Developer Job Trends in Devon

Developer
South West > Devon

The median Developer salary in Devon is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 23 12
Rank change year-on-year +10 -11 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 45 34 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 7.76% 7.56% 15.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 8.06% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 37 21 47
10th Percentile £35,600 £37,500 £33,400
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,807
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,491 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.47% -8.44% +5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,000 £50,000 £59,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Devon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Devon with a recognized job title 564 422 342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.24% 93.78% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 370 199 280
10th Percentile £26,450 £28,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,108 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +5.88% +8.17%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,875 £72,500 £58,875
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,886
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.19% +1.77%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Developer job vacancy trend in Devon

Developer
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Devon.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Devon

Developer
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Devon over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Devon

Developer
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter +1 35 £45,000 +3.47% 12
Paignton - 3 £35,000 - 1
Cullompton - 2 £45,000 - 1
Developer
South West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Devon region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 15 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (28.89%) SQL
3 12 (26.67%) Azure
3 12 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 11 (24.44%) .NET
5 10 (22.22%) C#
6 9 (20.00%) .NET Framework
6 9 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (17.78%) Agile
8 7 (15.56%) AWS
8 7 (15.56%) CI/CD
8 7 (15.56%) CSS
8 7 (15.56%) HTML
9 6 (13.33%) .NET Core
9 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (13.33%) DevOps
9 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
9 6 (13.33%) SQL Server
9 6 (13.33%) Visual Studio
10 5 (11.11%) Application Security
10 5 (11.11%) Azure App Service
10 5 (11.11%) B2B
10 5 (11.11%) Blazor
10 5 (11.11%) Clean Code
10 5 (11.11%) Entity Framework
10 5 (11.11%) MVC
10 5 (11.11%) OWASP
10 5 (11.11%) Power Automate
10 5 (11.11%) Power Platform

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.67%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Azure
2 7 (15.56%) AWS
3 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.11%) Azure App Service
4 5 (11.11%) Power Automate
4 5 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 5 (11.11%) PowerApps
4 5 (11.11%) Serverless
5 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.89%) SaaS
6 3 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (6.67%) Boomi
7 1 (2.22%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.22%) Firebase
7 1 (2.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.89%) Internet
2 2 (4.44%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.89%) Power BI
3 2 (4.44%) MySQL
4 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.44%) Git
3 1 (2.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.22%) TeamCity
General
1 5 (11.11%) Finance
1 5 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.22%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (24.44%) .NET
2 9 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 7 (15.56%) CSS
3 7 (15.56%) HTML
4 6 (13.33%) .NET Core
5 5 (11.11%) Blazor
5 5 (11.11%) Entity Framework
6 4 (8.89%) Autofac
7 3 (6.67%) Laravel
7 3 (6.67%) Middleware
7 3 (6.67%) React
7 3 (6.67%) Symfony
8 2 (4.44%) RESTful
8 2 (4.44%) Web Services
9 1 (2.22%) Akka
9 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (2.22%) OAuth
9 1 (2.22%) OpenID
9 1 (2.22%) Qt
9 1 (2.22%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.44%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.22%) Over-the-Top Content
2 1 (2.22%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Android
1 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (17.78%) Agile
4 7 (15.56%) CI/CD
5 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (13.33%) DevOps
6 5 (11.11%) Application Security
6 5 (11.11%) B2B
6 5 (11.11%) Clean Code
6 5 (11.11%) MVC
6 5 (11.11%) OWASP
6 5 (11.11%) SDLC
6 5 (11.11%) TDD
6 5 (11.11%) Web Development
7 4 (8.89%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (8.89%) API Management
7 4 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (8.89%) Dependency Injection
7 4 (8.89%) Migration
7 4 (8.89%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) SQL
2 10 (22.22%) C#
3 9 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.89%) PHP
5 2 (4.44%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.22%) Bash
6 1 (2.22%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.22%) Scala
6 1 (2.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.22%) NCSC
2 1 (2.22%) NIST
2 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.22%) Blue Prism