Where a software tester can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a software tester already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Software testers perform software tests. They may also plan and design them. They may also debug and repair software although this mainly corresponds to designers and developers. They ensure that applications function properly before delivering them to internal and external clients.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 78%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 5difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 80required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
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software tester is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a software tester already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.