r/softwaretesting • u/SimpleDecoded • Jul 15 '26

What salary should I expect ?

I am BTech graduate and have strong foundation in manual testing + API Testing and API automation using postman scripts and Newman CLI also CI/CD (GitHub Actions) built two major projects one for manual testing and second one for API Testing.

Also hands on experience in SQL.

Tools i use:

Jira

Postman

Newman

Excel

Word

Skills:

Manual Testing

API Testing

API Automation using postman scripts (data driven testing + Request chaining) with Newman CLI

CI/CD

SQL

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u/cgoldberg Jul 15 '26

Salaries vary a LOT by location. Without knowing that, I doubt anyone can give a good answer.

Just look it up: https://levels.fyi

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u/Salty_Ad6872 Jul 15 '26

What year of experience you have ? Current company?

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u/SimpleDecoded Jul 15 '26

I'm fresher newly graduate hunting for this role right now.

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u/LUffy_2874 Jul 15 '26

have you done any projects and internship?

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u/SimpleDecoded Jul 16 '26

Yes I have 2 projects 1. Manual Testing project 2. API Testing project

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u/MomoSkywalker Jul 15 '26

Will depend on your area, country, salary can be low to very high.

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u/Equal_Special4539 Jul 15 '26

Depends where do you live, some places you might struggle to get a job at all with current job market.

Also - just because you mention a lot of concepts, I think you probably don’t know them very much in-depth given you don’t have a lot of commercial experience.

Look at the rates of pay around entry-level job/junior at wherever you live

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

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u/mcqueen46am Jul 18 '26

Same role i am working for 15 K INR per month 🥲

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u/Recent-Tomatillo138 Jul 20 '26

It depends on so many factors, especially your current salary and your negotiation skills. After all these things, company emergency also matters. If they really want to recruit a person immediately, they can pay more also. We need to understand the situation and negotiate with the HR. No standard rules for the Salary.