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+# Data provenance — software-tester
+
+Where the content of this skill package comes from, counted by
+content items (tasks, competences, tools, evidence entries, curated
+knowledge). Rendered live by Gitea:
+
+```mermaid
+%%{init: {'theme':'base','themeVariables':{'pie1':'#f9a825','pie2':'#1e88e5','pie3':'#ff355e','pie4':'#d97757','pie5':'#8e24aa','pieOuterStrokeWidth':'0px','pieSectionTextColor':'#fff'}}}%%
+pie showData
+    title Content sources — software-tester
+    "ESCO (occupation & competences)" : 81
+    "O*NET (tasks & tools)" : 486
+    "Job boards (market evidence)" : 130
+    "Anthropic official Claude skills" : 9
+    "External AI skill packs (mapped)" : 104
+```
+
+| Source | Items | Share | Files |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| ESCO (occupation & competences) | 81 | 10.0 % | references/profile.md, references/skills.md |
+| O*NET (tasks & tools) | 486 | 60.0 % | references/tasks.md, references/tools.md |
+| Job boards (market evidence) | 130 | 16.0 % | references/market.md (full report) + "Market evidence" headline sections |
+| Wikipedia & AI expert curation | 0 | 0.0 % | glossary, literature, usecases, intake, quality, evals/ |
+| Anthropic official Claude skills | 9 | 1.1 % | references/ai-skills.md, section "anthropics/skills" (official Claude Code skills) |
+| External AI skill packs (mapped) | 104 | 12.8 % | references/ai-skills.md (per-source attribution inside) |
+| Stack Exchange practitioner Q&A (CC-BY-SA) | 0 | 0.0 % | references/practitioner-qa.md (per-entry attribution inside) |
+
+Licensing: O*NET (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0) · ESCO (© European Union) ·
+job-ad evidence via official APIs (JSearch/Adzuna) · Wikipedia content
+paraphrased with source URLs — never copied · external AI skills are
+linked, not copied (Apache-2.0/MIT/source-available, see ai-skills.md).
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+---
+name: software-tester
+description: "Occupational skill for the role 'software tester' (also: module tester, application tester, soft tester, application software tester, software testing specialist, unit tester). Use when the user asks for typical software tester work such as: Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.; Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.; Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability."
+---
+
+# Software Tester
+
+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.
+
+## Core workflow
+
+1. Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
+2. Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.
+3. Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
+4. Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
+5. Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
+6. Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.
+7. Create or maintain databases of known test defects.
+8. Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
+
+## How to use this skill
+
+- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
+- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
+- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
+- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
+- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
+
+## Key competences (essential)
+
+- address problems critically
+- execute software tests
+- levels of software testing
+- perform software unit testing
+- provide software testing documentation
+- replicate customer software issues
+- report test findings
+- software anomalies
+- software architecture models
+- software metrics
+
+## Hot technologies
+
+- IBM SPSS Statistics
+- SAS
+- The MathWorks MATLAB
+- Atlassian Bitbucket
+- Docker
+- GitHub
+- GitLab
+- Red Hat OpenShift
+- Spring Boot
+- Tableau
+
+
+<!-- hot-tech -->
+
+## Hot technologies
+
+Top tools from 42 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-19):
+
+- JIRA — 31 %
+- Selenium — 31 %
+- Postman — 17 %
+- Cypress — 14 %
+- AWS — 12 %
+- Jenkins — 12 %
+- Playwright — 12 %
+- Azure DevOps — 10 %
+- Docker — 10 %
+- appium — 7 %
+
+<!-- hot-tech -->
+
+---
+*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/106f79e4-6264-45f1-9e7a-297435cd684b), O*NET 30.3 (15-1253.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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+{
+  "name": "software-tester",
+  "title": "software tester",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "layer": "core",
+  "language": "en",
+  "generated": "2026-07-07",
+  "ids": {
+    "esco_uri": "http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/106f79e4-6264-45f1-9e7a-297435cd684b",
+    "esco_code": "2519.7",
+    "isco_group": "2519",
+    "onet_soc": "15-1253.00",
+    "crosswalk_match": "exactMatch"
+  },
+  "sources": [
+    {
+      "name": "ESCO",
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "url": "https://esco.ec.europa.eu/"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "O*NET",
+      "version": "30.3",
+      "url": "https://www.onetcenter.org/",
+      "license": "CC BY 4.0"
+    }
+  ],
+  "attribution": "This package includes information from the O*NET Database (v30.3) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0. skillfactor is not endorsed by USDOL/ETA. ESCO data (v1.2.1) (c) European Union, used per the ESCO download conditions: https://esco.ec.europa.eu/en/use-esco/download",
+  "counts": {
+    "tasks": 30,
+    "dwas": 26,
+    "skills_essential": 10,
+    "skills_optional": 70,
+    "software": 429
+  },
+  "enrichment_ai_skills": {
+    "generated": "2026-07-14",
+    "method": "deterministic mapping (ISCO prefix + title/competence keywords)",
+    "sources": {
+      "anthropics/skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/anthropics/skills",
+        "commit": "f6656c1",
+        "license": "Apache-2.0; the document skills (docx/pdf/pptx/xlsx) are source-available \u2014 see the LICENSE.txt in the upstream skill folder",
+        "skills": 6
+      },
+      "obra/superpowers": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/obra/superpowers",
+        "commit": "d884ae0",
+        "license": "MIT (c) Jesse Vincent",
+        "skills": 12
+      },
+      "wshobson/agents": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/wshobson/agents",
+        "commit": "6fd3247",
+        "license": "MIT (c) Seth Hobson",
+        "skills": 12
+      },
+      "NVIDIA/skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills",
+        "commit": "153b14b",
+        "license": "CC-BY-4.0 (skills/docs), Apache-2.0 (code)",
+        "skills": 12
+      },
+      "veniceai/skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/veniceai/skills",
+        "commit": "de089fa",
+        "license": "MIT",
+        "skills": 5
+      },
+      "LambdaTest/agent-skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills",
+        "commit": "54824d6",
+        "license": "MIT",
+        "skills": 12
+      },
+      "cypress-io/ai-toolkit": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit",
+        "commit": "9c9038e",
+        "license": "MIT",
+        "skills": 3
+      },
+      "czlonkowski/n8n-skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills",
+        "commit": "9ea3aa5",
+        "license": "MIT",
+        "skills": 12
+      },
+      "foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills",
+        "commit": "34429a8",
+        "license": "Apache-2.0",
+        "skills": 1
+      },
+      "zebbern/claude-code-guide": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide",
+        "commit": "d2c5280",
+        "license": "MIT",
+        "skills": 1
+      },
+      "jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills": {
+        "repo": "https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills",
+        "commit": "e112938a",
+        "license": "MIT",
+        "skills": 4
+      }
+    },
+    "total_skills": 80,
+    "tiers": {
+      "core": 49,
+      "adjacent": 31
+    }
+  },
+  "provenance": {
+    "items": {
+      "esco": 81,
+      "onet": 486,
+      "jobads": 130,
+      "wiki_ai": 0,
+      "anthropic": 9,
+      "ai_skills": 104,
+      "stackx": 0
+    },
+    "share_percent": {
+      "esco": 10.0,
+      "onet": 60.0,
+      "jobads": 16.0,
+      "wiki_ai": 0.0,
+      "anthropic": 1.1,
+      "ai_skills": 12.8,
+      "stackx": 0.0
+    },
+    "method": "content items per source category"
+  },
+  "collar": "white",
+  "computer_work": true
+}
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+# External AI agent skills — software-tester
+
+Proven, publicly available AI agent skills mapped to this occupation.
+Nothing is copied from the sources: every entry is a name, a one-line
+summary and a link to the upstream skill package. Each section names
+its source repository, commit, license and retrieval date.
+
+**Tiers:** `core` = the skill directly exercises a top market hard
+skill, tool or method (from gated job-ad evidence) or an essential
+ESCO competence of this occupation; `adjacent` =
+plausibly useful, secondary. Entries are capped at 12 per source
+and 80 in total per occupation (core first,
+strongest matches survive); everything beyond the caps is excluded
+and logged in the pipeline audit trail, not in this package.
+
+_Matched deterministically (ISCO group + title/competence keywords,
+tiered against market evidence + ESCO essentials) by
+`pipeline/p5_enrich_ai_skills.py` on 2026-07-14._
+
+## Source: anthropics/skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/anthropics/skills](https://github.com/anthropics/skills) (commit `f6656c1`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0; the document skills (docx/pdf/pptx/xlsx) are source-available — see the LICENSE.txt in the upstream skill folder
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `webapp-testing` | core | Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing browser screenshots, and viewing browser logs. | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/webapp-testing) |
+| `skill-creator` | adjacent | Create new skills, modify and improve existing skills, and measure skill performance. Use when users want to create a skill from scratch, edit, or optimize an existing skill, run evals to test a skill, benchmark skill performance with … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator) |
+| `claude-api` | adjacent | Reference for the Claude API / Anthropic SDK — model ids, pricing, params, streaming, tool use, MCP, agents, caching, token counting, model migration. TRIGGER — read BEFORE opening the target file; don't skip because it "looks like a … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/claude-api) |
+| `docx` | adjacent | Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', '.dotx', or requests to … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx) |
+| `mcp-builder` | adjacent | Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/mcp-builder) |
+| `pdf` | adjacent | Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs apart, rotating pages, adding watermarks, creating … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf) |
+
+## Source: obra/superpowers
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/obra/superpowers](https://github.com/obra/superpowers) (commit `d884ae0`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT (c) Jesse Vincent
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `systematic-debugging` | core | Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/systematic-debugging) |
+| `test-driven-development` | adjacent | Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/test-driven-development) |
+| `finishing-a-development-branch` | adjacent | Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work - guides completion of development work by presenting structured options for merge, PR, or cleanup | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/finishing-a-development-branch) |
+| `executing-plans` | adjacent | Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/executing-plans) |
+| `subagent-driven-development` | adjacent | Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/subagent-driven-development) |
+| `brainstorming` | adjacent | You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation. | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/brainstorming) |
+| `dispatching-parallel-agents` | adjacent | Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents) |
+| `receiving-code-review` | adjacent | Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/receiving-code-review) |
+| `requesting-code-review` | adjacent | Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/requesting-code-review) |
+| `using-git-worktrees` | adjacent | Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/using-git-worktrees) |
+| `verification-before-completion` | adjacent | Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/verification-before-completion) |
+| `writing-plans` | adjacent | Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code | [source](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/writing-plans) |
+
+## Source: wshobson/agents
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/wshobson/agents](https://github.com/wshobson/agents) (commit `6fd3247`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT (c) Seth Hobson
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `bats-testing-patterns` | core | Master Bash Automated Testing System (Bats) for comprehensive shell script testing. Use when writing tests for shell scripts, CI/CD pipelines, or requiring test-driven development of shell utilities. | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/shell-scripting/skills/bats-testing-patterns) |
+| `e2e-testing-patterns` | core | Master end-to-end testing with Playwright and Cypress to build reliable test suites that catch bugs, improve confidence, and enable fast deployment. Use when implementing E2E tests, debugging flaky tests, or establishing testing standards. | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/developer-essentials/skills/e2e-testing-patterns) |
+| `performance-testing-review-test-automator (agent)` | core | Master AI-powered test automation with modern frameworks, self-healing tests, and comprehensive quality engineering. Build scalable testing strategies with advanced CI/CD integration. Use PROACTIVELY for testing automation or quality … | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/performance-testing-review/agents/test-automator.md) |
+| `unit-testing-test-automator (agent)` | core | Master AI-powered test automation with modern frameworks, self-healing tests, and comprehensive quality engineering. Build scalable testing strategies with advanced CI/CD integration. Use PROACTIVELY for testing automation or quality … | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/unit-testing/agents/test-automator.md) |
+| `codebase-cleanup-test-automator (agent)` | core | Master AI-powered test automation with modern frameworks, self-healing tests, and comprehensive quality engineering. Build scalable testing strategies with advanced CI/CD integration. Use PROACTIVELY for testing automation or quality … | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/codebase-cleanup/agents/test-automator.md) |
+| `unit-testing-debugger (agent)` | core | Debugging specialist for errors, test failures, and unexpected behavior. Use proactively when encountering any issues. | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/unit-testing/agents/debugger.md) |
+| `api-testing-observability-api-documenter (agent)` | core | Master API documentation with OpenAPI 3.1, AI-powered tools, and modern developer experience practices. Create interactive docs, generate SDKs, and build comprehensive developer portals. Use PROACTIVELY for API documentation or developer … | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/api-testing-observability/agents/api-documenter.md) |
+| `performance-testing-review-performance-engineer (agent)` | core | Expert performance engineer specializing in modern observability, application optimization, and scalable system performance. Masters OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, load testing, multi-tier caching, Core Web Vitals, and performance … | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/performance-testing-review/agents/performance-engineer.md) |
+| `comprehensive-review-architect-review (agent)` | core | Master software architect specializing in modern architecture patterns, clean architecture, microservices, event-driven systems, and DDD. Reviews system designs and code changes for architectural integrity, scalability, and … | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/comprehensive-review/agents/architect-review.md) |
+| `debugging-toolkit-debugger (agent)` | core | Debugging specialist for errors, test failures, and unexpected behavior. Use proactively when encountering any issues. | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/debugging-toolkit/agents/debugger.md) |
+| `error-debugging-debugger (agent)` | core | Debugging specialist for errors, test failures, and unexpected behavior. Use proactively when encountering any issues. | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/error-debugging/agents/debugger.md) |
+| `debugging-strategies` | core | Master systematic debugging techniques, profiling tools, and root cause analysis to efficiently track down bugs across any codebase or technology stack. Use when investigating bugs, performance issues, or unexpected behavior. | [source](https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/main/plugins/developer-essentials/skills/debugging-strategies) |
+
+## Source: cypress-io/ai-toolkit
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit](https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit) (commit `9c9038e`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `cypress-author` | core | Creates, updates, and fixes Cypress tests (E2E/end-to-end and component tests). Use when the user asks to create tests, add tests, write tests, update tests, test this file/component, new spec, or fix a failing or flaky test. Apply even … | [source](https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit/tree/9c9038e/skills/cypress-author) |
