4,458 companies in our data use Locust, and 2,307 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Hiring for it has slowed, though 2,362 job posts still named it from October 2025 to August 2026. Software Development Engineer in Test is the role that names it most often.
Which companies name Locust in the most job posts?
Verivox GmbH leads with 114 job posts naming Locust, followed by Activate Interactive and Apple. Three of these five companies are in Professional Services.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
Verivox GmbHScientific and Technical Services · first seen Jun 20231140
"…Docker, React, RabbitMQ, Jenkins, C#, .net core, PHP, locust, pact, ELK among others"Senior Salesforce Developer (m/f/d), Apr 23, 2025
Activate InteractiveProfessional Services · first seen Jan 2023960
"Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling, k6, Locust)"Business Analyst - A26392, Oct 15, 2026
AppleScientific and Technical Services · first seen Feb 20245912
"Exposure to Jmeter/Gatling/Locust performance testing framework"Software Development Engineer in Test, Retail CS&E, Oct 29, 2026
CognizantProfessional Services · first seen Jan 20235713
"K6/Locust Performance Testing, Load/Stress Testing, Scalability Validation, Performance Analysis, and Azure Monitoring."Test Automation Engineer( Azure AI , Playwright ,Python/Javascript) , Oct 28, 2026
EPAM SystemsProfessional Services · first seen Nov 20224923
"Familiarity with Locust or similar load testing tools"Senior Performance Engineer, Nov 1, 2026
Hiring for Locust has slowed. 1.1 in every 10,000 job posts named it from June to August 2026, against 1.4 from March to May. Its busiest month was May 2026, at 1.6.
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Month
Job posts naming Locust
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
153
1,413,673
1.1
Nov 2025
251
1,822,119
1.4
Dec 2025
149
1,236,103
1.2
Jan 2026
211
1,828,002
1.2
Feb 2026
245
1,856,647
1.3
Mar 2026
213
1,850,711
1.2
Apr 2026
231
1,728,886
1.3
May 2026
288
1,821,509
1.6
Jun 2026
212
1,909,496
1.1
Jul 2026
201
1,815,180
1.1
Aug 2026
208
1,835,698
1.1
How many companies named Locust in a job post for the first time in recent months?
From June to August 2026, 186 companies posted their first job naming Locust; 204 did from March to May. The 186 from June to August are 8.1% of all 2,307 companies whose job posts name it.
March to May 2026204
June to August 2026186
October 2025 to August 2026694
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use Locust?
2,307 of the 4,458 companies name Locust in their own job posts. The other 2,151 show up because employees list it on their profiles. 425 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name Locust
2,30752%
Employees' profiles list Locust
2,15148%
4,458 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use Locust?
Locust skews toward companies with 50 to 999 employees: 47% of its users, against 38% on the typical tech page. The second-largest group is companies with fewer than 50 employees, at 20%.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
20%22%
50 to 999
47%38%
1,000 to 5,000
17%17%
Over 5,000
16%23%
Where are Locust companies based?
India is 1.4 times as common among Locust companies as on the typical tech page, at 9.7%. The United States leads overall with 43%. France is less common than usual, at 2.5% against 4.6% on the typical tech page.
ShareTypical
United States
43%43%
India
9.7%6.9%
United Kingdom
5.7%6.4%
Brazil
3.2%2.8%
Canada
2.7%3.6%
France
2.5%4.6%
Companies in 96 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
1,839
43%
43%
India
414
9.7%
6.9%
United Kingdom
244
5.7%
6.4%
Brazil
138
3.2%
2.8%
Canada
114
2.7%
3.6%
France
105
2.5%
4.6%
Which teams work with Locust?
Job posts for Locust point to QA teams far more than any other, at 76 companies. Engineering teams are second, at 33 companies, and quality engineering teams third, at 27.
TeamCompanies
QA
76
Engineering
33
Quality engineering
27
Performance engineering
15
Development
13
Technology
13
What else do Locust companies use?
K6 and Gatling are the tools most closely tied to Locust. Newman comes third, 30 times as common as usual, at 8.2%.
Share of the 1,616 Locust companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming Locust in job posts recently?
From April to August 2026, 246 companies with 50 or more employees posted their first job naming Locust: 152 commercial, 53 mid-market and 41 enterprise. Another 12 were AI-native companies, which we list separately.
Companies that named Locust in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention Locust most?
Software Development Engineer in Test is the role behind 56% of the job posts that mention Locust. Software Development Engineer in Test posts naming it numbered 390 from March to May 2026 and 321 from June to August.
RoleSharePosts
Software Development Engineer in Test
56%1,311
Quality Engineer
6.4%151
Software Engineer
6.1%144
Test Engineer
4.7%110
Performance Engineer
3.1%73
Quality Assurance
2.2%51
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Software Development Engineer in Test
56%
1,311
390
321
Quality Engineer
6.4%
151
44
52
Software Engineer
6.1%
144
32
36
Test Engineer
4.7%
110
25
29
Performance Engineer
3.1%
73
25
9
Quality Assurance
2.2%
51
16
17
Which project themes come up in Locust job posts?
336 job posts naming Locust describe broad digital transformation, and 134 describe Generative AI work. Microservices Migration is next, in 119 job posts.
Project themeJob posts
Digital Transformation336
Generative AI134
Microservices Migration119
Cloud Cost Optimization82
About this data
Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.
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