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Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

test automation

157 live US technical postings name test automation in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 157 postings naming test automation that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer89.8%
  2. 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer6.4%
  3. 3Full-Stack Engineer1.3%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where test automation is named
n = 95
10th
$130k
25th
$145k
Median
$175k
75th
$201k
90th
$228k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA10.8%
  2. 2Remote6.4%
  3. 3San Francisco, CA6.4%
  4. 4Boston, MA5.1%
  5. 5Los Angeles, CA5.1%
  6. 6Seattle, WA4.5%
  7. 7Atlanta, GA3.2%
  8. 8Austin, TX3.2%

How we counted

967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.