“Companies are putting a higher value on security than on quality assurance. Testers need to get more involved in security, and there is a good opportunity for them to get these skills to help their career and make more money.”
—Joe Colantonio
Here are security skill-building lessons for QA testers, gathered from market data and from top technology-job analysts and application-security experts.
- Security testing skills have value
Current trends in the job market suggest that software QA testers who acquire security knowledge will face a more lucrative job market.
In 2019, the U.S. had approximately 130,000 information security analysts, the closest occupation to application-security professionals, according to data tracked by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That total is expected to grow by more than 40,000 over the next decade—a stunning rate of 31%.
While software developers also face high demand over the next decade—a 22% rise, according to the BLS—that amounts to a much larger absolute change of 316,000 workers.
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