Automation Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 37 job postings with the title “Automation Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Selenium, with demand up 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about Automation Test Engineer jobs
+How many Automation Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 37 job postings with the title “Automation Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Automation Test Engineer jobs require?
Across Automation Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Selenium, Python, Java, CI/CD, JavaScript.
+Which cities are hiring the most Automation Test Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Automation Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Washington, Arlington, Kuala Lumpur, Noida.
+Is Automation Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 37 Automation Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 31% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Automation Test Engineer postings is Selenium, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Automation Test Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Automation Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Selenium | 18 | 12.7% |
| Python | 16 | 11.3% |
| Java | 12 | 8.5% |
| CI/CD | 11 | 7.7% |
| JavaScript | 10 | 7.0% |
| test automation | 9 | 6.3% |
| Playwright | 8 | 5.6% |
| Cucumber | 8 | 5.6% |
| API testing | 8 | 5.6% |
| Jenkins | 8 | 5.6% |
| Regression testing | 8 | 5.6% |
| Test automation frameworks | 7 | 4.9% |
| Postman | 7 | 4.9% |
| SQL | 7 | 4.9% |
| Git | 5 | 3.5% |
Top metros hiring Automation Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 4 | 23.5% |
| Washington | 3 | 17.6% |
| Arlington | 2 | 11.8% |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 11.8% |
| Noida | 2 | 11.8% |
| Annapolis | 1 | 5.9% |
| Canning | 1 | 5.9% |
| Chantilly | 1 | 5.9% |
| Fort Meade | 1 | 5.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Automation Test Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Automation Test Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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