Measured from live jobs
Software Tester skills employers ask for
From 244 open Software Tester job postings on Rolearch, read and tagged skill by skill. Updated every night as jobs open and close.
The most-asked skills
Share of Software Tester postings that mention each skill.
- Pythondistinctive51%
- CI/CDdistinctive43%
- Gitdistinctive36%
- Problem solving30%
- Troubleshootingdistinctive28%
- Agiledistinctive28%
- Javadistinctive27%
- Communication23%
- Leadership22%
- AWSdistinctive21%
- Training and coaching20%
- Linuxdistinctive20%
- Manufacturingdistinctive18%
- Azuredistinctive18%
- Dockerdistinctive17%
“Distinctive” means Software Tester postings ask for it at least three times as often as jobs overall.
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Where Software Tester skills carry over
Roles whose postings ask for the most similar skills. Overlap counts the skills that define each role most.
Questions
- What skills does a Software Tester need?
- In 244 current Software Tester job postings, the skills asked for most often are Python (51%), CI/CD (43%), Git (36%), Problem solving (30%), Troubleshooting (28%). Percentages are the share of postings that mention each skill.
- What jobs can a Software Tester move into?
- Measured by shared skill demand, the closest roles are Software Engineer, QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, DevOps Engineer. Software Engineer shares skills such as Python, Java, CI/CD.
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