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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 429 515
Rank change year-on-year -72 +86 -118
Permanent jobs citing SDET 99 230 416
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.60% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.62% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 98 203 249
10th Percentile £44,250 £52,500 £46,625
25th Percentile £50,313 £60,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £111,250 £95,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £98,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% +7.14%

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 31,355 37,000 72,372
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.11% 96.01% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,586 26,257 41,808
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 June 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 (6.06%) OpenStack
2 5 (5.05%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 34 (34.34%) SaaS
2 24 (24.24%) Azure
3 18 (18.18%) GitHub
4 14 (14.14%) AWS
5 7 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (6.06%) IaaS
7 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.02%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 60 (60.61%) Jenkins
1 60 (60.61%) Selenium
2 53 (53.54%) Cucumber
3 52 (52.53%) Postman
4 19 (19.19%) Cypress.io
5 16 (16.16%) REST Assured
6 13 (13.13%) JMeter
7 9 (9.09%) JUnit
8 8 (8.08%) Git
9 7 (7.07%) JIRA
10 6 (6.06%) Newman
10 6 (6.06%) SoapUI
10 6 (6.06%) SpecFlow
10 6 (6.06%) WebDriver
11 5 (5.05%) Bugzilla
11 5 (5.05%) TestNG
11 5 (5.05%) Zephyr
12 4 (4.04%) Appium
12 4 (4.04%) Mockito
13 3 (3.03%) GitLab
General
1 5 (5.05%) Finance
1 5 (5.05%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (4.04%) Health Technology
2 4 (4.04%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.03%) Banking
3 3 (3.03%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.02%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.02%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (28.28%) Lead
2 20 (20.20%) Senior
3 15 (15.15%) Software Engineer
4 12 (12.12%) Tester
5 11 (11.11%) Automation Tester
5 11 (11.11%) Developer
5 11 (11.11%) Developer in Test
5 11 (11.11%) Development Engineer
5 11 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
5 11 (11.11%) Test Development Engineer
6 10 (10.10%) Software Developer
7 7 (7.07%) QA Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) JavaScript Developer
8 6 (6.06%) Test Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Python Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) QA Automation Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Test Automation Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Automation Engineer
11 3 (3.03%) Python Software Engineer
11 3 (3.03%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (50.51%) REST
2 16 (16.16%) Playwright
3 11 (11.11%) Web Services
4 9 (9.09%) WireMock
5 8 (8.08%) .NET
5 8 (8.08%) Spring
6 7 (7.07%) Spring Boot
6 7 (7.07%) WebdriverIO
7 6 (6.06%) Kafka
7 6 (6.06%) Swagger
8 5 (5.05%) .NET Framework
8 5 (5.05%) Apache Commons
8 5 (5.05%) Guava
8 5 (5.05%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (5.05%) RESTful
9 3 (3.03%) Gherkin
9 3 (3.03%) pytest
10 2 (2.02%) React
10 2 (2.02%) SOAP
11 1 (1.01%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.06%) Client/Server
1 6 (6.06%) Life Science
2 5 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.04%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (59.60%) CI/CD
2 57 (57.58%) API Testing
3 52 (52.53%) BDD
4 45 (45.45%) Test Automation
5 42 (42.42%) Software Testing
6 41 (41.41%) Clean Code
7 29 (29.29%) Agile
8 28 (28.28%) Test Strategy
9 21 (21.21%) Fintech
9 21 (21.21%) Line Management
10 16 (16.16%) DevOps
11 15 (15.15%) Software Engineering
12 14 (14.14%) Containerisation
12 14 (14.14%) Microservices
13 11 (11.11%) Scrum
14 10 (10.10%) Design Patterns
14 10 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (9.09%) Mentoring
15 9 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
16 8 (8.08%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 53 (53.54%) Java
2 27 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 19 (19.19%) C#
4 17 (17.17%) SQL
5 14 (14.14%) Python
6 9 (9.09%) TypeScript
7 6 (6.06%) Bash
7 6 (6.06%) Ruby
8 3 (3.03%) Kotlin
8 3 (3.03%) PHP
9 1 (1.01%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (7.07%) Degree
1 7 (7.07%) SC Cleared
1 7 (7.07%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.01%) ISTQB
2 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (41.41%) QA
2 2 (2.02%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (13.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (10.10%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.05%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (5.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.05%) HP
3 1 (1.01%) Oracle