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The web today holds more than 190 million active sites. Their purposes differ — sales, brand awareness, spreading news — but one requirement applies to all of them: they have to work correctly. That is the web tester's responsibility. They are the reason a site does not merely have a domain but works properly across devices and does the job it was built for.

What a web tester does

Someone in this role does not write code, design anything or build interfaces. They check: whether the site or application misbehaves, whether the product works across browsers and devices, and how well its functionality has been put together.

A web tester's responsibilities

To do the job well, a tester draws on a range of software, technologies and methodologies. The responsibilities are:

Functional testing. Whether forms fill in correctly and buttons work, for instance.
Usability testing. The tester makes sure the interface is intuitive.
Compatibility testing. They confirm a user can work with the product comfortably from a desktop, a phone or a tablet.
Performance testing. Load times, resilience under load and how quickly the product responds to a user are all measured here.
Regression testing. After bugs are fixed, the tester confirms the changes have not broken anything else on the site.

Testing web applications carries more responsibilities than testing sites, because an application's architecture is more complex and runs deeper.

What makes web testing appealing

175 sites are created every minute — no figure says more about the demand for people in this field. The advantages do not end there:

getting into the profession does not require deep skills or an impressive track record;
the work can be a launch pad into other areas such as automation, analytics or development;
you can take on varied projects and never meet routine or burnout;
testers usually work remotely, which means you set your own schedule and can live and work in different countries.

What a web application tester earns

A beginner in this field earns at least $50,000 a year in the USA. An experienced web tester earns more than that. On freelance platforms such as Upwork and Freelancer, rates range from $15 to $50 an hour.

Pay depends on the employer's region, on experience and on skills. If you are just starting out, invest in good training and build your hard and soft skills to a level that will impress an employer.

What web testing training covers

At the PASV programming school you can take web testing courses covering both the fundamentals and the more advanced aspects of the field. Guided by experienced practitioners, you will learn the fundamentals of testing and its methodologies, work with a wide range of tools, understand how web technologies function, and much more.

Discover a promising, well-paid and genuinely interesting tech profession with PASV.