SDET Jobs in Reading

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for SDET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDET over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 121 133
Rank change year-on-year +12 +12 -39
Permanent jobs citing SDET 19 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.07% 0.58% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.60% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 4
10th Percentile £45,625 - £46,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £72,500 - £80,500
Berkshire median annual salary £56,250 £70,000 £75,500
% change year-on-year -19.64% -7.28% +25.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

SDET is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,553 1,503 1,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 87.25% 97.22% 92.63%
Number of salaries quoted 923 760 936
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £42,000 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,250 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,131 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% - +9.09%

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for SDET in Reading

SDET
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDET in Reading.

Salary trend for SDET in Reading

SDET
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDET in Reading over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SDET in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (36.84%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) GitHub
2 6 (31.58%) Azure
3 5 (26.32%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (21.05%) AWS
4 4 (21.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) RTP
1 1 (5.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (63.16%) Selenium
2 11 (57.89%) Cucumber
3 9 (47.37%) Jenkins
3 9 (47.37%) JIRA
4 8 (42.11%) JUnit
4 8 (42.11%) REST Assured
4 8 (42.11%) TestNG
4 8 (42.11%) WebDriver
5 5 (26.32%) Bugzilla
5 5 (26.32%) Cypress.io
5 5 (26.32%) Git
5 5 (26.32%) Zephyr
6 4 (21.05%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (21.05%) JMeter
6 4 (21.05%) Serenity BDD
7 3 (15.79%) Bitbucket
7 3 (15.79%) SoapUI
8 2 (10.53%) Postman
9 1 (5.26%) Hudson
9 1 (5.26%) Robot Framework
General
1 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (5.26%) Electronics
1 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
1 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Automation Tester
1 9 (47.37%) Developer
1 9 (47.37%) Developer in Test
1 9 (47.37%) Tester
2 7 (36.84%) Software Developer
3 6 (31.58%) JavaScript Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Java Automation Tester
5 1 (5.26%) Python Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Systems Test Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Test Automation Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (47.37%) Web Services
2 8 (42.11%) REST
3 7 (36.84%) Apache Commons
3 7 (36.84%) Guava
3 7 (36.84%) Java Concurrency
3 7 (36.84%) WireMock
4 5 (26.32%) Playwright
5 3 (15.79%) RESTful
5 3 (15.79%) SOAP
6 1 (5.26%) Celery
6 1 (5.26%) Gherkin
6 1 (5.26%) Kafka
6 1 (5.26%) Middleware
6 1 (5.26%) pytest
6 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Client/Server
1 5 (26.32%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 12 (63.16%) Test Automation
3 11 (57.89%) Agile
3 11 (57.89%) CI/CD
3 11 (57.89%) Code Quality
4 10 (52.63%) Scrum
5 9 (47.37%) Test Management
6 8 (42.11%) API Testing
6 8 (42.11%) BDD
7 7 (36.84%) Containerisation
7 7 (36.84%) Design Patterns
7 7 (36.84%) Scenario Testing
8 5 (26.32%) DevOps
9 4 (21.05%) Task Automation
10 2 (10.53%) Clean Code
10 2 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Automation
10 2 (10.53%) Performance Testing
10 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) Java
2 10 (52.63%) JavaScript
3 6 (31.58%) TypeScript
4 4 (21.05%) SQL
5 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
5 2 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
1 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) QA
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Docker
2 1 (5.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (42.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (26.32%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (5.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) HP
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle