From General Skills to niche-specific skills, here are the top 10 software testing skills that are in demand:
Agile & DevOps Methodology:
With increasing demands in quality and less development time, many software projects follow Agile and DevOps methodology which emphasis collaborative and iterative working models imparting speed and cross-functional teamwork right from the start of development.
Understanding of SDLC:
Having a thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycles will help the testers to identify the application development tasks and plan the tests accordingly.
Analytical and logical thinking
These skills are fundamental to software testing. It plays an important role in all the phases of testing like building a test case, identifying bugs, analyzing performance, validating the software, etc, and thus are very important.
Intellectual Integrity
For many people, testing might seem like a negative task trying to find the errors and bugs in the application. Testers should overcome all the biases, intolerances, prejudices that might prevent them from doing their job well.
Knowledge of Testing tools & Techniques
Understanding the various testing tools & techniques is one of the fundamental skills required by a tester. General testing techniques like black-box testing, security testing, penetration testing, unit testing, etc are important.
Programming
Saying that programming is necessary we do not imply that testers are going to develop any application, but that having good programming skills helps to understand the functioning of the application which helps in developing good test cases.
Planning of Tests
Being adept in the planning of tests will help testers to identify the right requirements and take steps accordingly.
Communication Skills
As you will be working in a team, communication skills are very important for testing. Having Strong communication skills helps you make your work more efficient and boost your career.
Flexibility
Being flexible is also an important skill because every other day a new tool might come or a new technique will be discovered.
Niche-Specific skills
As different areas are complex in their own way which requires testers to understand many intricate details and everyone cannot completely learn all the areas, choose any niche you like and develop skills to stay in demand in that area.
