IT Role Rank Poland
#72 by score · #72 editorially · Software Development

Manual QA Tester

Tier 5 · Under pressureAI risk: highMixed38 offers on SOLID.Jobs

The most directly threatened developer-adjacent role

Overall scoreDerived
2.89/ 10
#72 of 73 by score with the default weights. #72 in the editorial ranking.
  • Salary 30% × 1.60.49
  • AI resistance 35% × 2.00.70
  • Demand 20% × 3.00.60
  • Remote work 10% × 8.00.80
  • Low stress 5% × 6.00.30

Salary, k PLN per month

Mixed
051015202530Estimate≈6–11Market B2B12.6–15.7 · 32 offers · SOLID.JobsMarket employment6.8–12.1 · 6 offers · SOLID.Jobs

estimate MID → SENIORmarket (SOLID.Jobs): middle half of offersmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)

Range MID → SENIOR
≈6–11
Range midpoint
≈8.5
Junior Derived
≈4.3
Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
≈5.8
Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
≈7.0

NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.

Easiest transitions

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2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)

Key certifications

Estimate
ISTQB Foundation

Scores 1–10

Estimate
  • AI resistance2/10
    10 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
  • Demand3/10
    10 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
  • Remote work8/10
    10 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
  • Stress4/10
    10 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
  • Entry barrier3/10
    10 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
  • Prestige2/10
    10 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula

The market in job ads

From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 13/11/2026
38offers · 26 employers
14.7kB2B median · 12.6–15.7k
8.1kemployment median · 6 offers
34%remote · 55% hybrid

Most common stack

  • Jira
  • Manual testing
  • Postman
  • SQL
  • API testing
  • Test cases
  • Requirements analysis
  • Functional testing
  • Integration testing
  • Scrum
  • REST
  • Test scenarios

requirednice to have% of this role's offers

Experience level

Junior 5%Regular 63%Senior 32%

20325 Q114625 Q215425 Q311025 Q413526 Q114326 Q225426 Q33226 Q4
Offers per quarter in Testing · hollow dot = quarter in progress

Matching: 37 by title, 1 by category. Pay is the midpoint of each offer's range in PLN per month (B2B net, employment gross); the median and the band holding the middle half of offers are shown.

Salaries in job-board reports

From reports

No Fluff Jobs: „Kariera w IT 2026”data for H1 2026

These are the report's figures for the whole Testing/QA category, not for this role alone.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Junior7.4–10.15.7–8
Mid14.4–18.510–14
Senior20.2–23.515–18

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. A dash means the report gives no amount because there were too few ads. Source: page 17 of the report.

No Fluff Jobs: „Rynek pracy IT w Polsce 2025/2026”data for 2025

These are the report's figures for the whole Testing category, not for this role alone.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Overall17–2212–16
Junior6.5–95.8–8.2
Mid14–18.510–14.5
Senior20.2–2515–19.1

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. Year-on-year change of the overall upper median: B2B -3.0%, employment -5.9%. Source: pages 27 and 31 of the report.

Reports are shown on their own, with a link and page number. They are not averaged with SOLID.Jobs data because they measure something else: the report gives the median lower and upper bounds, SOLID.Jobs the median of the range midpoints.