QA Automation Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-21, Skillenai has indexed 487 job postings with the title “QA Automation Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is CI/CD, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-21
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+How many QA Automation Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 487 job postings with the title “QA Automation Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do QA Automation Engineer jobs require?
Across QA Automation Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, the skills mentioned most often are CI/CD, Playwright, Selenium, Python, Java.
+Which cities are hiring the most QA Automation Engineer?
As of 2026-09-21, QA Automation Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Pune, Tel Aviv, Ho Chi Minh City, Lisbon.
+Is QA Automation Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 487 QA Automation Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, with demand down 45% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in QA Automation Engineer postings is CI/CD, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly QA Automation Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for QA Automation Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 224 | 46.0% |
| Playwright | 211 | 43.3% |
| Selenium | 167 | 34.3% |
| Python | 158 | 32.4% |
| Java | 151 | 31.0% |
| JavaScript | 129 | 26.5% |
| test automation | 122 | 25.1% |
| Jenkins | 122 | 25.1% |
| API testing | 120 | 24.6% |
| Git | 116 | 23.8% |
| TypeScript | 113 | 23.2% |
| SQL | 112 | 23.0% |
| Cypress | 97 | 19.9% |
| Postman | 94 | 19.3% |
| QA automation | 87 | 17.9% |
Top metros hiring QA Automation Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 18 | 3.7% |
| Pune | 18 | 3.7% |
| Tel Aviv | 16 | 3.3% |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 7 | 1.4% |
| Lisbon | 6 | 1.2% |
| Cluj-Napoca | 5 | 1.0% |
| Manila | 5 | 1.0% |
| Mena | 5 | 1.0% |
| Sofia | 5 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-21, matching postings whose canonical role is “QA Automation Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- QA Automation Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-21
- 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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