Playwright jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Playwright appears in 2,544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Playwright, with demand down 25% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Playwright in demand in 2026?
Yes. Playwright appears in 2,544 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 25% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Playwright (12.9% of all postings mentioning Playwright).
+What jobs require Playwright?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Playwright are Quality Automation Engineer (57.1% of that role’s postings mention Playwright), Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) (50.0% of that role’s postings mention Playwright), Quality Test Engineer (50.0% of that role’s postings mention Playwright).
+What skills are commonly paired with Playwright?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Playwright most often appears alongside TypeScript, CI/CD, Selenium, JavaScript, Cypress.
+Where is Playwright most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Playwright are Bengaluru, Pune, San Francisco, New York City, Hyderabad, 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
Roles most likely to require Playwright
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Automation Engineer | 12 | 57.1% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 71 | 50.0% |
| Quality Test Engineer | 14 | 50.0% |
| Quality Engineer | 74 | 46.2% |
| QA Automation Engineer | 221 | 44.7% |
| SDET | 28 | 43.8% |
| Software Quality Engineer | 24 | 42.9% |
| Software Engineer in Test (SDET) | 15 | 40.5% |
| Quality Assurance Automation Engineer | 10 | 40.0% |
| QA Manager | 9 | 39.1% |
Roles with the most Playwright postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 327 | 12.9% |
| QA Engineer | 278 | 10.9% |
| QA Automation Engineer | 221 | 8.7% |
| Frontend Engineer | 116 | 4.6% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 96 | 3.8% |
| Quality Engineer | 74 | 2.9% |
| Test Engineer | 72 | 2.8% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 71 | 2.8% |
| Test Automation Engineer | 68 | 2.7% |
| Software Engineer in Test | 63 | 2.5% |
Top metros hiring for Playwright
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 81 | 3.2% |
| Pune | 80 | 3.1% |
| San Francisco | 65 | 2.6% |
| New York City | 55 | 2.2% |
| Hyderabad | 48 | 1.9% |
| London | 44 | 1.7% |
| Berlin | 43 | 1.7% |
| Toronto | 37 | 1.5% |
| Warsaw | 25 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with Playwright
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Playwright by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Playwright postings by all Playwright postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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