State of Software Testing in Georgia 2026

Gender

Gender

Age

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Student

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Employment status

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Seniority

What is your seniority level in the company?

Testing direction

What direction are you working?

Experience in testing

How long have you been working in Software Testing?

Employment sector

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Employer country

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Industry

In which industry do you work as a software specialist?

Organization size

What is the total number of employees in your organization?

Salary NET GEL

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ISTQB certified

Are you ISTQB certified?

ISTQB level

What ISTQB certifications do you have?

Planning to certify

Are you planning on getting certified?

Quality KPIs

What specific metrics and KPIs do you rely on to measure software quality?

Automation frameworks

Which testing automation frameworks are utilized in your processes?

Scripting languages for automation

Which scripting languages are utilized in your automation processes?

CI/CD tools

Which tools facilitate your CI/CD processes?

API testing tools

Which tool handles your API testing?

Performance testing tools

Which tools are utilized for Performance Testing in your processes?

Performance metrics

What metrics do you measure during performance testing?

Mobile testing tools

What tools do you use to test mobile apps?

Test management tools

Which tools are utilized for test management in your processes?

AI tools use

Do you use AI-driven features in your testing procedures?

AI tools (specific)

Which tools do you use?

AI test validation

How do you validate that AI-generated tests are actually testing the right things?

AI-native vs traditional tools

How do you compare AI-native testing platforms to traditional automation tools?

AI use cases

For which specific tasks do you use AI in your testing process?

MCP usage

Are you using MCP to bridge LLMs with internal data silos?

Human-in-the-loop stages

Where is Human-in-the-loop mandatory in your STLC?

Share of bugs found by AI

What percentage of production failures are identified by AI agents vs traditional scripted automation?

AI ROI metrics

How do you measure the ROI of AI in testing beyond time saved writing code?

AI agent safety

What safety boundaries have you implemented for AI agents to prevent production data modification or PII leakage?

SDET hiring and AI

How have your hiring requirements for SDETs changed in the last 12 months regarding AI literacy?

Manual tester career in the AI era

What does the career ladder look like for a Manual Tester now that AI handles regression and test data generation?

Critical skills for Quality Engineers

What technical skills are most critical for a Quality Engineer today?

Has taken training

Did you take any training about software testing?

Testing news sources

What are/is the sources to get news around software testing?

Testing challenges in Georgia

Challenges in software testing in Georgia

Effective development approaches

An effective approach to develop testing direction would be:

Gender - Seniority

Gender - Testing direction

Gender - Experience in testing

Seniority - Salary NET GEL

• average: 5179 ₾
• median: 4500 ₾

Experience in testing - Salary NET GEL

• average: 5179 ₾
• median: 4500 ₾