SDET jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 63 job postings with the title “SDET” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is CI/CD.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about SDET jobs
+How many SDET jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 63 job postings with the title “SDET” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do SDET jobs require?
Across SDET postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are CI/CD, Playwright, Python, Java, Selenium.
+Which cities are hiring the most SDET?
As of 2026-09-30, SDET postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Pune, Bengaluru, Palo Alto, Chennai, Chicago.
+Is SDET a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 63 SDET postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in SDET postings is CI/CD, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of SDET?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed SDET postings — last 90 days
Career paths through SDET
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
107 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before SDET
Roles after SDET
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: SDET (different employer) | 107 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 32 |
| Before: QA Automation Engineer | 28 |
| Before: QA Engineer | 18 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Engineer | 13 |
| Before: QA Analyst | 13 |
| Before: Automation Engineer | 12 |
| Before: Test Automation Engineer | 9 |
| After: SDET (different employer) | 107 |
| After: QA Engineer | 10 |
| After: Software Engineer | 7 |
| After: QA Automation Engineer | 5 |
| After: Quality Assurance Engineer | 5 |
| After: Test Automation Engineer | 4 |
| After: Software Test Engineer | 4 |
| After: Software Quality Engineer | 3 |
Skills most often required for SDET
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 29 | 46.0% |
| Playwright | 27 | 42.9% |
| Python | 27 | 42.9% |
| Java | 26 | 41.3% |
| Selenium | 20 | 31.7% |
| JavaScript | 18 | 28.6% |
| API testing | 17 | 27.0% |
| integration testing | 16 | 25.4% |
| test automation | 15 | 23.8% |
| SQL | 14 | 22.2% |
| C# | 13 | 20.6% |
| Agile | 13 | 20.6% |
| Docker | 12 | 19.0% |
| Jenkins | 12 | 19.0% |
| Rest Assured | 11 | 17.5% |
Top companies posting SDET jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Truelogic | 7 |
| Barclays | 4 |
| Synack | 3 |
| Brightai | 2 |
| Paytm | 2 |
| Yugabyte | 2 |
| Quanata | 2 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 2 |
| Fiserv | 1 |
| Santex | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring SDET
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pune | 5 | 7.9% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 6.3% |
| Palo Alto | 2 | 3.2% |
| Chennai | 1 | 1.6% |
| Chicago | 1 | 1.6% |
| Delhi | 1 | 1.6% |
| Gurugram | 1 | 1.6% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 1.6% |
| Islamabad | 1 | 1.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “SDET”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- SDET
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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