Junior Software Tester Career Programme

The Pairview difference

Pairview is a specialist provider of career services and technical and management training. We concentrate on targeting the industry sectors where there are known skills-shortages, immediately putting you in demand. Our career path programmes produce highly talented individuals equipped to tackle the employment market.  We ensure that you get access to the very best career opportunities that your newly acquired and in-demand skills command.

Software Testing – greatly rewarding career opportunities

Today, there are 16,499 software testing related job vacancies available throughout the UK that pay in the range £30,000 – £58,000+ per annum (Source: Indeed, ITJobsWatch). With ever more complex IT systems, software testing is raising its profile and status as a valued profession across the world. Having qualified employees is more essential today than ever before.

Pairview’s unique pathway to break into this great career

Pairview’s Junior Software Tester programme will enable you to obtain the required skills, ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester qualification and work experience to build a great career in software testing at the starting salary of £27,000 per annum. As a Junior Software Tester, you should be proficient in creating test cases and executing them based on requirements. Knowledge of SQL and ability to write SQL statements in SQL Server will be advantageous. It is essential that you can demonstrate previous relevant web focused experience, with exposure to an array of testing experience which should include some of the following: deployment, regression, performance and functional and end user testing. ISTQB-BCS Certification will be preferable.

On top of being equipped with the technical and knowledge-based skills in this programme, you will also gain hands-on experience through Pairview’s Work Experience Project, which will allow you to work on a sample business scenarios and problems in sample business. You will receive the Work Experience Project once your programme is finished. The Work Experience Project is a 30-day project, and during this time period your trainers will be available to help you through your project one week after your project starts, and one week before your project submission date.

In order to enable your CV to be found in employer’s CV searches, we provide CV Surgery sessions to help you create your perfect CV that will help you get job offers for suitable roles. The CV surgery session is a 4-hour group session which you can join either online or on-site. Finally, when you get an interview, our consultants will guide you through interview questions and provide insight into how to promote your skills and experiences. The Interview Prep session is a 4-hour group session to which you can join either online or on-site.

Your roadmap to build a great career in Software Testing

1.       Software Testing Foundation Level and Exam | 3 days

• You will learn how to:
• Implement and lead testing
• Draft a detailed test plan
• Conduct static techniques with proper roles, responsibilities and tools
• Perform test design techniques
• Manage tests: planning, estimating, monitoring and controlling
• Control critical components using Configuration Management
• At the end of the course, you will prepare for and take the ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level Exam.

2.       Hands-on Work Experience Project | 30 days

• Hands-on Experience includes:
• When to apply static and dynamic techniques
• Organising test development processes
• Performing boundary value analysis
• Conducting walkthroughs and audits
• Differentiating statement, decision and condition coverage

3.       CV Surgery | 1 day

4.       Project Support | 1 day

5.       Project Presentation | 1 day

6.       Interview Preparation | 1 day

Any graduate looking for a career in software testing including such roles as testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers and software developers

Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows operating systems.

Junior Software Tester > Senior Software Tester > Test Analyst > Senior Test Analyst > Test Lead > Test Manager