+| `cypress-explain` | core | Explains Cypress tests (E2E and component tests), and answers questions about Cypress use and behavior. Use when the user asks to explain how a test works, explain how Cypress works, review or critique a test without writing code. Apply … | [source](https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit/tree/9c9038e/skills/cypress-explain) |
+| `cypress-docs` | core | Search and extract Cypress information from official documentation (docs.cypress.io, cypress.io); prefer LLM markdown under /llm/* and refuse unverified API or behavior claims. | [source](https://github.com/cypress-io/ai-toolkit/tree/9c9038e/skills/cypress-docs) |
+
+## Source: foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills) (commit `34429a8`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: Apache-2.0
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `autonomous-builder` | core | Full-stack software development agent for design, implementation, testing, and deployment. Use when the user explicitly asks for end-to-end project creation, feature development, bug fixing, or code refactoring. | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/autonomous-builder) |
+
+## Source: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills) (commit `e112938a`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `onenote-ci-integration` | core | Set up CI/CD pipelines for OneNote integrations with Graph API testing and mock strategies. Use when configuring GitHub Actions, setting up test credentials, or building mock-based CI tests. Trigger with "onenote ci", "onenote github … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/onenote-pack/skills/onenote-ci-integration) |
+| `webflow-ci-integration` | core | Configure Webflow CI/CD with GitHub Actions \u2014 automated CMS validation,\n\ integration tests with test tokens, and publish-on-merge workflows.\nUse when setting\ \ up automated testing or CI pipelines for Webflow … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/webflow-pack/skills/webflow-ci-integration) |
+| `anth-ci-integration` | core | Configure CI/CD pipelines for Anthropic Claude API integrations. Use when setting up automated testing, prompt regression tests, or CI validation for Claude-powered features. Trigger with phrases like "anthropic ci", "claude ci/cd", "test … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/anthropic-pack/skills/anth-ci-integration) |
+| `customerio-ci-integration` | core | Configure Customer.io CI/CD integration with automated testing. Use when setting up GitHub Actions, integration test suites, or pre-commit validation for Customer.io code. Trigger: "customer.io ci", "customer.io github actions", … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/saas-packs/customerio-pack/skills/customerio-ci-integration) |
+
+## Source: zebbern/claude-code-guide
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide](https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide) (commit `d2c5280`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `test-suite-architect` | core | This skill should be used when establishing comprehensive QA testing processes for any software project. Use when creating test strategies, writing test cases following Google Testing Standards, executing test plans, tracking bugs with … | [source](https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide/tree/d2c5280/skills/test-suite-architect) |
+
+## Source: LambdaTest/agent-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills) (commit `54824d6`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `flutter-testing-skill` | core | Generates Flutter widget tests, integration tests, and golden tests in Dart. Supports local execution and TestMu AI cloud for real device testing. Use when user mentions "Flutter", "widget test", "WidgetTester", "testWidgets", … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/flutter-testing-skill) |
+| `testunit-skill` | core | Generates Test::Unit tests in Ruby. Classic xUnit-style testing with assert methods and test case classes. Use when user mentions "Test::Unit", "assert_equal Ruby", "Ruby test-unit". Triggers on: "Test::Unit", "Ruby test-unit", … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/testunit-skill) |
+| `capybara-skill` | core | Generates Capybara E2E tests in Ruby with RSpec integration. Acceptance testing DSL for web apps. Use when user mentions "Capybara", "visit", "fill_in", "click_button", "Ruby E2E". Triggers on: "Capybara", "Ruby acceptance test", … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/capybara-skill) |
+| `cicd-pipeline-skill` | core | Generates CI/CD pipeline configurations for test automation with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps. Includes TestMu AI cloud integration. Use when user mentions "CI/CD", "pipeline", "GitHub Actions", "Jenkins", "GitLab … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/cicd-pipeline-skill) |
+| `reqnroll-skill` | core | Generates production-grade Reqnroll BDD automation scripts for web (Selenium 3/4) and mobile (Appium 2) testing in C#. Supports parallel NUnit execution locally and on TestMu AI cloud. Use when the user asks to write BDD tests, automate … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/reqnroll-skill) |
+| `newman-cicd-integration` | core | Generate ready-to-use CI/CD pipeline configurations that install and run Newman for automated API testing. Use this skill whenever the user wants to run Newman in a CI pipeline, integrate Postman collections into automated builds, set up … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/api-skill/newman/newman-cicd-helper) |
+| `jest-skill` | core | Generates Jest unit and integration tests in JavaScript or TypeScript. Covers mocking, snapshots, async testing, and React component testing. Use when user mentions "Jest", "describe/it/expect", "jest.mock", "toMatchSnapshot". Triggers on: … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/jest-skill) |
+| `codeception-skill` | core | Generates Codeception tests in PHP covering acceptance, functional, and unit testing. BDD-style with Actor pattern. Use when user mentions "Codeception", "$I->amOnPage", "$I->see", "Cest". Triggers on: "Codeception", "$I->amOnPage", … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/codeception-skill) |
+| `selenide-skill` | core | Generates Selenide tests in Java. Concise UI testing framework built on Selenium with automatic waits and fluent API. Use when user mentions "Selenide", "$(selector)", "shouldBe(visible)", "Selenide Java". Triggers on: "Selenide", "$() … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/selenide-skill) |
+| `appium-skill` | core | Generates production-grade Appium mobile automation scripts for Android and iOS in Java, Python, or JavaScript. Supports real device and emulator testing locally and on TestMu AI cloud with 100+ real devices. Use when the user asks to … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/appium-skill) |
+| `junit-5-skill` | core | Generates production-grade JUnit 5 unit and integration tests in Java. Covers assertions, parameterized tests, lifecycle hooks, mocking with Mockito, and nested tests. Use when user mentions "JUnit", "JUnit 5", "@Test", "assertEquals", … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/junit-5-skill) |
+| `test-framework-migration-skill` | core | Migrates and converts test automation scripts between Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer, and Cypress. Use when the user asks to migrate, convert, or port tests from one framework to another; rewrite tests in a different framework; or switch … | [source](https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills/tree/54824d6/test-framework-migration-skill) |
+
+## Source: czlonkowski/n8n-skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills) (commit `9ea3aa5`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `using-n8n-mcp-skills` | core | Use when building, editing, validating, testing, or debugging an n8n workflow through the n8n-mcp MCP server — designing a flow, configuring a node, writing an expression or Code node, wiring credentials, or fixing one that misbehaves. The … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/using-n8n-mcp-skills) |
+| `n8n-self-hosting` | core | Deploy a production self-hosted n8n end-to-end to a fresh Linux VM over SSH, using Docker Compose behind a Caddy reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS. Use whenever the user wants to self-host, install, set up, provision, or deploy n8n on … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-self-hosting) |
+| `n8n-agents` | adjacent | Design n8n AI agents the right way. Use when building or editing any @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.* AI node — an AI Agent, LLM chain, Text Classifier, or Information Extractor — and whenever the user mentions AI agents, LLM with tools, tool … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-agents) |
