Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing SDET | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | - | - | 0.85% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | - | - | £500 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 152 | 149 | 208 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 91.57% | 91.41% | 88.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 77 | 66 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £250 | £201 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £340 | £409 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £420 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -9.19% | -7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £550 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £644 | £588 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £494 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.18% | -5.56% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 21 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.11 | £22.50 | £16.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.70 | £35.00 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £52.50 | £17.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +196.28% | -68.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £69.38 | £63.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £75.00 | £61.63 |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £16.30 | £16.23 | £14.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.43% | +11.93% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing SDET.
