Playwright jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-12, Playwright appears in 1,898 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for QA Engineer roles, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-12
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+Is Playwright in demand in 2026?
Yes. Playwright appears in 1,898 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-12, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for QA Engineer roles (12% of QA Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require Playwright?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-12, the job titles most likely to require Playwright are QA Engineer (12% of postings list Playwright), Software Engineer (12% of postings list Playwright), QA Automation Engineer (9% of postings list Playwright).
+What skills are commonly paired with Playwright?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-12), Playwright most often appears alongside TypeScript, CI/CD, JavaScript, Selenium, Cypress.
+Where is Playwright most in demand?
As of 2026-08-12, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Playwright are Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, Pune, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Playwright — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require Playwright
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| QA Engineer | 228 | 12.0% |
| Software Engineer | 223 | 11.7% |
| QA Automation Engineer | 173 | 9.1% |
| Frontend Engineer | 85 | 4.5% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 59 | 3.1% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 58 | 3.1% |
| Quality Engineer | 53 | 2.8% |
| Software Engineer in Test | 47 | 2.5% |
| Test Automation Engineer | 42 | 2.2% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 35 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for Playwright
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 69 | 3.6% |
| New York City | 68 | 3.6% |
| San Francisco | 51 | 2.7% |
| Pune | 50 | 2.6% |
| London | 43 | 2.3% |
| Toronto | 29 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 22 | 1.2% |
| Tokyo | 20 | 1.1% |
| Berlin | 19 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-12. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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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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