+| `n8n-workflow-patterns` | adjacent | Proven workflow architectural patterns from real n8n workflows. Use when building new workflows, designing workflow structure, choosing workflow patterns, planning workflow architecture, or asking about webhook processing, HTTP API … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-workflow-patterns) |
+| `n8n-error-handling` | adjacent | Wire n8n error handling so failures are loud, structured, and recoverable. Use when building any webhook/API workflow, a scheduled or unattended workflow, or any path where a silent failure would drop user-visible work — and whenever the … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-error-handling) |
+| `n8n-node-configuration` | adjacent | Operation-aware node configuration guidance. Use when configuring nodes, understanding property dependencies, determining required fields, choosing between get_node detail levels, or learning common configuration patterns by node type. … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-node-configuration) |
+| `n8n-subworkflows` | adjacent | Build reusable, composable n8n sub-workflows. Use when extracting shared logic, building anything multi-step or reused across workflows, or any workflow over ~10 nodes — and whenever the user mentions sub-workflows, Execute Workflow, … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-subworkflows) |
+| `n8n-validation-expert` | adjacent | Interpret validation errors and guide fixing them. Use when encountering validation errors, validation warnings, false positives, operator structure issues, or need help understanding validation results. Also use when asking about … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-validation-expert) |
+| `n8n-binary-and-data` | adjacent | Handle files and binary data in n8n correctly. Use when working with files, images, PDFs, attachments, uploads or downloads, base64, vision/multimodal input, or when an AI agent needs a file as tool input or output — and whenever the user … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-binary-and-data) |
+| `n8n-code-javascript` | adjacent | Write JavaScript code in n8n Code nodes. Use when writing JavaScript in n8n, using $input/$json/$node syntax, making HTTP requests with this.helpers / the $helpers global, working with dates using DateTime, troubleshooting Code node … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-code-javascript) |
+| `n8n-code-python` | adjacent | Write Python code in n8n Code nodes. Use when writing Python in n8n, using _input/_json/_node syntax, working with standard library, or need to understand Python limitations in n8n Code nodes. Use this skill when the user specifically … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-code-python) |
+| `n8n-code-tool` | adjacent | Write JavaScript or Python for the n8n Custom Code Tool (@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolCode) — the AI-agent-callable tool, NOT the workflow Code node. Use when building a Code Tool attached to an AI Agent, writing code that an LLM will … | [source](https://github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills/tree/9ea3aa5/skills/n8n-code-tool) |
+
+## Source: NVIDIA/skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills) (commit `153b14b`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: CC-BY-4.0 (skills/docs), Apache-2.0 (code)
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `deepstream-dev` | core | NVIDIA DeepStream SDK 9.0 development with Python pyservicemaker API. Use when building video analytics pipelines, GStreamer-based video processing, TensorRT inference integration, object detection/tracking, or Kafka/message broker … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/deepstream-dev) |
+| `tao-run-platform` | core | TAO Execution SDK for submitting and monitoring GPU training jobs on supported platforms (Brev, SLURM, local Docker, Kubernetes). Use when the user wants to run TAO jobs through the SDK, get job tracking, S3 I/O wrapping, multi-node … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/tao-run-platform) |
+| `mcore-create-issue` | core | Investigate a failing GitHub Actions run or job and create a GitHub issue for the failure. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/mcore-create-issue) |
+| `tao-run-on-local-docker` | core | Local or remote Docker execution for TAO SDK job containers using a Docker daemon with NVIDIA GPU runtime. Use when running TAO jobs on the current machine, a directly attached Docker host, or a remote GPU box exposed through DOCKER_HOST. … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/tao-run-on-local-docker) |
+| `tilegym-cutile-autotuning` | core | Use when adding, modifying, optimizing, or debugging CuTile autotuning code. Trigger signals: `exhaustive_search` / `replace_hints` / `hints_fn` / `cuda.tile.tune` in code, `autotune` in filenames, or correctness/performance issues in … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/tilegym-cutile-autotuning) |
+| `vss-deploy-video-embedding` | core | Use this skill when deploying, operating, or integrating the VSS 3.2 GA RT-Embed Video Embedding microservice. Covers Docker Compose bring-up, GPU and storage prerequisites, the `/v1` REST API (file uploads, text and video embeddings, live … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/vss-deploy-video-embedding) |
+| `amc-setup-calibration-stack` | core | Launch AutoMagicCalib microservice and web UI from NGC release images via Docker Compose. Use when user says 'deploy auto calibration', 'launch auto calibration', 'launch AMC', 'start MS+UI', or 'set up auto-magic-calib'. Requires NGC API … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/amc-setup-calibration-stack) |
+| `deepstream-sop` | core | Use this skill when building, deploying, evaluating, debugging, or measuring latency for the DeepStream SOP Inference Microservice — a GPU-accelerated FastAPI service that detects whether operators perform assembly-line steps in order via … | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/deepstream-sop) |
+| `launch-nemo-rl` | core | Playbook for launching, monitoring, stopping, and debugging NeMo-RL recipes on a Kubernetes cluster via the nrl-k8s CLI. Covers ephemeral vs long-lived RayCluster modes, iterating on runs, and debugging hung or failed training jobs. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/launch-nemo-rl) |
+| `cuopt-install` | core | Install cuOpt for Python, C, or server via pip, conda, or Docker; verify the install. For building cuOpt from source, see cuopt-developer. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/cuopt-install) |
+| `dali-dynamic-mode` | core | DALI imperative dynamic mode (`nvidia.dali.experimental.dynamic`, ndd): use when working on ndd code or migrating pipelines; skip pipeline-only tasks. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/plugins/nvidia-skills/skills/dali-dynamic-mode) |
+| `holoscan-install-container` | core | Install Holoscan SDK via the NGC Docker container. Use for container-based installs; not for native apt/pip/Conda installs. | [source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/tree/153b14b/skills/holoscan-install-container) |
+
+## Source: veniceai/skills
+
+- Repository: [https://github.com/veniceai/skills](https://github.com/veniceai/skills) (commit `de089fa`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
+- License: MIT
+
+| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `venice-api-overview` | adjacent | High-level map of the Venice.ai API - base URL, authentication modes, endpoint categories, response headers, pricing model, error shape, and versioning. Load this first when starting any Venice integration. | [source](https://github.com/veniceai/skills/tree/de089fa/skills/venice-api-overview) |
+| `venice-api-keys` | adjacent | Manage Venice API keys. Covers GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE /api_keys, GET /api_keys/{id}, GET /api_keys/rate_limits, GET /api_keys/rate_limits/log, the two-step /api_keys/generate_web3_key wallet flow, INFERENCE vs ADMIN key types, and per-key … | [source](https://github.com/veniceai/skills/tree/de089fa/skills/venice-api-keys) |
+| `venice-auth` | adjacent | Authenticate to the Venice API with a Bearer API key or with an x402 / SIWE wallet. Covers header formats, the SIWE message fields, TTL and nonce rules, the venice-x402-client SDK, and how to choose between the two modes. | [source](https://github.com/veniceai/skills/tree/de089fa/skills/venice-auth) |
+| `venice-errors` | adjacent | Handle Venice API errors correctly. Covers the StandardError / DetailedError / ContentViolationError / X402InferencePaymentRequired body shapes, every meaningful status code (400, 401, 402, 403, 415, 422, 429, 500, 503, 504), the 402 … | [source](https://github.com/veniceai/skills/tree/de089fa/skills/venice-errors) |
+| `venice-responses` | adjacent | Use Venice's Alpha POST /responses endpoint - an OpenAI-compatible Responses API with typed output blocks (reasoning, message, function_call, web_search_call). Covers request shape, streaming, differences from /chat/completions, supported … | [source](https://github.com/veniceai/skills/tree/de089fa/skills/venice-responses) |
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+# Market evidence report — software-tester
+
+Source: **42 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 42), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19.
