Software Developer Jobs in Exeter

Software Developer
Devon > Exeter

The median Software Developer salary in Exeter is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 7 33
Rank change year-on-year -25 +26 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 44 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 0.72% 11.64% 5.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 11.96% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 39 12
10th Percentile - £33,200 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £38,182 £30,932
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile - £50,500 £54,500
Devon median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -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 128 368 224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 97.35% 83.58%
Number of salaries quoted 113 301 183
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,598 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £44,293
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -9.69% +13.57%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £54,050
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £69,750
Devon median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Exeter

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Exeter

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services

Software 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft