This would enable you to select specific projects and work more flexibly. Once you've gained adequate experience, you could progress into the freelance and contracting market.
Your role may be stressful at times, particularly around the time of project completion.Work is mainly office-based and you'll spend the majority of your time at a computer.This would be most likely to occur during periods of software deployment or if a project happens to be taking place across a variety of locations and time zones. On occasion this may mean working shifts and weekend work. However, due to the nature of project work you may be required to work outside these times. Working hours usually follow a standard office day of eight or nine hours, between 8am and 6pm. Income figures are intended as a guide only. Some companies also offer bonus schemes, benefits and overtime payments for unsociable hours. The City of London and financial services currently pay the highest salaries. Salaries vary according to location, technical knowledge and the sector. Software testers earn £35,000 to £50,000 on average. With three to five years' experience, salaries can rise considerably.Starting salaries for graduate-level software testing positions are in the region of £18,000 to £24,000 (depending on location and company size).communicate findings to technical and non-technical colleagues.liaise with project teams in other parts of the world.present findings to software development and business user teams.provide objective feedback to software development project teams.work towards departmental and project deadlines.test in different environments including web and mobile.carry out stress testing, performance testing, functional testing and scalability testing.monitor applications and software systems.work with software developers and project support teams.
meet with system users to understand the scope of projects.You'll need to be familiar, or become familiar with, programming and using coding languages. You might work on bespoke, individual projects or multinational projects spanning the globe and costing billions of pounds. Your role is integral to the creation of software systems and technical products including vehicles, electronic goods, defence, and healthcare.
You'll conduct automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose and any bugs or issues are removed within a product before it gets deployed to everyday users. Software testers analyse software and systems to avert risk and prevent issuesĪs a software tester, you'll be involved in the quality assurance stage of software development and deployment.