+This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
+reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
+
+## Seniority distribution
+
+| Seniority | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|
+| mid | 25 | 60 % |
+| senior | 8 | 19 % |
+| junior | 5 | 12 % |
+| lead | 4 | 10 % |
+
+## Tools — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | JIRA | 13 | 31 % |
+| 2 | Selenium | 13 | 31 % |
+| 3 | Postman | 7 | 17 % |
+| 4 | Cypress | 6 | 14 % |
+| 5 | AWS | 5 | 12 % |
+| 6 | Jenkins | 5 | 12 % |
+| 7 | Playwright | 5 | 12 % |
+| 8 | Azure DevOps | 4 | 10 % |
+| 9 | Docker | 4 | 10 % |
+| 10 | appium | 3 | 7 % |
+| 11 | Confluence | 3 | 7 % |
+| 12 | GitHub | 3 | 7 % |
+| 13 | GitHub Actions | 3 | 7 % |
+| 14 | JUnit | 3 | 7 % |
+| 15 | Kubernetes | 3 | 7 % |
+
+## Hard skills — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | defect identification | 14 | 33 % |
+| 2 | regression testing | 14 | 33 % |
+| 3 | software testing | 14 | 33 % |
+| 4 | integration testing | 9 | 21 % |
+| 5 | performance testing | 8 | 19 % |
+| 6 | test case creation | 8 | 19 % |
+| 7 | functional testing | 7 | 17 % |
+| 8 | api testing | 6 | 14 % |
+| 9 | root cause analysis | 6 | 14 % |
+| 10 | test automation | 6 | 14 % |
+| 11 | test plan creation | 6 | 14 % |
+| 12 | test case execution | 5 | 12 % |
+| 13 | test execution | 5 | 12 % |
+| 14 | debugging | 4 | 10 % |
+| 15 | defect management | 4 | 10 % |
+| 16 | end-to-end testing | 4 | 10 % |
+| 17 | manual testing | 4 | 10 % |
+| 18 | system testing | 4 | 10 % |
+| 19 | test case design | 4 | 10 % |
+| 20 | test plan design | 4 | 10 % |
+| 21 | troubleshooting | 4 | 10 % |
+| 22 | accessibility testing | 3 | 7 % |
+| 23 | defect analysis | 3 | 7 % |
+| 24 | defect tracking | 3 | 7 % |
+| 25 | exploratory testing | 3 | 7 % |
+| 26 | load testing | 3 | 7 % |
+| 27 | quality assurance | 3 | 7 % |
+| 28 | test case development | 3 | 7 % |
+| 29 | test planning | 3 | 7 % |
+| 30 | test script creation | 3 | 7 % |
+| 31 | usability testing | 3 | 7 % |
+
+## Methods — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | agile development | 11 | 26 % |
+| 2 | scrum | 6 | 14 % |
+| 3 | devsecops | 4 | 10 % |
+| 4 | software development lifecycle (SDLC) | 4 | 10 % |
+| 5 | automated testing | 3 | 7 % |
+| 6 | ci/cd pipelines | 3 | 7 % |
+| 7 | continuous integration | 3 | 7 % |
+
+## Responsibilities — full market ranking
+
+| # | Item | Ads | Share |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | defect tracking | 10 | 24 % |
+| 2 | test case execution | 6 | 14 % |
+| 3 | test execution | 6 | 14 % |
+| 4 | test script maintenance | 5 | 12 % |
+| 5 | defect resolution | 4 | 10 % |
+| 6 | test documentation maintenance | 4 | 10 % |
+| 7 | defect documentation | 3 | 7 % |
+| 8 | defect reporting | 3 | 7 % |
+| 9 | functional testing | 3 | 7 % |
+| 10 | regression testing | 3 | 7 % |
+| 11 | test plan execution | 3 | 7 % |
+| 12 | test result documentation | 3 | 7 % |
+
+## Regional breakdown
+
+> **Corpus note:** 42 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
+
+### US (us)
+
+42 ads.
+
+**Top hard skills:**
+
+- defect identification — 33 % (14 ads)
+- regression testing — 33 % (14 ads)
+- software testing — 33 % (14 ads)
+- integration testing — 21 % (9 ads)
+- performance testing — 19 % (8 ads)
+- test case creation — 19 % (8 ads)
+- functional testing — 17 % (7 ads)
+- api testing — 14 % (6 ads)
+- root cause analysis — 14 % (6 ads)
+- test automation — 14 % (6 ads)
+
+**Top tools:**
+
+- JIRA — 31 % (13 ads)
+- Selenium — 31 % (13 ads)
+- Postman — 17 % (7 ads)
+- Cypress — 14 % (6 ads)
+- AWS — 12 % (5 ads)
+- Jenkins — 12 % (5 ads)
+- Playwright — 12 % (5 ads)
+- Azure DevOps — 10 % (4 ads)
+- Docker — 10 % (4 ads)
+- appium — 7 % (3 ads)
+
+**Seniority:** mid 60 % · senior 19 % · junior 12 % · lead 10 %
+
+### UK (gb)
+
+**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
+
+### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
+
+**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
+
+
+## Job title variants in the market
+
+| Title | Ads |
+|---|---|
+| Software Tester | 4 |
+| Software Test Engineer | 3 |
+| Automation Tester | 2 |
+| Senior Software Test Engineer | 2 |
+| 10Years software testing / QA. - (Onsite - In Person Interview) | 1 |
+| Applications Tester | 1 |
+| Applications Tester with Security Clearance | 1 |
+| Back-End Tester | 1 |
+| Client Client UAT Tester Journeyman | 1 |
+| Entry-Level App Tester - Freelance / Review | 1 |
+| JR Software Tester | 1 |
+| Junior Software Tester | 1 |
+| Orace EBS QA / Tester - SCM & MFG | 1 |
+| Oracle Functional Tester – Fixed Assets | 1 |
+| PeopleSoft HCM Tester | 1 |
+| QA Tester Jobs | 1 |
+| QA/Test Automation Analyst | 1 |
+| Senior QA Engineer – Mobile (Manual + Automation) | 1 |
+| Senior Software Tester | 1 |
+| ServiceNow QA Tester (321) | 1 |
+| Software Applications Tester - TS/SCI with Polygraph | 1 |
+| Software Automation Test Lead | 1 |
+| Software Engineer in Test – C# / WPF | 1 |
+| Software QA Engineer | 1 |
+| Software QA Lead | 1 |
+
+Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.
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+# Occupation profile — software tester
+
+- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/106f79e4-6264-45f1-9e7a-297435cd684b
+- **ESCO code:** 2519.7
+- **ISCO-08 group:** 2519 — Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified
+- **O*NET-SOC:** 15-1253.00 — Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (match: exactMatch)
+
+## Description (ESCO)
+
+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.
+
+## Definition
+
+nan
+
+## Alternative labels
+
+- module tester
+- application tester
+- soft tester
+- application software tester
+- software testing specialist
+- unit tester
+- software testers
+- software application tester
+- tester
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+++ b/references/skills.md
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+# Competences — software tester
+
+Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/106f79e4-6264-45f1-9e7a-297435cd684b).
+
+## Essential
+
+- **address problems critically** (skill/competence)
+- **execute software tests** (skill/competence)
+- **levels of software testing** (knowledge)
+- **perform software unit testing** (skill/competence)
+- **provide software testing documentation** (skill/competence)
+- **replicate customer software issues** (skill/competence)
+- **report test findings** (skill/competence)
+- **software anomalies** (knowledge)
+- **software architecture models** (knowledge)
+- **software metrics** (knowledge)
+
+## Optional
+
+- ABAP (knowledge)
+- Agile project management (knowledge)
+- AJAX (knowledge)
+- APL (knowledge)
+- application usability (knowledge)
+- ASP.NET (knowledge)
+- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- audit techniques (knowledge)
+- C# (knowledge)
+- C++ (knowledge)
+- COBOL (knowledge)
+- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
+- Common Lisp (knowledge)
+- computer programming (knowledge)
+- conduct ICT code review (skill/competence)
+- debug software (skill/competence)
+- develop automated software tests (skill/competence)
+- develop ICT test suite (skill/competence)
+- digital systems (knowledge)
+- Erlang (knowledge)
+- execute integration testing (skill/competence)
+- Groovy (knowledge)
+- hardware components (knowledge)
+- Haskell (knowledge)
+- ICT debugging tools (knowledge)
+- ICT performance analysis methods (knowledge)
+- ICT project management methodologies (knowledge)
+- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- JavaScript (knowledge)
+- LDAP (knowledge)
+- lean project management (knowledge)
+- LINQ (knowledge)
+- Lisp (knowledge)
+- manage schedule of tasks (skill/competence)
+- MATLAB (knowledge)
+- MDX (knowledge)
+- measure software usability (skill/competence)
+- Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
+- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- N1QL (knowledge)
+- Objective-C (knowledge)
+- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
+- Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- perform software recovery testing (skill/competence)
+- Perl (knowledge)
+- PHP (knowledge)
+- plan software testing (skill/competence)
+- Process-based management (knowledge)
+- Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- query languages (knowledge)
+- R (knowledge)
+- resource description framework query language (knowledge)
+- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- SAP R3 (knowledge)
+- SAS language (knowledge)
+- Scala (knowledge)
+- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- software components libraries (knowledge)
+- SPARQL (knowledge)
+- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
+- tools for ICT test automation (knowledge)
+- trading software (knowledge)
+- TypeScript (knowledge)
+- unstructured data (knowledge)
+- use scripting programming (skill/competence)
+- VBScript (knowledge)
+- Visual Basic (knowledge)
+- XQuery (knowledge)
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->
+
+## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 42 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
+
+Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
+
+### Hard skills
+
+- defect identification — **33 %**
+- regression testing — **33 %**
+- software testing — **33 %**
+- integration testing — **21 %**
+- performance testing — **19 %**
+- test case creation — **19 %**
+
+### Methods
+
+- agile development — **26 %**
+
+### Responsibilities
+
+- defect tracking — **24 %**
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->
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+# Tasks & work activities — software tester
+
+Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 15-1253.00 (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers).
+
+## Task statements
+
+- **[Core]** Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
+- **[Core]** Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.
+- **[Core]** Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
+- **[Core]** Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
+- **[Core]** Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
+- **[Core]** Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.
+- **[Core]** Create or maintain databases of known test defects.
+- **[Core]** Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
+- **[Core]** Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
+- **[Core]** Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks.
+- **[Core]** Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.
+- **[Core]** Develop or specify standards, methods, or procedures to determine product quality or release readiness.
+- **[Core]** Update automated test scripts to ensure currency.
+- **[Core]** Investigate customer problems referred by technical support.
+- **[Core]** Install, maintain, or use software testing programs.
+- **[Core]** Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.
+- **[Core]** Monitor program performance to ensure efficient and problem-free operations.
+- **[Core]** Conduct software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments.
+- **[Core]** Install and configure recreations of software production environments to allow testing of software performance.
+- **[Core]** Collaborate with field staff or customers to evaluate or diagnose problems and recommend possible solutions.
+- **[Core]** Identify program deviance from standards, and suggest modifications to ensure compliance.
+- **[Core]** Design or develop automated testing tools.
+- **[Core]** Coordinate user or third-party testing.
+- **[Core]** Perform initial debugging procedures by reviewing configuration files, logs, or code pieces to determine breakdown source.
+- **[Core]** Visit beta testing sites to evaluate software performance.
+- **[Core]** Evaluate or recommend software for testing or bug tracking.
+- **[Core]** Conduct historical analyses of test results.
+- **[nan]** Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
+- **[nan]** Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, or humidity in area of system installation.
+- **[nan]** Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
+
+## Detailed work activities
+
+- Analyze data to identify or resolve operational problems.
+- Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
+- Assess database performance.
+- Collaborate with others to determine design specifications or details.
+- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
+- Compile technical information or documentation.
+- Create databases to store electronic data.
+- Develop detailed project plans.
+- Develop performance metrics or standards related to information technology.
+- Develop testing routines or procedures.
+- Document design or development procedures.
+- Document operational activities.
+- Evaluate utility of software or hardware technologies.
+- Install computer software.
+- Manage documentation to ensure organization or accuracy.
+- Modify software programs to improve performance.
+- Monitor computer system performance to ensure proper operation.
+- Prepare data for analysis.
+- Provide customer service to clients or users.
+- Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware.
+- Read documents to gather technical information.
+- Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems.
+- Report maintenance or equipment problems to appropriate personnel.
+- Test computer system operations to ensure proper functioning.
+- Test software performance.
+- Troubleshoot issues with computer applications or systems.
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+# Tools & technology — software tester
+
+Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 15-1253.00.
+
+| Software | Category | Hot technology |
+|---|---|---|
+| IBM SPSS Statistics | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
+| SAS | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
+| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
+| Atlassian Bitbucket | Application server software | yes |
+| Docker | Application server software | yes |
+| GitHub | Application server software | yes |
+| GitLab | Application server software | yes |
+| Red Hat OpenShift | Application server software | yes |
+| Spring Boot | Application server software | yes |
+| Tableau | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes |
+| Slack | Cloud-based data access and sharing software | yes |
+| Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation | Cloud-based management software | yes |
+| Splunk Enterprise | Cloud-based management software | yes |
+| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
+| Bentley MicroStation | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
+| Chef | Configuration management software | yes |
+| Puppet | Configuration management software | yes |
+| Salesforce software | Customer relationship management CRM software | yes |
+| Amazon DynamoDB | Data base management system software | yes |
+| Apache Cassandra | Data base management system software | yes |
+| Apache Hadoop | Data base management system software | yes |
+| Elasticsearch | Data base management system software | yes |
+| MongoDB | Data base management system software | yes |
+| MySQL | Data base management system software | yes |
+| NoSQL | Data base management system software | yes |
+| Oracle PL/SQL | Data base management system software | yes |
+| Teradata Database | Data base management system software | yes |
+| Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS | Data base reporting software | yes |
+| Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Amazon Redshift | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Amazon Web Services AWS software | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Apache Hive | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| IBM DB2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Microsoft SQL Server | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Oracle Database | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Transact-SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
+| Google Analytics | Data mining software | yes |
+| Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes |
+| Apache Kafka | Development environment software | yes |
+| Apache Maven | Development environment software | yes |
+| Apache Subversion SVN | Development environment software | yes |
+| C | Development environment software | yes |
+| Eclipse IDE | Development environment software | yes |
+| Go | Development environment software | yes |
+| Microsoft .NET Framework | Development environment software | yes |
+| Microsoft Azure software | Development environment software | yes |
+| Microsoft PowerShell | Development environment software | yes |
+| Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes |
+| Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA | Development environment software | yes |
+| Microsoft Visual Studio | Development environment software | yes |
+| Oracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE | Development environment software | yes |
+| Ruby | Development environment software | yes |
+| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes |
+| Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software | yes |
+| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes |
+| Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
+| Jenkins CI | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
+| Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS | Enterprise application integration software | yes |
+| Oracle PeopleSoft | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes |
+| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes |
+| Ansible software | Expert system software | yes |
+| Git | File versioning software | yes |
+| ESRI ArcGIS software | Geographic information system | yes |
+| Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
+| Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
+| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
+| Trimble SketchUp Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
+| Apple Safari | Internet browser software | yes |
+| Mozilla Firefox | Internet browser software | yes |
+| Epic Systems | Medical software | yes |
+| Apache Spark | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| C# | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| jQuery | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| R | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| Scala | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| Swift | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
+| Hibernate ORM | Object oriented data base management software | yes |
+| PostgreSQL | Object oriented data base management software | yes |
+| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
+| Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes |
+| Bash | Operating system software | yes |
+| Google Android | Operating system software | yes |
+| Linux | Operating system software | yes |
+| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes |
+| Microsoft Windows Server | Operating system software | yes |
+| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Operating system software | yes |
+| Shell script | Operating system software | yes |
+| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
+| UNIX Shell | Operating system software | yes |
+| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
+| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
+| JUnit | Program testing software | yes |
+| Selenium | Program testing software | yes |
+| Atlassian Confluence | Project management software | yes |
+| Atlassian JIRA | Project management software | yes |
+| Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes |
+| Microsoft Team Foundation Server | Project management software | yes |
+| Microsoft Teams | Project management software | yes |
+| Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management | Project management software | yes |
+| Google Sheets | Spreadsheet software | yes |
+| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
+| Cisco Webex | Video conferencing software | yes |
+| Zoom | Video conferencing software | yes |
+| Adobe After Effects | Video creation and editing software | yes |
