Will “Software Tester” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

4.2% Chance of Automation

“Software Tester” will not be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #130 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team. May supervise computer programmers.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 15-1132.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 104,300.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 50.00
Currently, there are 794,000 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Software Developers, Applications”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Software Tester”

Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
Train users to use new or modified equipment.
Determine system performance standards.
Specify power supply requirements and configuration.
Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance.
Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.
Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.
Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.
Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan computer specifications and layouts, and peripheral equipment modifications.
Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.

Related Technology & Tools

Logic analyzers
Notebook computers
In circuit emulators ICE
Mainframe computers
Flash disks
Desktop computers
Application servers
Personal digital assistants PDA
Digital cameras
Computer servers

Job control language JCL
Gambit Scheme
Embarcadero Delphi
Red Hat WildFly
Computer On-line Real-time Applications Language CORAL 66
Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
IBM Power Systems software
IBM InfoSphere DataStage
Apache Subversion SVN
Apple Final Cut Pro
Nagios
Apache Spark
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Apache Struts
Oracle Java
SAP Crystal Reports
Dassault Systemes CATIA
Hewlett Packard LoadRunner
Microsoft Visual C# .NET
Teradata Database
Microsoft Publisher
Objective Caml
The MathWorks MATLAB
Sybase SQL Server
Microsoft ASP.NET
Data definition language DDL
Emerald Software Group Emerald Green Office
Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
Python
Oberon
Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Office
PostgreSQL
Linux
Deployment software
Beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code BASIC
Transact-SQL
Defect tracking software
Unified modeling language UML
Integration testing software
Web service definition language WDSL
StataCorp Stata
Advanced business application programming ABAP
Enterprise application integration EAI software
JavaScript
Stress testing software
Apache Hbase
Apache Oozie
Drupal
Enterprise JavaBeans
Autodesk Revit
Tableau
Data analysis software
Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
Autodesk AutoCAD
Component-based Scalable Logical Architecture CSLA
Microsoft ESP SDK
Swift
MEDITECH software
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Embarcadero JBuilder
IBM Rational PurifyPlus
Unit testing software
Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
jQuery
Recovery testing software
Human resource management software HRMS
Common Lisp Object System CLOS
Minitab
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows
Atlassian JIRA
Graphical user interface GUI builder software
Common business oriented language COBOL
Relational database management software
Extensible markup language XML
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Microsoft SharePoint
Version control software
Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
Mutation testing software
IBM Rational Rose XDE Developer
EXT js
Sun Microsystems Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE
C
Pascal
IBM Rational ClearQuest
IBM DB2
Apache Hive
Symantec Visual Cafe
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Apache Hadoop
Microsoft PowerShell
Requirements management software
Veritas NetBackup
ICON programming language
Wireshark
Structured Query Report SQR
IBM Domino
Bentley MicroStation
Data entry software
Adobe Systems Adobe Flex
ABC Compiler
Virtual private networking VPN software
Migration testing software
Hypertext markup language HTML
Programming language one PL/I
MySQL
SAP Business Objects
Apache Flume
Collaborative Application Markup Language CAML
Oracle PL/SQL
Microsoft Word
Usability testing software
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Event-driven State-machines Programming
Structured query language SQL
Oracle Hyperion
Apache Avro
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
C++
Call-processing language CPL
R
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Visual Basic.NET
AJAX
Web server software
String oriented symbolic language SNOBOL
Microsoft .NET Framework
J
SPSS
Customer information control system CICS
Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Ruby on Rails
List processing language LISP
Security testing software
Talend Data Fabric
Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
Microsoft Dynamics GP
MUMPS M
Hibernate ORM
Citrix
Cascading Style Sheets CSS
MicroStrategy
AWK
Sybase PowerBuilder
Patch management software
Oracle Solaris
Splunk Enterprise
Google Analytics
Microsoft Dynamics
Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE
Objective C
IEA Software Emerald
System testing software
Eclipse IDE
Apache Solr
Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
Symantec
Microsoft Internet Information Service IIS
Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML
SAS
LexisNexis
Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
Microsoft Visio
Automated installation software
Sybase
Load testing software
Dynamic analysis software
Extensible stylesheet language transformations XSLT
Amazon DynamoDB
Apache Tomcat
A programming language APL
Smalltalk
MongoDB
Oracle Eloqua
Ada
National Instruments LabVIEW
NetSuite ERP
Eiffel
Oracle DBMS
Regression testing software
SAP
Source code editor software
C#
Ruby
Salesforce software
Qlik Tech QlikView
Computer Associates integrated data management system CA-IDMS
Bigloo Scheme
IBM Cognos Impromptu
Integrated development environment IDE software
Haskell
Static analysis software
Google AngularJS
Allaire ColdFusion
Oracle Fusion Applications
PTC Creo Parametric
Embedded systems development software
Self
Spring Framework
Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
Data manipulation language DML
Puppet
Apache Pig
Modula
Restructured extended executor REXX
KornShell
Git
Google AdWords
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
Functional testing software
Scheme programming language
Apache Cassandra
E++ pattern language
SAP Netweaver
IBM Rational Requisite Pro
IBM Middleware
Test design software
Apache HTTP Server
CA Erwin Data Modeler
McAfee
Hewlett Packard HP-UX
Encryption software
NoSQL
XML Path Language XPATH
Forth
Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
IBM Notes
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
Computer assisted software engineering CASE software
FileMaker Pro
UNIX
Apache Maven
Oracle PeopleSoft Financials
Delphi Technology
IBM WebSphere
LAMP Stack
IBM Rational ClearCase
Ubuntu
Verilog
Blackboard
Object Management Group Object Request Broker
YouTube
Test implementation software
Microsoft Outlook
Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
Interstate connection ICON
Node.js
Component object model COM software
ADO.NET
Talend Big Data Integration
Microsoft Visual Studio
Amazon Kinesis
ESRI ArcGIS software
Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
Migration software
Microsoft ActiveX
Distributed component object model DCOM software
Interface definition language IDL
American National Standards Institute ANSI C
ABC: the AspectBench Compiler for AspectJ
B-Method
Microsoft Excel
Visible Razor
Algorithmic language ALGOL
Perforce Helix software
Oracle PeopleSoft
Prolog
Microsoft Access
Oracle WebLogic Server
Microsoft Exchange Server
Oracle JDBC
Microsoft Visual Basic
Interoperability testing software
Epic Systems
Microsoft Project
Adobe Systems Adobe Flash