Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified: how to get into this work
Also called: Quality assurance analyst (computers), Software tester, Systems tester
This unit group covers software and applications developers and analysts not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 251: Software and Applications Developers and Analysts. For instance, the group includes those professionals specializing in quality assurance, including software testing.
Main tasks
- Developing and documenting software testing plans
- Installing software and hardware and configuring operating system software in preparation for testing
- Verifying that programs function according to user requirements and established guidelines
- Executing, analysing and documenting results of software application tests and information and telecommunication systems tests
- Developing and implementing software and information system testing policies, procedures and scripts
Ways in
- University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 24 universities in Hong Kong
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified: how do I get into this work?
Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees.
Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified: do you need a degree for this work?
Usually. 91% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified: will AI change this work?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026