SDET Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 106 140
Rank change year-on-year +29 +34 +23
Permanent jobs citing SDET 5 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.57% 0.26% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.30% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £48,250 - -
25th Percentile - £42,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year - +111.54% -52.73%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,125 £27,000
90th Percentile £63,250 £69,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £26,000
% change year-on-year - +111.54% -54.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 851 1,332 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.04% 88.21% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 361 933 1,060
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £43,962
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for SDET in Edinburgh

SDET
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDET in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for SDET in Edinburgh

SDET
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDET in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SDET in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JUnit
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
1 3 (60.00%) TestNG
2 2 (40.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (40.00%) Postman
2 2 (40.00%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Development Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Java Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Development Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Test Development Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Development Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Development Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Playwright
2 1 (20.00%) OpenFin
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
4 2 (40.00%) API Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Change Control
4 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Observability
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk