SDET Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring SDET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SDET 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 2.91% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £413 -
% change year-on-year +3.03% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 88 52 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 85.44% 92.86% 82.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 31 48
10th Percentile £328 £220 £271
25th Percentile £410 £326 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.34% +18.67% -28.57%
75th Percentile £511 £544 £454
90th Percentile £680 £594 £518
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -0.62% -3.40% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £24.00 - -
25th Percentile £25.58 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £37.46 - £17.00
90th Percentile £40.03 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.18 £22.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.02% -2.00% -

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

SDET job vacancy trend in Solihull

SDET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) JUnit
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA