SDET Jobs in the South East

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 385 393
Rank change year-on-year +59 +8 -86
Permanent jobs citing SDET 54 26 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.17% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.18% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 50 21 78
10th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £66,875 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £74,250 £81,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% +15.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,075 14,250 18,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.77% 94.50% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,899 8,257 12,075
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SDET in the South East

SDET
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDET in the South East.

Salary trend for SDET in the South East

SDET
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDET in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SDET in the South East

SDET
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDET within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +41 39 £47,500 -32.14% 2
Berkshire +39 24 £62,500 -10.71% 2
Buckinghamshire -8 9 £47,500 -
Surrey +15 8 £47,500 -38.71%
Oxfordshire +18 6 £40,000 -
Middlesex - 4 £100,000 -
Kent - 2 £77,500 -
Hampshire -14 1 £34,000 -47.69% 1
SDET
England

SDET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (12.96%) Apache
2 6 (11.11%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 28 (51.85%) Azure
2 18 (33.33%) GitHub
3 16 (29.63%) SaaS
4 14 (25.93%) AWS
4 14 (25.93%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (11.11%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (62.96%) Selenium
2 19 (35.19%) Cucumber
3 16 (29.63%) WebDriver
4 15 (27.78%) Jenkins
4 15 (27.78%) JMeter
5 14 (25.93%) REST Assured
6 12 (22.22%) JIRA
7 11 (20.37%) Postman
8 10 (18.52%) JUnit
9 8 (14.81%) Cypress.io
9 8 (14.81%) NUnit
9 8 (14.81%) TestNG
9 8 (14.81%) Visual Studio
10 7 (12.96%) Bitbucket Server
10 7 (12.96%) Serenity BDD
11 6 (11.11%) Bitbucket
11 6 (11.11%) Newman
11 6 (11.11%) SoapUI
12 5 (9.26%) Bugzilla
12 5 (9.26%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (9.26%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.41%) Electronics
3 2 (3.70%) Health Technology
3 2 (3.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Automation Tester
1 12 (22.22%) Tester
2 10 (18.52%) Developer
2 10 (18.52%) Developer in Test
3 8 (14.81%) Software Developer
4 6 (11.11%) Development Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
4 6 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Test Development Engineer
5 5 (9.26%) Test Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Systems Test Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Test Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Automation Test Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Senior
8 2 (3.70%) Lead
8 2 (3.70%) QA Automation Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.93%) Web Services
2 9 (16.67%) .NET
2 9 (16.67%) .NET Core
2 9 (16.67%) WireMock
3 8 (14.81%) JSON
3 8 (14.81%) Playwright
3 8 (14.81%) REST
3 8 (14.81%) XML
4 7 (12.96%) Apache Commons
4 7 (12.96%) Guava
4 7 (12.96%) Java Concurrency
5 6 (11.11%) RESTful
5 6 (11.11%) SOAP
5 6 (11.11%) Swagger
6 4 (7.41%) Middleware
7 2 (3.70%) Gherkin
7 2 (3.70%) React
7 2 (3.70%) Spring
7 2 (3.70%) Spring Boot
8 1 (1.85%) Celery
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Life Science
2 5 (9.26%) Client/Server
2 5 (9.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (70.37%) Software Testing
1 38 (70.37%) Test Automation
2 29 (53.70%) Agile
3 15 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 14 (25.93%) DevOps
4 14 (25.93%) Scrum
5 13 (24.07%) Code Quality
5 13 (24.07%) Containerisation
6 12 (22.22%) Microservices
6 12 (22.22%) Test Management
7 11 (20.37%) API Testing
7 11 (20.37%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (20.37%) Integration Testing
8 10 (18.52%) Design Patterns
8 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (16.67%) Manual Testing
10 8 (14.81%) BDD
10 8 (14.81%) Non-Functional Testing
10 8 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (14.81%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (42.59%) SQL
2 19 (35.19%) Java
3 15 (27.78%) C#
4 14 (25.93%) JavaScript
5 8 (14.81%) Python
6 7 (12.96%) TypeScript
7 6 (11.11%) Bash
7 6 (11.11%) Ruby
8 2 (3.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Degree
1 11 (20.37%) SC Cleared
1 11 (20.37%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (40.74%) QA
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) Docker
2 4 (7.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (18.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (9.26%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (3.70%) Terraform
4 1 (1.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) HP
3 1 (1.85%) Oracle