SDET Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring SDET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing SDET 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire - - 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile - - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.04%
75th Percentile - - £497
90th Percentile - - £499
South East median daily rate - £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -7.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 107 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 88.13% 78.10% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 73 132
10th Percentile £176 £210 £180
25th Percentile £250 £363 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £600
90th Percentile £600 £638 £674
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 13
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.91 £25.05
25th Percentile £19.37 £19.79 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% -21.12% +72.70%
75th Percentile £25.68 £37.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £87.64 £55.50 -
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +39.47%

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SDET relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

SDET job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

SDET
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SDET.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SDET