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SDET Career Market Report 2026

532 active jobs. 227 companies. Median salary $116K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

532
Active Job Openings
227
Companies Hiring
$116K
Median Salary (US)
82%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The SDET market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 82% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $116K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $100K to $142K.

Remote roles pay 42% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

CI/CD is the most-demanded skill at 64%

SCRUM demand rose +23.3pp — fastest-growing skill

Solera leads hiring with 39 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$15K, +14%)

Salary increase: +$15K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: low (score 30/100)

Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 97% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior20$111K$123K$156K
Mid-Level12$98K$108K$156K
Staff7$126K$126K$185K
Lead3$15K$122K$140K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$15K (14%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States26$110KUSD
Remote6$156KUSD
Canada3$110KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.1%
Remote12.4%
Hybrid4.9%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

CI/CD
64%
Quality Assurance
55%
AI/LLM
50%
Python
47%
Java
45%
Jenkins
32%
DevOps
31%
AWS
29%
Docker
28%
JavaScript
26%
SCRUM
23%
Kubernetes
22%

Skills on the Rise

SCRUM ↑+23.3ppLinux ↑+17.8ppSQL ↑+17.6ppGitHub Actions ↑+16.9ppData Analysis ↑+16.7pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-35.0pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Solera397.3%
Nvidia142.6%
Krgtechnology112.1%
Trimble81.5%
brightvisiontechnologies71.3%
Gohighlevel61.1%
Dialpad61.1%
Broadcom61.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States125
India120
Remote39
Canada18
China10
Spain10
Poland8
Mexico7

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree50.8%222
Master's Degree17.2%75
Bachelor's Degree16.0%70
PhD / Doctorate1.4%6

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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