Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring SDET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDET over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 121 | 112 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -9 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing SDET | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | - | 0.052% | 0.058% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.059% | 0.064% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £425 | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £450 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -21.74% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £475 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | £450 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -20.00% | +25.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
SDET falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,082 | 1,699 | 1,552 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 92.96% | 88.91% | 89.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 647 | 884 | 994 |
| 10th Percentile | £309 | £227 | £349 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £375 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £608 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £701 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.96% | +2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 100 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.81 | £18.40 | £19.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.05 | £41.25 | £25.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | £60.07 | £58.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.37% | +2.25% | +179.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.19 | £71.89 | £73.80 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.32 | £87.46 | £79.61 |
| South East median hourly rate | £27.76 | £47.50 | £49.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.56% | -4.04% | +130.23% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDET in Berkshire.