SDET Jobs in Central London

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SDET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDET over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 140 222
Rank change year-on-year +20 +82 -95
Permanent jobs citing SDET 70 102 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.85% 2.05% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 2.16% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 51 101 67
10th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £87,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +29.63% +3.85%
75th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £85,625
90th Percentile - £102,500 £105,000
London median annual salary £95,000 £80,000 £69,078
% change year-on-year +18.75% +15.81% +3.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

SDET is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,471 4,717 8,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 91.73% 94.78% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,626 3,882 6,393
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £114,875 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SDET in Central London

SDET
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for SDET in Central London

SDET
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDET in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SDET in Central London

SDET
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDET within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +19 70 £100,000 +14.29% 1
SDET
London

SDET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (35.71%) SaaS
2 2 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (64.29%) Jenkins
2 42 (60.00%) Cucumber
3 41 (58.57%) Postman
4 39 (55.71%) Selenium
5 16 (22.86%) JUnit
6 15 (21.43%) Cypress.io
7 10 (14.29%) JMeter
8 3 (4.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (4.29%) WebDriver
9 1 (1.43%) Gatling
9 1 (1.43%) Git
9 1 (1.43%) SpecFlow
9 1 (1.43%) TeamCity
9 1 (1.43%) TestComplete
General
1 3 (4.29%) Finance
1 3 (4.29%) Financial Institution
2 1 (1.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (65.71%) Lead
2 19 (27.14%) Senior
3 6 (8.57%) QA Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) Development Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) Python Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) QA Leader
4 2 (2.86%) Senior Development Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) Software Engineer
4 2 (2.86%) Test Development Engineer
5 1 (1.43%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (1.43%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (1.43%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (1.43%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (1.43%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (1.43%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (1.43%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (64.29%) REST
2 7 (10.00%) WebdriverIO
3 6 (8.57%) Playwright
4 4 (5.71%) JSON
5 3 (4.29%) Apache Thrift
5 3 (4.29%) Kafka
5 3 (4.29%) React
5 3 (4.29%) Web Services
6 2 (2.86%) .NET
6 2 (2.86%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.86%) pytest
7 1 (1.43%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.43%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.86%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.43%) Bitcoin
2 1 (1.43%) Derivative
2 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.43%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (68.57%) API Testing
2 43 (61.43%) Test Strategy
3 42 (60.00%) CI/CD
4 41 (58.57%) BDD
4 41 (58.57%) Clean Code
5 21 (30.00%) Agile
5 21 (30.00%) Test Automation
6 18 (25.71%) Line Management
7 17 (24.29%) Fintech
7 17 (24.29%) Unit Testing
8 16 (22.86%) OO
9 13 (18.57%) Test Planning
10 10 (14.29%) Software Testing
11 5 (7.14%) Manual Testing
11 5 (7.14%) Performance Testing
12 4 (5.71%) Agile Testing
12 4 (5.71%) Code Quality
13 3 (4.29%) Build Automation
13 3 (4.29%) Mentoring
13 3 (4.29%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 53 (75.71%) Java
2 16 (22.86%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.29%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.86%) C#
4 2 (2.86%) Python
4 2 (2.86%) SQL
5 1 (1.43%) C++
5 1 (1.43%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (48.57%) QA
2 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft