Test Automation Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-02, Skillenai has indexed 201 job postings with the title “Test Automation Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is test automation, with demand down 24% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-02
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Frequently asked questions about Test Automation Engineer jobs
+How many Test Automation Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 201 job postings with the title “Test Automation Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, with demand down 24% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Test Automation Engineer jobs require?
Across Test Automation Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, the skills mentioned most often are test automation, CI/CD, Python, Java, Selenium.
+Which cities are hiring the most Test Automation Engineer?
As of 2026-07-02, Test Automation Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Mesa, Hyderabad, Atlanta, Bengaluru, Chicago.
+Is Test Automation Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 201 Test Automation Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, with demand down 24% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Test Automation Engineer postings is test automation, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Test Automation Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Test Automation Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| test automation | 97 | 48.3% |
| CI/CD | 78 | 38.8% |
| Python | 66 | 32.8% |
| Java | 50 | 24.9% |
| Selenium | 48 | 23.9% |
| Playwright | 44 | 21.9% |
| Jenkins | 43 | 21.4% |
| JavaScript | 39 | 19.4% |
| API testing | 37 | 18.4% |
| integration testing | 28 | 13.9% |
| Git | 27 | 13.4% |
| Docker | 26 | 12.9% |
| Cypress | 26 | 12.9% |
| Postman | 24 | 11.9% |
| SQL | 24 | 11.9% |
Top metros hiring Test Automation Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Mesa | 9 | 4.5% |
| Hyderabad | 6 | 3.0% |
| Atlanta | 4 | 2.0% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 2.0% |
| Chicago | 4 | 2.0% |
| Atlantic City | 3 | 1.5% |
| Budapest | 3 | 1.5% |
| Chantilly | 3 | 1.5% |
| Charlotte | 3 | 1.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-02, matching postings whose canonical role is “Test Automation Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Test Automation Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-07-02
- 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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