Which roles ask for Test Automation at tech companies · 127 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
127 roles counted that list Test Automation, one per company, title and level; 249 postings in the window.
In short
Test Automation: listed in 127 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 94 and preferred in 33. The largest group is software engineer roles: 62 of 127 (49%).
- Required
- 94 of 127 (74%)
- Of the roles that list Test Automation
- Preferred
- 33 of 127 (26%)
- Of the roles that list Test Automation
- Largest group
- 62 of 127 (49%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Test Automation
Roles listing Test Automation, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 62 | 62 of 719 (9%) |
| QA engineer | 33 | 33 of 63 (52%) |
| Mobile engineer | 9 | 9 of 38 |
| AI engineer | 5 | 5 of 70 (7%) |
| DevOps engineer | 3 | 3 of 58 (5%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 3 | 3 of 63 (5%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 (4%) |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
| Data scientist | 2 | 2 of 112 (2%) |
| Platform engineer | 2 | 2 of 57 (4%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Akamai Technologies4 roles
- CI&T3 roles
- Okta3 roles
- AF Group2 roles
- Airbnb2 roles
- Bitwarden2 roles
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan2 roles
- Bridgenext2 roles
- Peraton2 roles
- Stripe2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 127 Test Automation roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 64 of 127 (50%) |
| Python | 43 of 127 (34%) |
| Git | 38 of 127 (30%) |
| Agile | 33 of 127 (26%) |
| REST | 33 of 127 (26%) |
| Java | 32 of 127 (25%) |
| TypeScript | 29 of 127 (23%) |
| AWS | 28 of 127 (22%) |
| JavaScript | 26 of 127 (20%) |
| Integration Testing | 23 of 127 (18%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 27 of 127 (21%) |
| AWS | 12 of 127 (9%) |
| AI | 11 of 127 (9%) |
| Azure | 10 of 127 (8%) |
| GCP | 9 of 127 (7%) |
| Cybersecurity | 8 of 127 (6%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 8 of 127 (6%) |
| Monitoring | 8 of 127 (6%) |
| Python | 7 of 127 (6%) |
| Terraform | 7 of 127 (6%) |
Experience
Of the 50 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 50 of 50 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 49 of 50 (98%)
- 3+ years
- 44 of 50 (88%)
- 5+ years
- 37 of 50 (74%)
- 8+ years
- 10 of 50 (20%)
- 10+ years
- 5 of 50 (10%)
Degree
Of the 71 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 9 of 71 (13%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 18 of 71 (25%)
- Preferred
- 4 of 71 (6%)
- Not mentioned
- 40 of 71 (56%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 127 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 36 of 127 (28%)
- Remote roles
- 107 of 127 (84%)
How we count: 127 roles from 109 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology