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Respondents Profile

What position do you work in?
Tester (manual)
40%
QA
27%
Automation Tester
24%
Test Team Leader
4.9%
Test Manager
2.7%
Test Analyst
1.6%
Gender
Male
Female
Nonbinary
Male: 63% 63% Female: 37% 37% Nonbinary: 0.4% 0.4%
Age
18 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40+
18 - 24: 6.6% 6.6% 25 - 29: 26% 26% 30 - 34: 36% 36% 35 - 39: 23% 23% 40+: 9.1% 9.1%
Education
Second-cycle studies (master, master engineer)
41%
First-cycle studies (bachelor, engineer)
26%
I studied but did not obtain a diploma
9.4%
Postgraduate studies
9.3%
High school
8.1%
I am currently studying
5.3%
Company size
1-10
1.7%
11-50
9.9%
51-200
16%
201-500
17%
501-1000
11%
1,001 - 5,000
15%
5,001 - 10,000
12%
more than 10,000
17%
Level of experience
Mid / Regular
48%
Junior
26%
Senior
19%
Tech Lead / Team Lead
5.0%
Mid-level Manager
1.8%
Director / C-level
0.2%
Experience level vs. years of experience
Mid-level Manager
11.9 years
Tech Lead / Team Lead
9.2 years
Senior
8.1 years
Mid / Regular
4.3 years
Junior
1.1 years

Work and Technology

What do you test?
Web
76%
API
56%
Mobile
34%
Desktop
31%
IoT / Embedded
7.9%
Other
6.2%
Security
5.4%
Games
3.5%
AI / Machine Learning
2.0%
What testing methods do you use in your work?
Going through test scenarios
79%
Testing based on specifications
71%
Exploratory testing
70%
Ad Hoc tests
42%
Analyzing logs and product telemetry
39%
Simulating user personas
24%
Bug Hunting
21%
Pair testing
6.4%
Testing on a limited audience (beta testing)
5.6%
Exploratory testing
90%
Going through test scenarios
86%
Testing based on specifications
83%
Ad Hoc tests
65%
Bug Hunting
44%
Analyzing logs and product telemetry
42%
Simulating user personas
41%
Pair testing
18%
Testing on a limited audience (beta testing)
11%
Mob testing
7.5%
Exploratory testing
94%
Testing based on specifications
81%
Going through test scenarios
75%
Going through test scenarios
93%
Exploratory testing
93%
Testing based on specifications
89%
Ad Hoc tests
78%
Bug Hunting
52%
Simulating user personas
41%
Analyzing logs and product telemetry
41%
Testing on a limited audience (beta testing)
41%
Pair testing
37%
Testing based on specifications
90%
Going through test scenarios
88%
Exploratory testing
81%
Ad Hoc tests
58%
Analyzing logs and product telemetry
56%
Simulating user personas
31%
Exploratory testing
88%
Going through test scenarios
87%
Testing based on specifications
73%
Ad Hoc tests
55%
Bug Hunting
38%
Simulating user personas
31%
Analyzing logs and product telemetry
26%
Pair testing
11%
Testing on a limited audience (beta testing)
9.4%
Mob testing
5.6%
What types of automated tests do you write?
Integration tests
67%
Acceptance tests
63%
BDD scripts
34%
Generating test data
33%
Load tests
24%
Scripts for logging and monitoring data
23%
Unit tests
22%
Security tests
5.9%
E2E
3.0%
Other
1.3%
Acceptance tests
39%
Integration tests
34%
I don't write such scripts
34%
Generating test data
24%
BDD scripts
19%
Unit tests
13%
Load tests
13%
Scripts for logging and monitoring data
10%
E2E
2.2%
Other
1.9%
Security tests
1.1%
Regression tests
0.7%
I don't write such scripts
63%
Load tests
31%
Unit tests
25%
Acceptance tests
19%
Integration tests
19%
Generating test data
13%
BDD scripts
13%
Scripts for logging and monitoring data
6.3%
Security tests
6.3%
I don't write such scripts
56%
Acceptance tests
33%
Integration tests
30%
Scripts for logging and monitoring data
22%
Load tests
22%
Unit tests
19%
BDD scripts
19%
Generating test data
19%
Security tests
19%
Acceptance tests
48%
Generating test data
44%
Integration tests
44%
I don't write such scripts
29%
Scripts for logging and monitoring data
27%
Load tests
23%
BDD scripts
19%
Unit tests
10%
Security tests
8.3%
Other
4.2%
I don't write such scripts
76%
Acceptance tests
12%
Generating test data
8.4%
Integration tests
7.9%
Unit tests
5.3%
Scripts for logging and monitoring data
3.6%
BDD scripts
3.3%
Load tests
2.3%
Other
1.5%
E2E
1.3%
Security tests
0.5%
Regression tests
0.3%
What programming languages do you use in your work?
Also scripting, markup, and query languages
Java
42%
Python
39%
JavaScript
27%
SQL
22%
C#
14%
TypeScript
14%
HTML/CSS
10%
Other
8.1%
JavaScript
36%
SQL
33%
Java
24%
Python
22%
TypeScript
18%
I don't use any
18%
HTML/CSS
15%
C#
8.6%
Java
48%
Python
44%
SQL
41%
Python
42%
SQL
38%
JavaScript
29%
Java
23%
I don't use any
21%
I don't use any
45%
SQL
35%
JavaScript
14%
Java
11%
Python
10%
HTML/CSS
9.6%
C#
4.6%
TypeScript
2.8%
Which test automation frameworks do you use?
Selenium
56%
Cypress
20%
JUnit
19%
Playwright
15%
I don't use any
9.3%
NUnit
6.2%
Selenium
46%
Cypress
38%
JUnit
20%
Playwright
19%
I don't use any
5.7%
Selenium
42%
Selenium
34%
Cypress
27%
I don't use any
27%
Playwright
11%
What tools do you use for testing?
Also scripting, markup, and query languages
Postman
62%
I don't use any
21%
SoapUI
17%
JMeter
12%
Cypress
1.7%
Selenium
1.3%

Salary

Earnings vs. position type - all experience levels
Test Manager
11 530 PLN
Test Analyst
10 525 PLN
Test Team Leader
10 425 PLN
Automation Tester
8 454 PLN
QA
7 072 PLN
Tester (manual)
5 528 PLN
Test Manager
24 510 PLN
Test Team Leader
22 152 PLN
Automation Tester
21 185 PLN
QA
15 213 PLN
Test Analyst
14 225 PLN
Tester (manual)
11 877 PLN
Automation Tester
5 688 PLN
QA
4 907 PLN
Tester (manual)
4 274 PLN
Earnings vs. position type - junior
Automation Tester
5 982 PLN
QA
4 620 PLN
Tester (manual)
4 415 PLN
Tester (manual)
7 284 PLN
QA
4 329 PLN
Tester (manual)
4 061 PLN
Earnings vs. position type - mid
Automation Tester
7 931 PLN
QA
7 229 PLN
Tester (manual)
6 018 PLN
Automation Tester
18 472 PLN
QA
13 066 PLN
Tester (manual)
12 343 PLN
Earnings vs. position type - senior
Automation Tester
11 494 PLN
QA
9 624 PLN
Tester (manual)
7 708 PLN
Automation Tester
24 820 PLN
QA
21 686 PLN
Tester (manual)
14 437 PLN
Earnings and experience
Tech Lead / Team Lead
11 273 PLN
Senior
10 464 PLN
Mid / Regular
6 852 PLN
Junior
4 729 PLN
Tech Lead / Team Lead
23 590 PLN
Senior
21 827 PLN
Mid / Regular
14 259 PLN
Junior
8 257 PLN
Junior
4 130 PLN
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