
Chennai โ Testing Role Demand & Pay Report (Augโฏ2025)
In today’s Chennai, TN testing market, salaries for QA roles scale rapidly with expertise in modern tools like Cypress, Playwright and CICD.
While manual testing remains a strong entry point, companies increasingly expect engineers to master automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, and API testing to progress to senior roles.
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Role | Openings (~Chennai/TN) | Median Salary (โนโฏL) | Highlighted Tool Focus |
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Test Automation Engineer / SDET | ~150–165 | โน4.1โฏL–โน8.8โฏL/year | Entry level Playwright, Cypress, JavaScript |
Senior Automation Engineer / Sr. SDET | ~74 | โน8–โน15โฏL+/year | Advanced Playwright frameworks |
Test / QA Architect (Chennai occasional) | ~27 | โน10–โน25โฏL+/year | Enterprise-level Automation strategy |
Note: Data based on 04-Aug-2025