+| AJAX | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Apache Tomcat | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Cascading style sheets CSS | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Django | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Google Angular | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Hypertext markup language HTML | Web platform development software | yes |
+| JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes |
+| JavaScript Object Notation JSON | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Microsoft ASP.NET | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Node.js | Web platform development software | yes |
+| PHP | Web platform development software | yes |
+| React | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Spring Framework | Web platform development software | yes |
+| Google Docs | Word processing software | yes |
+| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
+| Citrix cloud computing software | Access software |  |
+| PuTTY | Access software |  |
+| Tax software | Accounting software |  |
+| Software distribution management software | Administration software |  |
+| Data analysis software | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| Dynamic modeling software | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| MathWorks Simulink | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| Minitab | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| StataCorp Stata | Analytical or scientific software |  |
+| Oracle Application Server | Application server software |  |
+| Oracle WebLogic Server | Application server software |  |
+| Red Hat WildFly | Application server software |  |
+| VMWare ESX Server | Application server software |  |
+| Backup and archival software | Backup or archival software |  |
+| Veritas NetBackup | Backup or archival software |  |
+| IBM Cognos Impromptu | Business intelligence and data analysis software |  |
+| MicroStrategy | Business intelligence and data analysis software |  |
+| Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition | Business intelligence and data analysis software |  |
+| Qlik Tech QlikView | Business intelligence and data analysis software |  |
+| Dropbox | Cloud-based data access and sharing software |  |
+| Google Drive | Cloud-based data access and sharing software |  |
+| IBM WebSphere | Cloud-based management software |  |
+| VMware | Clustering software |  |
+| IBM Domino | Communications server software |  |
+| Dassault Systemes CATIA | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
+| Moodle | Computer based training software |  |
+| Automated installation software | Configuration management software |  |
+| Deployment software | Configuration management software |  |
+| IBM Rational ClearCase | Configuration management software |  |
+| Patch management software | Configuration management software |  |
+| Perforce Helix software | Configuration management software |  |
+| Red Hat Ansible Engine | Configuration management software |  |
+| Revision control software | Configuration management software |  |
+| Visible Razor | Configuration management software |  |
+| Emerald Software Group Emerald Green Office | Content workflow software |  |
+| Twiki | Content workflow software |  |
+| Workflow software | Content workflow software |  |
+| Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge | Customer relationship management CRM software |  |
+| Oracle Eloqua | Customer relationship management CRM software |  |
+| Amazon Data Pipeline | Data base management system software |  |
+| Amazon Kinesis | Data base management system software |  |
+| Apache Flume | Data base management system software |  |
+| Apache HBase | Data base management system software |  |
+| Apache Oozie | Data base management system software |  |
+| Apache Pig | Data base management system software |  |
+| Apache Solr | Data base management system software |  |
+| Apache Sqoop | Data base management system software |  |
+| Computer Associates integrated data management system CA-IDMS | Data base management system software |  |
+| Data definition language DDL | Data base management system software |  |
+| Data manipulation language DML | Data base management system software |  |
+| Distributed database management software | Data base management system software |  |
+| Microsoft transact-structural query language T-SQL | Data base management system software |  |
+| Relational database management software | Data base management system software |  |
+| SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise | Data base management system software |  |
+| Structured Query Report SQR | Data base management system software |  |
+| Talend Big Data Integration | Data base management system software |  |
+| DataVision | Data base reporting software |  |
+| Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer | Data base reporting software |  |
+| Oracle Business Intelligence Suite | Data base reporting software |  |
+| Oracle Reports | Data base reporting software |  |
+| SAP Business Intelligence | Data base reporting software |  |
+| SAP Crystal Reports | Data base reporting software |  |
+| ADO.NET | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Airtable | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Blackboard software | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| FileMaker Pro | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| IEA Software Emerald | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Oracle JDBC | Data base user interface and query software |  |
+| Skype | Desktop communications software |  |
+| Microsoft Publisher | Desktop publishing software |  |
+| A programming language APL | Development environment software |  |
+| ABC Compiler | Development environment software |  |
+| Ada | Development environment software |  |
+| Adobe ActionScript | Development environment software |  |
+| Algorithmic language ALGOL | Development environment software |  |
+| American National Standards Institute ANSI C | Development environment software |  |
+| Apache Ant | Development environment software |  |
+| AWK | Development environment software |  |
+| Beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code BASIC | Development environment software |  |
+| Bigloo Scheme | Development environment software |  |
+| B-Method | Development environment software |  |
+| Call-processing language CPL | Development environment software |  |
+| Canu | Development environment software |  |
+| Common business oriented language COBOL | Development environment software |  |
+| Computer On-line Real-time Applications Language CORAL 66 | Development environment software |  |
+| CruiseControl | Development environment software |  |
+| Embarcadero JBuilder | Development environment software |  |
+| Embedded systems development software | Development environment software |  |
+| Event-driven State-machines Programming | Development environment software |  |
+| Formula translation/translator FORTRAN | Development environment software |  |
+| Forth | Development environment software |  |
+| Gambit Scheme | Development environment software |  |
+| Haskell | Development environment software |  |
+| IBM Rational ClearQuest | Development environment software |  |
+| IBM Rational Rose XDE | Development environment software |  |
+| ICON programming language | Development environment software |  |
+| Integrated development environment IDE software | Development environment software |  |
+| Interface definition language IDL | Development environment software |  |
+| Interstate connection ICON | Development environment software |  |
+| J | Development environment software |  |
+| JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA | Development environment software |  |
+| List processing language LISP | Development environment software |  |
+| Microsoft Azure DevOps Services | Development environment software |  |
+| Microsoft ESP SDK | Development environment software |  |
+| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript | Development environment software |  |
+| Microsoft Visual SourceSafe | Development environment software |  |
+| Microsoft Windows SDK | Development environment software |  |
+| MUMPS M | Development environment software |  |
+| National Instruments LabVIEW | Development environment software |  |
+| Pascal | Development environment software |  |
+| Programming language one PL/I | Development environment software |  |
+| Prolog | Development environment software |  |
+| Restructured extended executor REXX | Development environment software |  |
+| Scheme | Development environment software |  |
+| String oriented symbolic language SNOBOL | Development environment software |  |
+| Symantec Visual Cafe | Development environment software |  |
+| Verilog | Development environment software |  |
+| Web application software | Development environment software |  |
+| Web service definition language WDSL | Development environment software |  |
+| Xcode | Development environment software |  |
+| XML Path Language XPATH | Development environment software |  |
+| Microsoft DirectX | Device drivers or system software |  |
+| Document management system software | Document management software |  |
+| Google Gmail | Electronic mail software |  |
+| IBM Notes | Electronic mail software |  |
+| Microsoft Exchange | Electronic mail software |  |
+| Atlassian Bamboo | Enterprise application integration software |  |
+| Enterprise application integration EAI software | Enterprise application integration software |  |
+| IBM InfoSphere DataStage | Enterprise application integration software |  |
+| Oracle Fusion Middleware | Enterprise application integration software |  |
+| SAP NetWeaver | Enterprise application integration software |  |
+| Microsoft Dynamics | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| NetSuite ERP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| Oracle Fusion Applications | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| Oracle Hyperion | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| Oracle PeopleSoft Financials | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| SAP Business Objects | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |  |
+| IBM Power Systems software | Enterprise system management software |  |
+| Version control software | File versioning software |  |
+| File server software | Filesystem software |  |
+| Delphi Technology | Financial analysis software |  |
+| Oracle E-Business Suite Financials | Financial analysis software |  |
+| Geographic information system GIS software | Geographic information system |  |
+| Graphical user interface GUI builder software | Graphical user interface development software |  |
