SDET jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-23, Skillenai has indexed 66 job postings with the title “SDET” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is CI/CD, with demand up 33% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-23
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+How many SDET jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 66 job postings with the title “SDET” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, with demand up 33% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do SDET jobs require?
Across SDET postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, the skills mentioned most often are CI/CD, Python, Playwright, Java, Selenium.
+Which cities are hiring the most SDET?
As of 2026-09-23, SDET postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Pune, Bengaluru, Palo Alto, Chennai, Chicago.
+Is SDET a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 66 SDET postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, with demand up 33% vs the prior 4 weeks. 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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Weekly SDET postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for SDET
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 32 | 48.5% |
| Python | 30 | 45.5% |
| Playwright | 29 | 43.9% |
| Java | 28 | 42.4% |
| Selenium | 23 | 34.8% |
| JavaScript | 20 | 30.3% |
| API testing | 17 | 25.8% |
| test automation | 16 | 24.2% |
| integration testing | 16 | 24.2% |
| C# | 15 | 22.7% |
| SQL | 15 | 22.7% |
| Rest Assured | 13 | 19.7% |
| Agile | 13 | 19.7% |
| Docker | 12 | 18.2% |
| Claude | 12 | 18.2% |
Top metros hiring SDET
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pune | 5 | 7.6% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 6.1% |
| Palo Alto | 2 | 3.0% |
| Chennai | 1 | 1.5% |
| Chicago | 1 | 1.5% |
| Delhi | 1 | 1.5% |
| Gurugram | 1 | 1.5% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 1.5% |
| Islamabad | 1 | 1.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, matching postings whose canonical role is “SDET”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- SDET
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-23
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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