Current status of software testing industry, salary level

The Internet industry is booming, and the income of technical jobs is exploding, so many friends want to join it. Software testing is very popular as it is relatively easy to learn and suitable for people outside the industry to change careers from scratch. However, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Since software testing is relatively easy to learn, will the income be relatively low? What is the salary package for software testing? Today, let me explain it to you.

It is undeniable that the income of basic software testing testers is indeed not as good as that of development or operation and maintenance. The reason is that for capitalists, the value is too low; why is the value too low? In the final analysis, the ability is still insufficient

——How can I get a high salary if I can only do some manual testing?

In fact, as an important part of software quality control, software test engineers who really understand automated testing are basically in a high status and high salary. At the same time, the talent demand gap for software testing is getting bigger and bigger. The shortage of talents has prompted the salary of software testing engineers to gradually rise. The annual salary of test engineers is generally more than 100,000 yuan. Judging from the recent talent demand and salary levels of enterprises, the annual salary of software testing engineers is still showing a clear trend of increasing year by year.

Test engineers are generally divided into these levels: junior test engineers, intermediate test engineers, senior test engineers, and test managers. The salary of test engineers at different levels also varies greatly.

1. Junior test engineer

The annual salary is about 40,000-70,000 yuan. Their job is usually to functionally test the product according to the test plan and process to check whether the product has defects. Have some manual testing experience, develop test scripts and become familiar with the test life cycle and testing technology;

2. Intermediate test engineer

The annual salary is about 70,000-120,000 yuan. They should be able to write test plans, test documents, and work with the project team to develop work plans for the testing phase. Able to make reasonable use of testing tools in projects to complete testing tasks. Able to independently write automatic test scripts and take on leadership roles in the early stages of test programming, further developing skills in programming languages, operating systems, networks and databases;

3. Senior test engineer

The annual salary is about 120,000-180,000 yuan. They not only need to master testing and development technology, but also have a good understanding of the industry for which the software is being tested, and can analyze and evaluate problems that may arise in the test plan. Help develop or maintain testing or programming standards and processes, be responsible for peer reviews, and be able to guide junior test engineers;

4. Team Leader (Test Supervisor)

Annual salary is 18 Wan, generally has about 5 years of work experience and is responsible for managing a small team. Responsible for scheduling, work scale/cost estimation, delivering products according to schedule and budget targets, responsible for developing technical methods of the project, and being able to provide support and demonstrations to users;

5. Test Manager

Annual salary is 220,000, able to take on the entire development life cycle business in the testing field, able to provide users with interactions and a large number of demonstrations, responsible for project cost, schedule, planning and personnel division;

Of course, Everyone's salary is different. If you have expert level experience, your income will not be evaluated. Anyway, it's a lot. The above mentioned is only a rough standard and is for your reference only.