Senior Developer Jobs in Exeter

Senior Developer
Devon > Exeter

The median Senior Developer salary in Exeter is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 9 42
Rank change year-on-year -13 +33 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3 37 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 2.80% 13.21% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 13.81% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3 33 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40,000 £30,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,966
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.18% +19.92%
75th Percentile £51,250 £47,716 £66,250
90th Percentile £58,000 £63,750 £68,500
Devon median annual salary £55,000 £46,958 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.13% -21.74% +50.00%

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 101 268 264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 95.71% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 72 227 214
10th Percentile - £26,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -0.62% +0.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £52,188
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £64,625
Devon median annual salary £38,000 £44,881 £40,100
% change year-on-year -15.33% +11.92% -10.89%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Exeter

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Exeter

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Exeter

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Exeter over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Exeter

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 3 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 Exeter region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Web Development
1 1 (33.33%) Symfony
1 1 (33.33%) UX Design
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) API Development
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL

Senior 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) Symfony
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) API Development
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) UX Design
1 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker