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SDET Hiring Trends

How demand for SDET roles at startups is changing, measured as a share of all startup job postings so it reflects hiring rather than how many startups we track.

Share of startup postings
0.08%
Last 12 months
Change in share
-8.8%
From 0.08% the 12 months before
Startups hiring
89
Established startups, last 12 months

Demand over time

SDET jobs made up 0.08% of startup job postings in the last 12 months, unchanged from the 12 months before.

89 established startups hired for the role, down 19.1% from 110.

SDET share of startup job postings

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Per quarter since Q1 2017.
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Quarter Share of postings
Q1 2017 0.03%
Q2 2017 0.07%
Q3 2017 0.03%
Q4 2017 0.08%
Q1 2018 0.04%
Q2 2018 0.06%
Q3 2018 0.04%
Q4 2018 0.06%
Q1 2019 0.06%
Q2 2019 0.07%
Q3 2019 0.06%
Q4 2019 0.07%
Q1 2020 0.05%
Q2 2020 0.10%
Q3 2020 0.09%
Q4 2020 0.10%
Q1 2021 0.08%
Q2 2021 0.10%
Q3 2021 0.13%
Q4 2021 0.12%
Q1 2022 0.10%
Q2 2022 0.12%
Q3 2022 0.10%
Q4 2022 0.11%
Q1 2023 0.08%
Q2 2023 0.09%
Q3 2023 0.08%
Q4 2023 0.10%
Q1 2024 0.06%
Q2 2024 0.08%
Q3 2024 0.10%
Q4 2024 0.09%
Q1 2025 0.08%
Q2 2025 0.09%
Q3 2025 0.08%
Q4 2025 0.08%
Q1 2026 0.08%
Q2 2026 0.08%
Q3 2026 0.07%

Where SDET jobs are

37.2% of SDET postings in the last 12 months were in India.

There, the role made up 0.55% of all startup postings.

Top countries, last 12 months

Country Share of SDET postings Share of the country's postings
India 37.2% 0.55%
United States 24.8% 0.04%
China 0.2% 0.02%

Methodology

  • Trends come from job postings on startup.jobs, sourced from startups' career pages and jobs posted directly by employers. Employers our vetting rejected or couldn't confirm as startups are left out.
  • We keep adding startups, so posting counts grow even when hiring doesn't. Every trend is therefore a share of all startup postings in the same period, which stays comparable as coverage grows.
  • Broad catch-all titles such as Manager or Specialist are left out of role rankings.
  • Quarterly shares start in 2017 and cover complete quarters. Changes compare the last 12 full months with the 12 before.

You are welcome to cite these figures with a link: Source: Startup Jobs, startup.jobs/roles/sdet/trends

For salaries, remote work, and AI hiring, see the startup hiring statistics.

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