Analysis of “4th Edition Software Testing & Quality Report” by TestRail. Part 3

Trends and Findings from a recent software testing survey.

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Continue from Parts 1 & 2, more findings from the latest Software Testing & Quality Report (2025).

Finding 7: Manual testers still make up the majority of the software testing workforce.

Although most software projects have claimed to be “doing Agile” for over a decade, real end-to-end (E2E) test automation remains rare.

I’m not against manual testing, but in Agile projects that embrace constant and frequent change, shouldn’t E2E test automation play the leading role in the testing effort?

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Finding 8: Most teams won’t seek external help.