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Playwright freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Playwright – calculated from 104 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
104
Rank 160 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 24 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
17 %
Rated for 104 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
97 %
36 % fully remote · stated in 88 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Playwright

A shrinking market.

Playwright sits at rank 160 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 24 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 160 of 531 skills, 104 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 24 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible97 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Playwright – and why do companies hire Playwright freelancers?

The postings that mention Playwright fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

New development46 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with Playwright.
Testing and quality assurance46 %
Testing, quality assurance and acceptance of solutions with Playwright.
Operations and enhancement5 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with Playwright.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are QA Engineer (46 %), Frontend Developer (32 %) and Fullstack Developer (16 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 74 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 24 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 7 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
160 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Playwright are rising: from an average of 5 to 9 per week (+67 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills Playwright is wanted with – and which ones pay off

TypeScript appears in 53 % of Playwright postings.

Often named together

TypeScript53 %(opens in new tab)CI/CD47 %(opens in new tab)REST API31 %(opens in new tab)Scrum30 %(opens in new tab)Cypress30 %(opens in new tab)End-to-End Testing30 %(opens in new tab)Java29 %(opens in new tab)Share of Playwright postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Playwright – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior74 %
Mid-level22 %

Senior dominates (74 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 96 % of listings

Industries

it_software36 %
logistics28 %
public_sector14 %
banking_finance10 %

it_software grows the most (+44 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 69 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance79 %
Permanent11 %
Temp agency11 %

Freelance dominates (79 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote60 %
Fully remote36 %
On site3 %

Partly remote dominates (60 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 36 % of postings.

Stated in 88 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main28 %
München9 %
Bern9 %
Bayern7 %
Berlin7 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (28 %).

Stated in 56 % of listings

Project language

German88 %
English12 %

German dominates (88 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Playwright?

Typical duration8 monthsMedian of the postings that state it. 45 % run 12 months or longer.Basis: 42 postings with this information (40 % of all postings).
Full time required64 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 45 postings with this information (43 % of all postings).

Who posts Playwright projects

mund consulting AG12
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Playwright projects

Frequently asked questions about Playwright freelancing

How many Playwright projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 104 projects and jobs mentioning Playwright were posted. That is around 8 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 24 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Playwright still in demand for freelancers?

Playwright ranks 160 of 531 skills.

Are Playwright projects possible remotely?

97 % of Playwright postings allow remote work. 36 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Playwright freelancer?

TypeScript (53 %), CI/CD (47 %) and REST API (31 %) are most often required together with Playwright. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Playwright projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 12 % of all Playwright postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Playwright. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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