Skill · Specialist task · Web & product
Tracked since June 2024
Software testing in All Australia
Checking software works — by hand and through automation.
Also searched as qa, test automation, quality assurance, selenium
Right now
Demand
556job ads in 28 days
Job ad aggregate
- 4 wk
- Up+0.4%554 → 556 ads
- Entry
- 22.1%123 of 556 ads
Statistics
- Demand556job ads in 28 daysJob ads
- 4-week changeUp+0.4%554 → 556 adsJob ads
- 12-month changeDown−9.9%8,192 → 7,381 adsJob ads
- Entry-level share22.1%123 of 556 adsJob ads
- No PR stated55.2%307 of 556 adsJob ads
- Employers hiring166top 5 post 16.1%Job ads
- Median salary$99k3,248 of 7,381 adsJob ads
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Composition
Roles that ask for Software testing
- 90% of Software Tester ads mention Software testing.
Software TesterEngineering
90%
Co-occurrence
Often asked for together
- Sometimesa common pairing in some roles
- CI/CD
- Occasionallyshows up together now and then
- AgileJavaScriptPythonSQL
Location
Where the ads are
- New South Wales223 · 40.0%
- Victoria189 · 33.9%
- Queensland56 · 10.1%
- Western Australia39 · 7.0%
- South Australia20 · 3.6%
- Australian Capital Territory20 · 3.6%
- Tasmania6 · 1.1%
- Northern Territory4 · 0.72%
557 ads in the last four weeks under your filter, by state or country.
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Learning effort
Weeks
A few weeks of focused practice usually gets you to useful — often alongside something you already know.
Transferability
Moderate
Carries over to several related roles.
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