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SQS Group Limited South Africa is a leading independent testing company in South Africa that was founded in March 2004. Located in Durban and Johannesburg, SQS South Africa currently has about 150 employees. SQS South Africa provides offshore as well as local testing services with focus on Functional Testing (manual & automation), Performance Testing and Quality Assurance.

SQS Group Limited SA was the first Offshore delivery centre of the SQS Group, the world's leading specialist for software quality. The position and expertise of the SQS Group stem from almost 30 years of successful consultancy operation. The company’s main competitive advantage is its strong methodology, based on decades of project experience. Over this period of time, the company has also developed extensive specialist knowledge in many vertical markets. SQS believes in sustainability: All of its services and solutions are designed to provide companies with long-term benefits – as such, "software quality" has always been the company's guiding principle.

With more than 5,000 successfully completed projects under its belt, SQS has a strong customer base, including half of the DAX 30 companies, almost one third of the STOXX-50 companies and 20 FTSE-100-companies. Among the clients, there are names like Allianz, Beazley, BP, Centrica, Daimler, Deutsche Post, Generali, JP Morgan, Meteor, Reuters and Volkswagen.

Founded in Cologne, Germany, in 1982, SQS has around 2,000 employees across Europe, Asia, North America and Africa. SQS has a strong presence in Germany and the UK and offices in Austria, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Furthermore, SQS has a minor stake in an operation in Portugal and a partnership operation in Spain. In 2010, the group achieved revenues of € 162.9 million. SQS is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) and has a second listing on the Open Market on Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt.

 
During the ten years I’ve been with SQS I have seen the company develop into the global leader in software quality management and testing. This growth has made my job all the more interesting.

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