Automation Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 71 job postings with the title “Automation Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Selenium.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Automation Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 71 job postings with the title “Automation Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Automation Test Engineer jobs require?
Across Automation Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are Selenium, CI/CD, Jenkins, Python, Java.
+Which cities are hiring the most Automation Test Engineer?
As of 2026-09-30, Automation Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad, London, Mumbai.
+Is Automation Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 71 Automation Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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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+What roles do people move into and out of Automation Test Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Automation Test Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Automation Test Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
22 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Automation Test Engineer
Roles after Automation Test Engineer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Automation Test Engineer (different employer) | 22 |
| Before: Software Test Engineer | 11 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 9 |
| Before: Software Quality Engineer | 3 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Analyst | 3 |
| Before: Automation Engineer | 3 |
| Before: QA Engineer | 3 |
| Before: QA Analyst | 3 |
| After: Automation Test Engineer (different employer) | 22 |
| After: Quality Assurance Engineer | 3 |
| After: Software Test Engineer | 3 |
| After: Test Engineer | 3 |
| After: QA Automation Engineer | 3 |
| After: Software Engineer | 2 |
| After: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 2 |
| After: Software Quality Engineer | 2 |
Skills most often required for Automation Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Selenium | 29 | 40.8% |
| CI/CD | 25 | 35.2% |
| Jenkins | 24 | 33.8% |
| Python | 23 | 32.4% |
| Java | 21 | 29.6% |
| test automation | 20 | 28.2% |
| Playwright | 19 | 26.8% |
| JIRA | 19 | 26.8% |
| SQL | 17 | 23.9% |
| Git | 17 | 23.9% |
| Postman | 13 | 18.3% |
| JavaScript | 13 | 18.3% |
| regression testing | 13 | 18.3% |
| Agile | 11 | 15.5% |
| GitHub Actions | 11 | 15.5% |
Top companies posting Automation Test Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Capco | 5 |
| Skywarditsolutions | 4 |
| FIS | 2 |
| Accenture Federal Services | 2 |
| TestYantra Software Solutions | 2 |
| Worldpay | 2 |
| Cigna | 2 |
| Diconium Data | 2 |
| Absolute | 1 |
| Version 1 | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Automation Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 8 | 11.3% |
| Pune | 5 | 7.0% |
| Hyderabad | 3 | 4.2% |
| London | 2 | 2.8% |
| Mumbai | 2 | 2.8% |
| Rockville | 2 | 2.8% |
| Washington | 2 | 2.8% |
| Annapolis | 1 | 1.4% |
| Atlanta | 1 | 1.4% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Automation Test Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Automation Test Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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