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Software & IT

test engineer

Learned from 9 real résumés for this role.

Across 9 real U.S. résumés for a test engineer, the most distinctive skills are Router Administration, Software Lifecycle and Web Based Applications — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Router Administration
33% have it · 10810.6× vs average
Software Lifecycle
33% have it · 3603.5× vs average
Web Based Applications
33% have it · 2162.1× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

router administration
10810.6×
33% · N=3
software lifecycle
3603.5×
33% · N=3
web based applications
2162.1×
33% · N=3
network repair
2162.1×
33% · N=3
write reports
1706.9×
33% · N=3
client/server
1351.3×
33% · N=3
network upgrade
1201.2×
33% · N=3
test plan
810.8×
33% · N=3
security requirements
400.4×
33% · N=3
unix/linux
277.2×
33% · N=3
network installation
197.8×
33% · N=3
routing protocols
131.3×
33% · N=3
test cases
126.2×
33% · N=3
network maintenance
107.8×
33% · N=3
workflow
64.9×
33% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

front end developer14% · N=3programmer analyst14% · N=3associate project manager14% · N=3systems analyst14% · N=3project coordinator14% · N=3security id administrator14% · N=3telematics test engineer14% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

security engineer3% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Test Engineer need?

In 9 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Router Administration (33% have it), Software Lifecycle (33% have it), Web Based Applications (33% have it), Network Repair (33% have it), Write Reports (33% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Test Engineer roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Front End Developer (14% of moves, N=3), Programmer Analyst (14% of moves, N=3), Associate Project Manager (14% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Test Engineer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Security Engineer (3% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Test Engineer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 9 of them are Test Engineer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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