Developer Jobs in Exeter

Developer
Devon > Exeter

The median Developer salary in Exeter is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 1 10
Rank change year-on-year -20 +9 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 6 113 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 5.36% 38.31% 15.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.66% 39.93% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5 106 35
10th Percentile £49,250 £35,000 £35,050
25th Percentile £61,250 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £50,938 £52,500
90th Percentile - £60,000 £64,000
Devon median annual salary £62,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +38.89% - -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 106 283 245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 95.93% 86.57%
Number of salaries quoted 79 242 195
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,218 £25,950
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% - +1.81%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £50,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,450 £61,860
Devon median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £39,289
% change year-on-year -22.22% +14.54% -12.69%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Exeter

Developer
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary trend for Developer in Exeter

Developer
Salary Histogram in Exeter

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Exeter over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Exeter

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 Exeter region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) PHP
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) Symfony
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) API Design
3 2 (33.33%) API Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Service-Level Objective
3 2 (33.33%) React
3 2 (33.33%) Docker
3 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) API Development
4 1 (16.67%) Next.js
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Playwright
4 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) Front End Development

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter 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 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) React
2 2 (33.33%) Symfony
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) CSS3
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) Jest
3 1 (16.67%) Laravel
3 1 (16.67%) Next.js
3 1 (16.67%) Playwright
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
3 1 (16.67%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) API Design
3 2 (33.33%) API Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Service-Level Objective
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) API Development
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Generation
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) SEO
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) UX Design
4 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) PHP
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker