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Skill · Methods and process · Foundations and problem-solving

Software Testing

The engineering practice of verifying software behaviour.

9.0%
of core AI postings mention it
318
postings
224
companies

History starts on September 11, 2026. Movement needs a comparable later edition at least 30 days on.

Where it is mentioned most

Each row divides by that role's postings in this edition, highest share first.

Reading this edition

Postings in 10 role families mention Software Testing in this edition.

None of the 8 role families with a page of their own mentions Software Testing in one posting in five or more.

No role family with a page of its own mentions Software Testing at twice its share of all core AI postings or more.

How the readings are made: "more concentrated than overall" means that in a role family with a page of its own, at least 10 postings mention the skill and its share is at least 2 times its share of all core AI postings; "common" means at least 20% of a role's postings mention it. They describe the postings open in this edition, not a trend.

  1. MLOps / Platform Engineer13.2%
    5 of 38 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
  2. 210 of 1,741 postings
  3. 13 of 113 postings
  4. 9 of 123 postings
  5. 11 of 151 postings
  6. AI Researcher6.7%
    4 of 60 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
  7. 14 of 225 postings
  8. 10 of 175 postings
  9. 18 of 321 postings
  10. 13 of 305 postings

Skills that appear with it

Each share divides by the postings that mention Software Testing: how many of them also mention each skill, grouped into three lenses.

Foundations and problem-solving

Categories: Languages, Machine learning, Data engineering, Databases, Methods and process

  1. Python69.2%
    Languages · 220 postings
  2. Methods and process · 197 postings
  3. Databases · 94 postings
  4. Methods and process · 91 postings
  5. C#25.5%
    Languages · 81 postings

Production and delivery

Categories: DevOps, Cloud, Tools

  1. Git56.0%
    Tools · 178 postings
  2. Docker37.4%
    DevOps · 119 postings
  3. CI/CD34.3%
    DevOps · 109 postings
  4. Linux32.7%
    DevOps · 104 postings

Framework, LLM and domain signals

Categories: Frameworks, LLM applications, Domain knowledge, Office software

  1. LLM36.2%
    LLM applications · 115 postings
  2. LLM applications · 84 postings
  3. Claude24.2%
    LLM applications · 77 postings

Industries and places

Share of this skill's postings.

Industry
  1. Software & Internet
    134
    42.1%
  2. Electronics & Hardware
    79
    24.8%
  3. Semiconductor
    23
    7.2%
  4. Telecom, Media & Digital Content
    15
    4.7%
  5. Healthcare & Biotech
    14
    4.4%
  6. Manufacturing
    13
    4.1%
  7. Finance & Insurance
    12
    3.8%
  8. Professional Services
    8
    2.5%
  9. Wholesale, Retail & E-commerce
    8
    2.5%
  10. Construction & Real Estate
    6
    1.9%
  11. Consulting & Marketing Services
    3
    0.9%
  12. Logistics & Transport
    1
    0.3%
Place
  1. Taipei
    142
    44.6%
  2. New Taipei
    53
    16.7%
  3. Taichung
    29
    9.1%
  4. Hsinchu City
    19
    6.0%
  5. Hsinchu County
    17
    5.3%
  6. Kaohsiung
    16
    5.0%
  7. Taoyuan
    16
    5.0%
  8. Tainan
    10
    3.1%
  9. Nantou
    7
    2.2%
  10. Miaoli
    4
    1.3%
  11. Changhua
    4
    1.3%
  12. Pingtung
    1
    0.3%

Where this number is read from

Of the 318 postings, how many were found through the employer's own skill tags, the title, and the job description. A posting can carry more than one kind of evidence, so the three add up to more than the posting count.

  1. Employer's skill tags
    116
  2. Job title
    6
  3. Job description
    219
The data on this page
Data as of
September 11, 2026
Core AI postings this edition
3,523
Method version
2026.09.1

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