SDET Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring SDET skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 162 175
Rank change year-on-year - +13 +85
Permanent jobs citing SDET 0 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire - 0.053% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.062% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £80,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +52.38% -10.26%
75th Percentile - - £56,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -21.05% +35.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,970 3,208 2,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 85.96% 85.16% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,546 1,345 2,170
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £69,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,625 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

SDET job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

SDET
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SDET.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SDET