Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Develop and execute software tests to identify software problems and their causes. Test system modifications to prepare for implementation. Document software and application defects using a bug tracking system and report defects to software or web developers. Create and maintain databases of known defects. May participate in software design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, operational characteristics, product designs, and schedules.
Common Job Titles
- Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst)
- Software Quality Assurance Engineer (SQA Engineer)
- Software Quality Engineer
- Software Test Engineer
Wage Data According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Annual wage data for Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (2024)
Estimated Total Employment (U.S.)
199,800
Wage Distribution by Percentile
Line chart of annual wages by percentile. U.S. is the solid line. 10th percentile: U.S. $60,690. 25th percentile: U.S. $79,520. 50th percentile: U.S. $102,610. 75th percentile: U.S. $131,870. 90th percentile: U.S. $166,960. Use the left and right arrow keys to move between percentiles.
- U.S.
| Metric | U.S. |
|---|---|
| 10% of workers earn the following or less | $60,690 |
| 10% of workers earn the following or more | $166,960 |
| Workers on average earn | $110,260 |
+ indicates wage is at or above the BLS reporting cap ($239,200/year)
Skills & Requirements
Key competencies for this occupation, ranked by importance
- Computers and Electronics4.4/5
- English Language3.8/5
- Mathematics3.3/5
- Engineering and Technology3.3/5
- Design3.0/5
Tools & Technology
Equipment and software commonly used in this occupation
In-Demand Technology
Frequently requested by employers in job postings
- AJAX
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
- Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Ansible software
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache Hive
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Maven
- Apache Spark
- Apache Subversion SVN
- Apache Tomcat
- Apple Safari
- Apple macOS
- Atlassian Confluence
- Atlassian JIRA
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bash
- Bentley MicroStation
- C
- C#
- C++
- Cascading style sheets CSS
- Chef
- Cisco Webex
- Django
- Docker
- Drupal
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Eclipse IDE
- Elasticsearch
- Epic Systems
- Extensible markup language XML
- Git
- GitHub
- Go
- Google Analytics
- Google Angular
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- Hibernate ORM
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- IBM DB2
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- JUnit
- JavaScript
- JavaScript Object Notation JSON
- Jenkins CI
- Linux
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Microsoft ASP.NET
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
- Microsoft Azure software
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft PowerShell
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Team Foundation Server
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Microsoft Word
- MongoDB
- Mozilla Firefox
- MySQL
- NoSQL
- Node.js
- Oracle Database
- Oracle Java
- Oracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- PHP
- Perl
- PostgreSQL
- Puppet
- Python
- R
- React
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Ruby
- SAP software
- SAS
- Salesforce software
- Scala
- Selenium
- Shell script
- Slack
- Splunk Enterprise
- Spring Boot
- Spring Framework
- Structured query language SQL
- Swift
- Tableau
- Teradata Database
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Transact-SQL
- Trimble SketchUp Pro
- UNIX
- UNIX Shell
- Zoom
- jQuery
Technology Skills
- 3M Post-it App
- A programming language APL
- ABC Compiler
- ABC: the AspectBench Compiler for AspectJ
- ADO.NET
- AWK
- Acresso InstallAnywhere
- Ada
Tools & Equipment
- Application servers
- Computer network routers
- Computer servers
- Desktop computers
- Digital cameras
- Directory servers
- Flash disks
- Graphics processing unit GPU