Technical Debt Job Trends in Devon
Technical Debt
South West > Devon
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon citing Technical Debt skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 70 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Technical Debt | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Devon | 0.33% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.50% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,038 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £59,069 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £65,676 | - | - |
| South West median annual salary | £58,500 | £66,250 | £92,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.70% | -28.38% | +11.69% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon
Technical Debt falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Devon.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 797 | 393 | 415 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon | 65.54% | 82.91% | 67.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 625 | 262 | 257 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £26,000 | £27,839 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,750 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £37,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.14% | -17.78% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £53,750 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| South West median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -13.64% | - |
Technical Debt Job Vacancy Trend in Devon
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Debt relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Devon.
Technical Debt Salary Trend in Devon
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Technical Debt.
Technical Debt Salary Histogram in Devon
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Debt in Devon over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.
Technical Debt Job Locations in Devon
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Debt within the Devon region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | - | 4 | £49,038 | - | 2 |
| Technical Debt South West |
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Technical Debt Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Containerisation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Kanban | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Web Development | 50.0% | 2 |
| 5 | Acceptance Criteria | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Agile | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Architectural Patterns | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Architecture Governance | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Architecture Roadmap | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | BDD | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Code Quality | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Continuous Improvement | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Decision-Making | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Design Patterns | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | DevOps | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | LLM | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Migration | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | OOP | 25.0% | 1 |
| 5 | Problem-Solving | 25.0% | 1 |