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QA Automation Engineer Career Market Report 2026

1,004 active jobs. 398 companies. Median salary $110K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,004
Active Job Openings
398
Companies Hiring
$110K
Median Salary (US)
76%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The QA Automation Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 76% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $110K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $99K to $191K.

Quality Assurance is the most-demanded skill at 73%

R demand rose +13.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Jobgether leads hiring with 42 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Staff (+$56K, +51%)

Salary increase: +$56K · Sample: Senior → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 75% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior26$99K$110K$178K
Junior7$67K$110K$129K
Staff6$150K$166K$229K
Mid-Level5$8K$94K$129K
Entry-Level3$81K$81K$81K

What jumps out

Senior → Staff: +$56K (51%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States41$129KUSD
India3$8KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.3%
Remote14.0%
Hybrid2.9%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Quality Assurance
73%
CI/CD
55%
AI/LLM
38%
Python
37%
Java
32%
JavaScript
26%
DevOps
26%
Jenkins
24%
SCRUM
20%
TypeScript
20%
SQL
20%
Azure
16%

Skills on the Rise

R ↑+13.2ppDocker ↑+12.7ppGitHub Actions ↑+11.4ppMicroservices ↑+10.6ppCI/CD ↑+10.0pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-30.2ppJournalism ↓-17.5pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Jobgether424.2%
Usm242.4%
Krgtechnology171.7%
Two95 International Inc151.5%
Barclays141.4%
Hpe131.3%
Wk131.3%
Motorolasolutions121.2%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States173
India156
Poland39
United Kingdom27
Remote24
Philippines17
Canada16
Spain16

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree50.6%386
Master's Degree20.1%153
Bachelor's Degree10.0%76
MBA0.1%1
PhD / Doctorate0.1%1

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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