Testers i QA

See what work of testers and QA specialists looks like. Check what are the average salaries of testers. Find out what are the most popular types of tests.

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Respondent Profile

Subroles
Tester manual
34.0%
QA
31.5%
Automation Tester
28.0%
Test Team Leader
2.8%
Test Manager
1.7%
Pentester
1.3%
Test Analyst
0.7%
Gender
Male
60.2%
Female
39.2%
Non-binary
0.6%
Age
18 - 24 years old
4.3%
25 - 29 years old
23.7%
30 - 34 years old
32.9%
35 - 39 years old
24.8%
40+ years
14.3%
Education
Master's degree (Master, Master of Science in Engineering)
42.6%
High school
6.2%
Attended university but did not obtain a degree
8.4%
Currently studying
3.9%
Bachelor's degree (licentiate, engineer)
26.8%
Postgraduate studies
11.2%
Company size
Small company (up to 50)
12.1%
Medium-sized company (51-500)
34.0%
Large company (501-5,000)
22.4%
Very large company (more than 5,000)
31.5%
Level of experience
Intern
0.7%
Junior
15.2%
Mid / Regular
49.1%
Senior
25.8%
Tech Lead / Team Lead
7.8%
Mid-level Manager
1.4%
Experience level vs. years of experienc
Mid-level Manager
15.2 years
Tech Lead / Team Lead
9.3 years
Senior
9.1 years
Mid / Regular
4.8 years
Junior
2.3 years
What are your career aspirations?
I want to stay in my specialization
63.9%
I want to change my specialization within IT
23.7%
I don't know.
7.6%
I do not want to work in IT in the future
4.7%
Preferred future specializations
It applies only to individuals who have expressed a desire to change their specialization.
Automation tester
28.4%
Backend
14.8%
Do you want to manage a team in the future?
I don't know.
12.7%
Yes
29.3%
No
35.1%
It doesn't matter to me
22.9%

Technologies

What are you testing?
Web
77.0%
API
64.4%
Mobile
32.8%
Desktop
31.2%
Other
13.6%
IoT / Embedded
9.0%
Security
8.7%
Gry
2.8%
Performance
2.0%
What testing methods do you use in your work?
Executing test scenarios
88.9%
Specification-based testing
81.8%
Exploratory testing
71.2%
Log and telemetry analysis
61.6%
Ad Hoc Testing
49.5%
Simulating a user persona
49.5%
Bug Hunting
40.4%
Pair testing
11.6%
Mob testing
6.1%
Executing test scenarios
90.5%
Exploratory testing
88.8%
Specification-based testing
86.8%
Simulating a user persona
60.3%
Ad Hoc Testing
59.1%
Bug Hunting
47.5%
Log and telemetry analysis
44.2%
Mob testing
14.5%
Pair testing
9.5%
Exploratory testing
88.8%
Executing test scenarios
88.8%
Specification-based testing
88.4%
Ad Hoc Testing
61.6%
Simulating a user persona
61.2%
Log and telemetry analysis
55.8%
Bug Hunting
49.6%
Pair testing
12.5%
Mob testing
9.4%
Executing test scenarios
91.7%
Exploratory testing
83.3%
Specification-based testing
90.0%
Exploratory testing
85.0%
Executing test scenarios
85.0%
Ad Hoc Testing
60.0%
Bug Hunting
55.0%
Simulating a user persona
50.0%
What types of automated tests do you write?
Acceptance tests
66.3%
Integration tests
66.3%
Generating test data
48.0%
BDD scripts
37.8%
Load tests
30.1%
Scripts for logging in and monitoring data
29.6%
Unit tests
20.9%
Security tests
9.2%
Other
4.6%
E2E
2.0%
I don't write such scripts
0.5%
I don't write such scripts
64.7%
Acceptance tests
19.7%
Generating test data
13.9%
Integration tests
10.5%
Unit tests
6.3%
Scripts for logging in and monitoring data
4.6%
BDD scripts
4.2%
Load tests
3.4%
Security tests
0.8%
Other
0.4%
Security tests
62.5%
Unit tests
37.5%
Generating test data
25.0%
Load tests
25.0%
I don't write such scripts
25.0%
Scripts for logging in and monitoring data
25.0%
Other
12.5%
Integration tests
12.5%
BDD scripts
12.5%
Acceptance tests
45.5%
Integration tests
40.6%
Generating test data
30.8%
I don't write such scripts
25.0%
BDD scripts
23.2%
Load tests
16.5%
Scripts for logging in and monitoring data
15.2%
Unit tests
9.8%
Security tests
5.4%
Other
2.2%
E2E
1.3%
Regression Tests
0.9%
I don't write such scripts
40.0%
Other
20.0%
Unit tests
20.0%
Generating test data
20.0%
Acceptance tests
20.0%
I don't write such scripts
75.0%
BDD scripts
16.7%
Generating test data
16.7%
Acceptance tests
16.7%
Unit tests
8.3%
Scripts for logging in and monitoring data
8.3%
Load tests
8.3%
Integration tests
8.3%
Security tests
8.3%
Integration tests
52.6%
Generating test data
36.8%
Acceptance tests
31.6%
I don't write such scripts
26.3%
Unit tests
10.5%
Regression Tests
5.3%
Scripts for logging in and monitoring data
5.3%
Load tests
5.3%
What programming languages do you use in your work?
Also scripting, markup, and query languages.
Java
42.5%
Python
35.0%
SQL
32.5%
JavaScript
30.5%
TypeScript
28.0%
HTML / CSS
15.5%
C#
15.0%
Other
6.5%
SQL
41.6%
I don't use any
36.2%
JavaScript
16.5%
Java
10.3%
TypeScript
10.3%
Python
10.3%
HTML / CSS
9.5%
C#
5.8%
SQL
35.1%
TypeScript
34.7%
JavaScript
31.6%
Python
27.6%
Java
24.0%
I don't use any
16.0%
HTML / CSS
9.3%
C#
8.4%
What tools and frameworks do you use for testing?
Selenium
49.5%
Postman
48.4%
Playwright
34.9%
JUnit
20.3%
JMeter
19.8%
Cypress
17.2%
SoapUI
12.5%
NUnit
7.3%
Postman
57.3%
I do not use any
25.5%
Playwright
13.8%
SoapUI
13.4%
Selenium
13.0%
JMeter
7.5%
Cypress
4.2%
Postman
58.6%
Playwright
38.3%
Selenium
24.3%
Cypress
17.1%
I do not use any
11.7%
SoapUI
10.4%
JMeter
10.4%
JUnit
8.6%
What does the test schedule look like in your project?
The vast majority are automated tests
36.0%
Majority are automated tests
20.3%
Roughly 50/50
20.8%
Majority are manual tests
11.7%
The vast majority are manual tests
11.2%
The vast majority are automated tests
0.4%
Majority are automated tests
2.5%
Roughly 50/50
6.6%
Majority are manual tests
18.7%
The vast majority are manual tests
71.8%
The vast majority are automated tests
11.1%
Majority are automated tests
11.1%
Roughly 50/50
22.2%
Majority are manual tests
22.2%
The vast majority are manual tests
33.3%
The vast majority are automated tests
9.8%
Majority are automated tests
10.2%
Roughly 50/50
21.3%
Majority are manual tests
19.6%
The vast majority are manual tests
39.1%
Majority are manual tests
20.0%
The vast majority are manual tests
80.0%
The vast majority are automated tests
8.3%
Majority are automated tests
25.0%
Roughly 50/50
25.0%
Majority are manual tests
16.7%
The vast majority are manual tests
25.0%
The vast majority are automated tests
5.0%
Majority are automated tests
5.0%
Roughly 50/50
20.0%
Majority are manual tests
35.0%
The vast majority are manual tests
35.0%

Salaries

AVG
MEDIAN
Salaries by job type - all experience levels, average
Automation Tester
9 538 PLN
Test Team Leader
9 080 PLN
QA
8 513 PLN
Tester manual
6 635 PLN
Automation Tester
19 396 PLN
QA
17 801 PLN
Tester manual
12 942 PLN
Tester manual
5 520 PLN
AVG
MEDIAN
Earnings by job type - all experience levels, median
Automation Tester
9 000 PLN
QA
8 000 PLN
Test Team Leader
8 000 PLN
Tester manual
6 020 PLN
Automation Tester
19 000 PLN
QA
17 000 PLN
Tester manual
12 500 PLN
Tester manual
4 600 PLN
AVG
MEDIAN
Salaries by job type - junior, mid-level
Automation Tester
6 084 PLN
QA
5 734 PLN
Tester manual
5 237 PLN
AVG
MEDIAN
Earnings by position type - junior, median
Automation Tester
5 800 PLN
QA
5 600 PLN
Tester manual
5 000 PLN
AVG
MEDIAN
Salaries by job type - mid, average
Automation Tester
8 507 PLN
QA
7 986 PLN
Tester manual
6 438 PLN
Automation Tester
16 071 PLN
QA
14 220 PLN
Tester manual
11 255 PLN
AVG
MEDIAN
Earnings by job type - mid, median
Automation Tester
8 000 PLN
QA
7 200 PLN
Tester manual
6 020 PLN
Automation Tester
15 000 PLN
QA
13 500 PLN
Tester manual
10 000 PLN
AVG
MEDIAN
Salaries by job type - senior, average
Automation Tester
12 592 PLN
QA
10 850 PLN
Tester manual
9 044 PLN
Automation Tester
23 159 PLN
QA
21 696 PLN
Tester manual
15 416 PLN
AVG
MEDIAN
Earnings by job type - senior, median
Automation Tester
11 500 PLN
QA
11 000 PLN
Tester manual
9 000 PLN
Automation Tester
22 000 PLN
QA
20 000 PLN
Tester manual
15 000 PLN
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