SDET Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 422 507
Rank change year-on-year -62 +85 -125
Permanent jobs citing SDET 101 241 397
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.61% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.63% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 100 208 244
10th Percentile £44,750 £52,500 £46,625
25th Percentile £50,938 £60,375 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 £81,563
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £99,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% +5.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

SDET
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SDET trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDET
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDET.

SDET salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDET
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDET over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

SDET salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.94%) OpenStack
2 5 (4.95%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 35 (34.65%) SaaS
2 24 (23.76%) Azure
3 18 (17.82%) GitHub
4 14 (13.86%) AWS
5 7 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (5.94%) IaaS
7 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 62 (61.39%) Jenkins
2 61 (60.40%) Selenium
3 56 (55.45%) Cucumber
4 54 (53.47%) Postman
5 20 (19.80%) Cypress.io
6 16 (15.84%) REST Assured
7 13 (12.87%) JMeter
8 9 (8.91%) JUnit
9 8 (7.92%) Git
10 7 (6.93%) JIRA
11 6 (5.94%) Newman
11 6 (5.94%) SoapUI
11 6 (5.94%) SpecFlow
11 6 (5.94%) WebDriver
12 5 (4.95%) Appium
12 5 (4.95%) Bugzilla
12 5 (4.95%) TestNG
12 5 (4.95%) Zephyr
13 4 (3.96%) Mockito
14 3 (2.97%) TeamCity
General
1 5 (4.95%) Finance
1 5 (4.95%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (3.96%) Health Technology
2 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
3 3 (2.97%) Banking
3 3 (2.97%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.98%) Marketing
5 1 (0.99%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 30 (29.70%) Lead
2 20 (19.80%) Senior
3 15 (14.85%) Software Engineer
4 12 (11.88%) Tester
5 11 (10.89%) Automation Tester
5 11 (10.89%) Developer
5 11 (10.89%) Developer in Test
5 11 (10.89%) Development Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Software Development Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Test Development Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Software Developer
7 6 (5.94%) JavaScript Developer
7 6 (5.94%) QA Engineer
8 5 (4.95%) Python Engineer
8 5 (4.95%) Test Engineer
9 4 (3.96%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (3.96%) QA Automation Engineer
9 4 (3.96%) Test Automation Engineer
10 3 (2.97%) Python Software Engineer
10 3 (2.97%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (51.49%) REST
2 15 (14.85%) Playwright
3 11 (10.89%) Web Services
4 9 (8.91%) WireMock
5 8 (7.92%) .NET
5 8 (7.92%) Spring
5 8 (7.92%) WebdriverIO
6 7 (6.93%) Spring Boot
7 6 (5.94%) Kafka
7 6 (5.94%) Swagger
8 5 (4.95%) .NET Framework
8 5 (4.95%) Apache Commons
8 5 (4.95%) Guava
8 5 (4.95%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (4.95%) RESTful
9 4 (3.96%) pytest
10 3 (2.97%) Gherkin
11 2 (1.98%) React
11 2 (1.98%) SOAP
12 1 (0.99%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.94%) Client/Server
1 6 (5.94%) Life Science
2 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.96%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (61.39%) CI/CD
2 60 (59.41%) API Testing
3 54 (53.47%) BDD
4 44 (43.56%) Clean Code
4 44 (43.56%) Test Automation
5 42 (41.58%) Software Testing
6 29 (28.71%) Agile
6 29 (28.71%) Test Strategy
7 22 (21.78%) Line Management
8 21 (20.79%) Fintech
9 16 (15.84%) DevOps
10 15 (14.85%) Software Engineering
11 14 (13.86%) Containerisation
11 14 (13.86%) Microservices
12 11 (10.89%) Scrum
13 10 (9.90%) Design Patterns
13 10 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (8.91%) Mentoring
14 9 (8.91%) Technical Leadership
15 8 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 54 (53.47%) Java
2 28 (27.72%) JavaScript
3 19 (18.81%) C#
4 17 (16.83%) SQL
5 15 (14.85%) Python
6 9 (8.91%) TypeScript
7 6 (5.94%) Bash
7 6 (5.94%) Ruby
8 3 (2.97%) Kotlin
8 3 (2.97%) PHP
9 1 (0.99%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.99%) Swift
Qualifications
1 7 (6.93%) Degree
1 7 (6.93%) SC Cleared
1 7 (6.93%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.99%) ISTQB
2 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (41.58%) QA
2 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (12.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.90%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.95%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (4.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (13.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.95%) HP
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle