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Test automator: salary 2026

This is what Test automator earn in Germany – from 80 job ads with a stated salary and 65 salary data sets.

Median, gross

€54,483

€39,497 lower 10 % €76,190 upper 10 %

How salaries are distributed

Each column = number of salary figures per €5,000 band · basis 145

  • Between lower and upper 10 % (€39,497 – €76,190)
  • Edges

Salary rises with experience

Median and middle 50 % per level · jobs + data sets

€45,000

Junior

40,000 – 45,500

17 values

€53,500

Mid-level

50,000 – 60,000

+19 % · 83 values

€60,000

Senior

53,500 – 67,500

+33 % · 28 values

€61,000

Lead/Principal

57,000 – 66,500

+36 % · 17 values

Salary by federal state

Median of the salary data sets for Test automator per federal state. The samples are small here – read the figures as a trend, not a guarantee.

  1. Baden-Württemberg €60,000 n = 5
  2. Berlin €57,500 n = 6
  3. Hesse €55,500 n = 9
  4. Bavaria €55,500 n = 4
  5. North Rhine-Westphalia €54,000 n = 5
  6. Hamburg €52,000 n = 5
  7. Schleswig-Holstein €52,000 n = 4
  8. Lower Saxony €52,000 n = 5
  9. Saarland €48,000 n = 4
  10. Saxony €48,000 n = 5
  11. Rhineland-Palatinate €47,500 n = 4
  12. Thuringia €46,000 n = 4
  13. Brandenburg €44,500 n = 5

Remote, hybrid or on site?

Median from job ads for Test automator per work model

Hybrid

€55,500

€52,500 – €62,500

33 jobs

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On site

€56,500

€50,000 – €64,000

41 jobs

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What a skill is worth

Median of jobs with the technology compared with jobs without – both groups at least 20 jobs

  • Java +0.9 % €56,500 n = 32
  • Python −1.8 % €55,500 n = 32
  • C# −1.8 % €55,500 n = 27

Centre = same salary as jobs without the technology · bars up to ±5 %

Open positions as Test automator

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Senior Test Automation Engineer (m/w/d) Darmstadt · Hybrid Salary not stated Test Automation Engineer (m/w/d) Hildesheim · Remote €39,000 – €53,000 below median Senior Software Developer CI & Test Automation (m/w/d) Düsseldorf · On site Salary not stated Entwickler Test Automation (w/m/d) Münster · On site €40,000 – €57,000 below median Senior Test Automation Engineer (m/w/d) Solingen · Hybrid Salary not stated SAP FI Testautomatisierer - Finanz-Prozesse (m/w/d) Solingen · On site €49,000 – €73,000 above median

Test automator: job profile and outlook

Test automation engineers develop automated test frameworks and test suites that reduce manual testing efforts and enable continuous quality assurance in the development process. They integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure that software errors are detected early before they reach production. Technical requirements include programming skills in languages such as Python, Java or JavaScript as well as experience with test frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or Appium. Knowledge of API testing with tools such as Postman or RestAssured, BDD frameworks such as Cucumber and the integration of tests in CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitLab CI are part of the standard repertoire. The salaries for test automation specialists are above the level of traditional QA positions and approach the remuneration of software developers. The combination of testing expertise and programming skills makes these specialists particularly valuable. Companies with complex software products and short release cycles offer the most attractive remuneration packages, with career opportunities ranging from Junior Test Automation Engineer to Senior Specialist to Test Architect or QA Engineering Lead. Switching to Software Development, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering is also a common career move. Increasing automation in the software development process ensures excellent long-term career prospects for test automation engineers.

Similarly paid roles

Same axis – directly comparable

€30,000 – €90,000 · bar = lower to upper 10 %, line = median

How we calculate

  • Sources: job ads with a stated salary that are assigned to a role, plus recorded salary data sets. Currently 6,381 active IT jobs state their salary.
  • Range: lower 10 % to upper 10 % (P10–P90), so that individual outliers do not shift the limits. The median splits the values into two equal halves.
  • Plausible: only gross annual salaries between €15,000 and €250,000; placeholders and monthly values are excluded.
  • Calculator: role median × experience factor × federal state factor. The factors come from 4,290 salary data sets – each as a ratio to the median of its role, so the mix of roles does not distort them.
  • Minimum size: breakdowns by skill, city and work model only appear from 20 values; every figure states its basis.

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