Software testing market to hit $93.9B as automation accelerates
The global software testing market is set for major expansion, rising from USD $48.17 billion in 2025 to USD $93.94 billion by 2030, according to new data from Mordor Intelligence. The surge is driven by automation, AI integration, cloud-native development, and the rapid scaling of DevOps workflows, the report indicates.
For eeNews Europe readers, the findings highlight critical shifts in testing technologies, security priorities, and regional growth patterns shaping engineering strategies across Europe and beyond. Europe’s outlook seems to be steady, constrained by data-privacy fragmentation but boosted by sustainability goals and sovereign-cloud options.
Automation, cloud adoption, and mobile complexity
Organizations are increasingly adopting AI-driven testing tools, low-code automation, and predictive analytics to speed releases and improve resilience. According to the report, the boom in mobile and IoT ecosystems is adding complexity, pushing engineering teams toward real-device labs, mobile test clouds, and crowdsourced testing to capture issues that controlled environments often miss.
Cloud migration is also accelerating Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS), the firm indicates. Scalable, on-demand test environments help reduce reliance on in-house labs, while hybrid models remain common in highly regulated sectors. Regionally, Asia-Pacific leads in growth thanks to fintech momentum and startup-driven cloud adoption. North America maintains its market lead, while Europe benefits from sustainability mandates and sovereign-cloud options that ease compliance pressures, according to the report.
Market growth based on data from Mordor Intelligence.
Security testing becomes the fastest-growing segment
While functional validation still accounts for just over half of market demand, the report indicates that security testing is expanding at a 18.90% CAGR. Recent breaches and regulatory scrutiny are pushing organizations to embed static and dynamic scans directly into CI pipelines. Vendors are integrating exploit libraries and vulnerability databases to automate penetration testing that once required specialized expertise, according to the report.
Financial and healthcare sectors now seem to allocate more QA spending to threat modeling, compliance checks, and red-team simulations. The rise of API-first architectures and microservices further seems to increase the need for contract testing and zero-trust validation. With testing providers expanding into global hubs such as Dubai and Mexico City, the report seems to indicate that the market’s internationalization continues as digital transformation accelerates worldwide.
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