Proficiency in automation testing tools like Selenium, Appium, and TestNG is essential for QA engineers.
Understanding Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and being able to integrate test scripts in CI pipelines is crucial for successful QA engineers.
API testing using tools like Postman, REST Assured, and SoapUI has gained importance in the era of microservices and distributed systems.
Skills in performance testing using tools like Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, and Gatling are becoming mandatory as user expectations for application performance increase.