Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Scotland > Glasgow
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 81 | 66 | 80 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | +14 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing SDET | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow | 0.26% | 0.39% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.28% | 0.43% | 0.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £458 | £496 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £460 | £497 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £466 | £498 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.38% | +4.84% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £470 | £499 | £506 |
| 90th Percentile | £470 | £500 | £518 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £463 | £498 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.13% | +4.84% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow
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 Glasgow.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 702 | 693 | 832 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow | 92.25% | 90.23% | 93.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 447 | 465 | 567 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £269 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £372 | £370 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £450 | £498 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.22% | -9.55% | +7.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £556 | £581 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £619 | £676 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £463 | £453 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.10% | -4.63% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 32 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.49 | £11.59 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £16.84 | £15.92 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.97 | £40.94 | £14.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.22% | +187.30% | -61.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.21 | £57.50 | £18.93 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.05 | £73.75 | £58.75 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £20.00 | £20.57 | £16.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.77% | +26.62% | -56.60% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow
Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDET in Glasgow.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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: