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Program testing software

Technology category · O*NET

Program testing software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 55 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 83rd percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.

A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.

Example software & tools

Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.

Software / tool Occupations Tags
Selenium 22 Hot In demand
Hewlett Packard LoadRunner 21
JUnit 20 Hot
Debugging software 13
System testing software 9
User interface design software 7
Defect tracking software 6
Rockwell RSLogix 5
Bugzilla 4
Load testing software 4
MITRE ATT&CK software 4 In demand
Regression testing software 4
Source code editor software 4
Usability testing software 4
Dynamic analysis software 3
Functional testing software 3
IBM Rational PurifyPlus 3
Integration testing software 3
Interoperability testing software 3
Kali Linux 3 In demand
Migration testing software 3
Mutation testing software 3
Personal computer diagnostic software 3
Recovery testing software 3
Security testing software 3
Static analysis software 3
Stress testing software 3
Test design software 3
Test implementation software 3
TestNG 3 In demand
Unit testing software 3
Watir 3
Borland SilkTest 2
Computer Associates Log Analyzer 2
Database testing software 2
Debuggers 2
Fault testing software 2
FitNesse 2
Hewlett Packard QuickTest Professional 2
IBM Rational Robot 2

Showing the top 40 of 77 products in this category.

Occupations that use Program testing software

Showing 40 of 55 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that use Program testing software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Lighting Technicians Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians Electrical Engineers Computer and Information Research Scientists Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Information Security Analysts Bioinformatics Scientists Mathematicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Program testing software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How AI is used by roles that use Program testing software

A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Program testing software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 50.9% of the 55 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (28 roles).

Across those roles, 47.9% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 43.4% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.91 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 32.0% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 24.2% you and AI go back and forth
learning 20.3% you ask AI to explain or teach
feedback loop 11.3% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 3.3% you do it; AI checks your work

Roles behind this signal

The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Works with AI Autonomy
Bioinformatics Scientists 44.5% 4.0/5
Computer Hardware Engineers 52.2% 4.0/5
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 33.4% 4.0/5
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 47.5% 4.0/5
Mathematicians 44.6% 4.0/5
Robotics Engineers 42.0% 4.0/5
Photonics Engineers 63.5% 4.0/5
Art Directors 54.1% 3.0/5
Management Analysts 62.4% 4.0/5
Architectural and Engineering Managers 66.3% 4.0/5
Electrical Engineers 45.2% 4.0/5
Remote Sensing Technicians 41.4% 3.5/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Program testing software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Program testing software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Program testing software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 6.2% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Program testing software (measured across 67 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 2,896,630 26.9%
Manufacturing 1,632,460 12.8%
Information 839,610 28.9%
Finance and Insurance 667,290 10.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 557,080 19.8%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 460,430 5.1%
Educational Services 429,060 3.1%
Wholesale Trade 417,070 6.9%
Health Care and Social Assistance 263,740 1.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 138,590 3.1%
Transportation and Warehousing 130,750 1.8%
Retail Trade 119,540 0.8%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Testing Laboratories and Services National industry 5.05× 31.3%
Engineering Services National industry 4.82× 29.9%
Information Sector 4.66× 28.9%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 4.34× 26.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 3.19× 19.8%
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers National industry 3.08× 19.1%
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation National industry 2.81× 17.4%
Nuclear Electric Power Generation National industry 2.55× 15.8%
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities National industry 2.45× 15.2%
Utilities Sector 2.27× 14.1%
Manufacturing Sector 2.06× 12.8%
Finance and Insurance Sector 1.73× 10.7%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Program testing software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/program-testing-software

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Singulariki. (2026). Program testing software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/program-testing-software

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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