Senior Developer Jobs in Devon

Senior Developer
South West > Devon

The median Senior Developer salary in Devon is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 30 45
Rank change year-on-year -26 +15 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 5 48 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 1.11% 5.69% 4.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 6.03% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5 44 5
10th Percentile - £40,000 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,595 £30,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,958 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.13% -21.74% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,716 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,500 £65,000 £68,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -1.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 379 796 492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.04% 94.31% 85.12%
Number of salaries quoted 186 612 381
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,025 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £56,875 £55,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £67,011 £65,000 £60,899
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Devon

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Devon

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in Devon.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Devon

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Devon over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Devon

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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 -13 3 £40,000 -11.11% 4
Plymouth +20 2 £55,000 -21.43%
Senior Developer
South West

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Devon region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
1 3 (60.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (40.00%) GraphQL
2 2 (40.00%) Serverless
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Node.js
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) DynamoDB
2 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PHP
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) MySQL
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) Symfony
3 1 (20.00%) Docker

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (40.00%) Serverless
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) GraphQL
2 2 (40.00%) Node.js
3 1 (20.00%) Symfony
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Kanban
2 2 (40.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) API Development
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) PHP
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker