IT Role Rank Poland
#50 by score · #51 editorially · Software Development

QA Automation / SDET

Tier 4 · Safe if you evolveAI risk: mediumMixed63 offers on SOLID.Jobs

Writing tests > clicking; but AI testing tools are catching up

Overall scoreDerived
5.12/ 10
#50 of 73 by score with the default weights. #51 in the editorial ranking.
  • Salary 30% × 3.20.97
  • AI resistance 35% × 5.01.75
  • Demand 20% × 6.01.20
  • Remote work 10% × 9.00.90
  • Low stress 5% × 6.00.30

Salary, k PLN per month

Mixed
051015202530Estimate≈12–22Market B2B16–21 · 56 offers · SOLID.JobsMarket employment11.5–15 · 7 offers · SOLID.Jobs

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

Range MID → SENIOR
≈12–22
Range midpoint
≈17.0
Junior Derived
≈8.5
Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
≈11.6
Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
≈13.9

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

Estimate
DevOpsBackend DevQA Lead

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

Key certifications

Estimate
ISTQB + framework practice

Scores 1–10

Estimate
  • AI resistance5/10
    10 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
  • Demand6/10
    10 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
  • Remote work9/10
    10 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
  • Stress4/10
    10 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
  • Entry barrier5/10
    10 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
  • Prestige5/10
    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
63offers · 30 employers
18.5kB2B median · 16–21k
12.3kemployment median · 7 offers
35%remote · 60% hybrid

Most common stack

  • Test automation
  • SQL
  • CI/CD
  • Java
  • Jira
  • API testing
  • Playwright
  • Git
  • Manual testing
  • Postman
  • Selenium
  • Agile

requirednice to have% of this role's offers

Experience level

Junior 2%Regular 56%Senior 43%

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

Matching: 62 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.