+| Graphical user interface GUI design software | Graphical user interface development software |  |
+| Salesforce Visualforce | Graphical user interface development software |  |
+| GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
+| JamBoard | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
+| Open Graphics Library OpenGL | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
+| SmugMug Flickr | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
+| Human resource management software HRMS | Human resources software |  |
+| Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software | Industrial control software |  |
+| Apache Avro | Information retrieval or search software |  |
+| LexisNexis | Information retrieval or search software |  |
+| Blink | Instant messaging software |  |
+| GroupMe | Instant messaging software |  |
+| Microsoft Internet Explorer | Internet browser software |  |
+| Web browser software | Internet browser software |  |
+| Voice over internet protocol VoIP system software | Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software |  |
+| Quest Erwin Data Modeler | Metadata management software |  |
+| Talend Data Fabric | Metadata management software |  |
+| LogMeIn GoToWebinar | Network conferencing software |  |
+| Nagios | Network monitoring software |  |
+| Wireshark | Network monitoring software |  |
+| IBM z/OS operating systems | Network operation system software |  |
+| Firewall software | Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software |  |
+| Network intrusion detection software | Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software |  |
+| Virtual private networking VPN software | Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software |  |
+| ABC: the AspectBench Compiler for AspectJ | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Acresso InstallAnywhere | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Advanced business application programming ABAP | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Apache Groovy | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Apache JMeter | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Apple Cocoa | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Collaborative Application Markup Language CAML | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Common Lisp Object System CLOS | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Component object model COM software | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Component-based Scalable Logical Architecture CSLA | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Distributed component object model DCOM software | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Document Object Model DOM Scripting | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| E++ pattern language | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Eiffel | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Embarcadero Delphi | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Jupyter Notebook | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Microsoft ActiveX | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Microsoft Visual Basic.NET | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Microsoft Visual C# .NET | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Modula | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Oberon | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Objective C | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Objective Caml | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| SAP PowerBuilder | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Simple API for XML SAX | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| Smalltalk | Object or component oriented development software |  |
+| LibreOffice | Office suite software |  |
+| Cisco IOS | Operating system software |  |
+| Disk operating system DOS | Operating system software |  |
+| Hewlett Packard HP-UX | Operating system software |  |
+| IBM AIX | Operating system software |  |
+| Job control language JCL | Operating system software |  |
+| KornShell | Operating system software |  |
+| Magellan Firmware | Operating system software |  |
+| Operating system shells | Operating system software |  |
+| Oracle Solaris | Operating system software |  |
+| Postman | Operating system software |  |
+| QNX | Operating system software |  |
+| Real time operating system RTOS software | Operating system software |  |
+| Ubuntu | Operating system software |  |
+| VMWare Workstation | Operating system software |  |
+| Win CE | Operating system software |  |
+| Wind River Systems VxWorks | Operating system software |  |
+| Wind River VxWorks | Operating system software |  |
+| Migration software | Platform interconnectivity software |  |
+| Apache HTTP Server | Portal server software |  |
+| Google Slides | Presentation software |  |
+| Appium | Program testing software |  |
+| Borland SilkTest | Program testing software |  |
+| Bugzilla | Program testing software |  |
+| Debugview | Program testing software |  |
+| Defect tracking software | Program testing software |  |
+| Dynamic analysis software | Program testing software |  |
+| ej-technologies JProfiler | Program testing software |  |
+| Fault testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| FileMon | Program testing software |  |
+| FitNesse | Program testing software |  |
+| Functional testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Hewlett Packard LoadRunner | Program testing software |  |
+| Hewlett-Packard HP QuickTest Professional | Program testing software |  |
+| Hewlett-Packard HP TestDirector for Quality Center | Program testing software |  |
+| Hewlett-Packard HP WinRunner | Program testing software |  |
+| IBM Rational PurifyPlus | Program testing software |  |
+| IBM Rational Robot | Program testing software |  |
+| Integration testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Interoperability testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Load testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Microsoft Playwright | Program testing software |  |
+| Migration testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Mutation testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| NUnit | Program testing software |  |
+| Recovery testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| RegMon | Program testing software |  |
+| Regression testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| REST Assured | Program testing software |  |
+| Security testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| SmartBear Software AutomatedQA TestComplete | Program testing software |  |
+| Source code editor software | Program testing software |  |
+| Static analysis software | Program testing software |  |
+| Stress testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| System testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Test design software | Program testing software |  |
+| Test implementation software | Program testing software |  |
+| TestNG | Program testing software |  |
+| Unit testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Usability testing software | Program testing software |  |
+| Watir | Program testing software |  |
+| YourKit Java Profiler | Program testing software |  |
+| IBM Rational RequisitePro | Requirements analysis and system architecture software |  |
+| Requirements management software | Requirements analysis and system architecture software |  |
+| Unified modeling language UML | Requirements analysis and system architecture software |  |
+| Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 | Storage networking software |  |
+| Storage area network SAN software | Storage networking software |  |
+| Anti-spyware software | Transaction security and virus protection software |  |
+| Antivirus software | Transaction security and virus protection software |  |
+| Encryption software | Transaction security and virus protection software |  |
+| McAfee | Transaction security and virus protection software |  |
+| NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software | Transaction security and virus protection software |  |
+| Customer information control system CICS | Transaction server software |  |
+| IBM Middleware | Transaction server software |  |
+| Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) | Transaction server software |  |
+| Object Management Group Object Request Broker | Transaction server software |  |
+| Web server software | Transaction server software |  |
+| FaceTime | Video conferencing software |  |
+| Google Meet | Video conferencing software |  |
+| LogMeIn GoToMeeting | Video conferencing software |  |
+| Flipgrid | Video creation and editing software |  |
+| Loom | Video creation and editing software |  |
+| Screencastify | Video creation and editing software |  |
+| YouTube | Video creation and editing software |  |
+| Adobe Dreamweaver | Web page creation and editing software |  |
+| Google Sites | Web page creation and editing software |  |
+| LinkedIn | Web page creation and editing software |  |
+| Social media sites | Web page creation and editing software |  |
+| Adobe Flex | Web platform development software |  |
+| Allaire ColdFusion | Web platform development software |  |
+| Apache Struts | Web platform development software |  |
+| Backbone.js | Web platform development software |  |
+| Drupal | Web platform development software |  |
+| Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML | Web platform development software |  |
+| Enterprise JavaBeans | Web platform development software |  |
+| Ext JS | Web platform development software |  |
+| Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML | Web platform development software |  |
+| Extensible stylesheet language transformations XSLT | Web platform development software |  |
+| LAMP Stack | Web platform development software |  |
+| Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC | Web platform development software |  |
+| Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP | Web platform development software |  |
+| RESTful API | Web platform development software |  |
+| Ruby on Rails | Web platform development software |  |
+| 3M Post-it App | Word processing software |  |
+| Evernote | Word processing software |  |
+| Microsoft OneNote | Word processing software |  |
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->
+
+## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 42 ads, as of 2026-07-19)
+
+Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
+
+### Tools
+
+- JIRA — **31 %**
+- Selenium — **31 %**
+
+<!-- market-evidence -->