SDET Job Trends in Bournemouth

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring SDET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SDET 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 0.34% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £67,500
75th Percentile £47,500 - £68,750
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median annual salary £45,000 - £67,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 243 60 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 83.51% 96.77% 92.11%
Number of salaries quoted 123 41 265
10th Percentile £30,000 - £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Dorset median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

SDET job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

SDET
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing SDET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing SDET

SDET
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft