Software Tester Salary Around The World in May-2024

Posted 6. May 2024 • ☕️ 2 min read.

We have curated 2400+ jobs on the platform as of 31st May-2024, let's dive in and see what's the Job market for software testing is like.

This month we had 563 Jobs curated in in Automation, Manual, Performance and Security Testing. Here are the overall Job stats.

Total Jobs posted: 563

Jobs that disclosed Salary: 68 out of 563

Remote Jobs: 380 out of 563

Let's start by examining the distribution of job posts across different categories.

Software Testing Jobs Distribution

Job category Total Jobs posted
Automation Testing Jobs 515
Functional (Manual) Testing Jobs 38
Performance Testing Jobs 4
Security Testing Jobs 6
Accessibility Testing Jobs 0

I have converted salaries from Canada, UK and other locations to USD so that we can have uniformity in salary analysis.

Salary Range Analysis

Metric Salary Lower Bound Salary Upper Bound
Salary Range 10th Percentile $33,720 $152,000
Salary Range 50th Percentile $60,000 $130,000
Salary Range 90th Percentile $225,000 $348,000
Average Salary Range $89,005.58 $154,370.73
Salary Standard Deviation $34,457.78 $64,212.23
Number of Salaries Quoted: 77

The average salary for software testers as of May 2024 appears to be between $89,005.58 and $154,370.73 per year (before tax).

Top 3 Highest Paying Jobs

Rank Job Title Salary Range
1 Software Engineer, Autopilot QA $104,000 - $348,000
2 Senior QA Engineer - Parametric $110,000 - $225,000
3 Principal/Senior Mobile QA Automation Engineer $152,000 - $266,400

Top 5 Job Locations in the Software testing Market.

  1. United States
  2. Europe
  3. Canada and UK
  4. India
  5. Fully Remote
  6. North and Latin America

Same as the previous months, jobs in Automation testing leads the way in terms of Higher salary ranges but Testing Jobs in other fields are not far behind.

Important Note: This data is purely based on the jobs posted on TestDevJobs and Salary data may vary based on individual negotiations and other factors.

P.S. It's important to keep in mind that, most jobs that disclose salaries are based out in US, UK and Canada. Few European locations comes at close second.

Good Luck with you Job Hunting!