Senior Jobs in Devon

Senior
South West > Devon

The median Senior salary in Devon is £53,365 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 89 171 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 18.20% 18.45% 14.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.24% 19.37% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16 130 53
10th Percentile £48,894 £40,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £51,000 £45,000 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,365 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -10.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile £63,125 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,500 £66,250
South West median annual salary £52,600 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% -4.17% -

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 419 883 502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.69% 95.25% 86.70%
Number of salaries quoted 200 679 390
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £30,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £45,000 £40,125
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £52,813 £57,001 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,810
South West median annual salary £51,729 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.46% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Senior in Devon

Senior
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Devon over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Devon

Senior
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 within the Devon region over the 6 months to 28 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
Torquay - 15 - -
Paignton +13 12 - - 3
Exeter -16 8 £62,500 +38.89% 242
Newton Abbot +6 5 £51,000 +64.52%
Plymouth -5 5 £55,000 +12.24% 239
Buckfastleigh 0 4 £85,000 +70.00%
Bideford +1 3 - -
Barnstaple -1 3 - - 1
Beaworthy - 3 - -
Braunton - 3 - -
Brixham - 3 - -
Budleigh Salterton - 3 - -
Axminster - 3 - -
Senior
South West

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 52 (58.43%) Project Management
2 46 (51.69%) Social Skills
3 45 (50.56%) Finance
4 44 (49.44%) Driving Licence
5 39 (43.82%) Scorecard
5 39 (43.82%) Balanced Scorecard
5 39 (43.82%) Risk Management
6 30 (33.71%) Degree
7 23 (25.84%) Electronics
8 22 (24.72%) Requirements Analysis
9 20 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (17.98%) Agile
11 15 (16.85%) Mentoring
12 14 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
12 14 (15.73%) Prototyping
12 14 (15.73%) Creative Thinking
12 14 (15.73%) Embedded Firmware
12 14 (15.73%) Software Engineering
12 14 (15.73%) Firmware
13 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
13 13 (14.61%) Project Delivery
14 12 (13.48%) Optoelectronics
14 12 (13.48%) B2B
15 11 (12.36%) Test Automation
15 11 (12.36%) Stress Analysis
15 11 (12.36%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (12.36%) Innovative Thinking
15 11 (12.36%) Defect Tracking
15 11 (12.36%) Schematic Capture
16 10 (11.24%) Technical Leadership

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.11%) AWS
2 7 (7.87%) AWS Lambda
2 7 (7.87%) Serverless
3 5 (5.62%) Azure
4 3 (3.37%) GCP
5 2 (2.25%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.25%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.12%) GitHub
6 1 (1.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.24%) Broadband
2 8 (8.99%) 5G
2 8 (8.99%) SD-WAN
2 8 (8.99%) WAN
3 2 (2.25%) BGP
3 2 (2.25%) Firewall
3 2 (2.25%) Network Security
3 2 (2.25%) OSPF
3 2 (2.25%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.12%) MySQL
3 1 (1.12%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.12%) Git
1 1 (1.12%) JIRA
1 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (51.69%) Social Skills
2 45 (50.56%) Finance
3 23 (25.84%) Electronics
4 14 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.11%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (5.62%) Games
7 5 (5.62%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.62%) Retail
8 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) GraphQL
2 6 (6.74%) React
3 3 (3.37%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 3 (3.37%) WebGL
4 2 (2.25%) .NET
4 2 (2.25%) Node.js
4 2 (2.25%) Serverless Framework
5 1 (1.12%) CSS
5 1 (1.12%) CSS3
5 1 (1.12%) HTML
5 1 (1.12%) HTML5
5 1 (1.12%) Jest
5 1 (1.12%) Next.js
5 1 (1.12%) Playwright
5 1 (1.12%) REST
5 1 (1.12%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 44 (49.44%) Driving Licence
2 12 (13.48%) Optoelectronics
3 11 (12.36%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (8.99%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (4.49%) Satnav
6 3 (3.37%) Animation
6 3 (3.37%) FPGA
6 3 (3.37%) GNSS
6 3 (3.37%) MicroBlaze
6 3 (3.37%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.37%) VHDL
7 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.25%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.49%) Linux
2 3 (3.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (58.43%) Project Management
2 39 (43.82%) Balanced Scorecard
2 39 (43.82%) Risk Management
2 39 (43.82%) Scorecard
3 22 (24.72%) Requirements Analysis
4 20 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (17.98%) Agile
6 15 (16.85%) Mentoring
7 14 (15.73%) Creative Thinking
7 14 (15.73%) Prototyping
7 14 (15.73%) Software Engineering
8 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
8 13 (14.61%) Project Delivery
9 12 (13.48%) B2B
10 11 (12.36%) Defect Tracking
10 11 (12.36%) Innovative Thinking
10 11 (12.36%) Schematic Capture
10 11 (12.36%) Stress Analysis
10 11 (12.36%) Test Automation
11 10 (11.24%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.99%) TypeScript
2 5 (5.62%) Python
3 4 (4.49%) C#
3 4 (4.49%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.37%) C
4 3 (3.37%) C++
4 3 (3.37%) HLSL
4 3 (3.37%) MATLAB
4 3 (3.37%) Perl
4 3 (3.37%) Tcl
4 3 (3.37%) VB
5 1 (1.12%) PHP
5 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (33.71%) Degree
2 3 (3.37%) PhD
3 2 (2.25%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.12%) HND
4 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.99%) PMO
2 1 (1.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (15.73%) Embedded Firmware
1 14 (15.73%) Firmware
2 2 (2.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (3.37%) Altera
1 3 (3.37%) Green Hills
1 3 (3.37%) Xilinx
2 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.12%) Salesforce