Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring SDET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SDET over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 105 | - | 127 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +67 |
| Permanent jobs citing SDET | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.15% | - | 0.22% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.16% | - | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £71,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | - | £74,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | - | £82,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +66.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £58,750 | - | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £57,500 | - | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +18.18% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham
SDET falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,276 | 2,355 | 1,792 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 95.51% | 80.02% | 96.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 686 | 1,895 | 1,337 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,000 | £32,426 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,988 | £42,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £56,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.65% | +2.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £70,000 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,125 | £85,000 | £82,500 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Salary Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDET in Birmingham.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: