that none was listed.
Cities named most often
- 1Munich24 listings7%
- 2Berlin22 listings6%
- 3Stuttgart13 listings4%
- 4Dresden12 listings4%
- 5Hamburg11 listings3%
- 6Frankfurt7 listings2%
Counts and shares are of all 345 analyzed listings.
What appears together
- Automation + CI/CD20%
- Testing + Quality Assurance17%
- Testing + Agile17%
- Automation + APIs15%
- Automation + Security15%
Frequently asked questions
Does a skill percentage mean every employer requires it?
No. It is the share of analyzed listings that explicitly name the skill. Read each posting, then show examples only for skills you actually have.
What if a listing has no city?
116 of 345 analyzed listings have no city in our data. They are not assigned to a city in the chart; this does not establish whether remote work is possible.
Why can the open listings differ from the market figures?
The market figures come from an analysis dated 22 September 2026. The open listings are loaded from the current index and can change between visits.
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Source: Kariyan job index, Germany. Some location, language and seniority fields are incomplete. We do not publish salary, demographic or response-rate data.