Software Engineer Jobs in Exeter

Software Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median Software Engineer salary in Exeter is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 39 41
Rank change year-on-year +20 +2 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 7 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 6.54% 0.36% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.93% 0.37% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £47,250 - £30,188
25th Percentile £50,625 - £34,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +36.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £60,500
90th Percentile - - £69,200
Devon median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +52.94% +6.25% -11.11%

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% 86.84%
Number of salaries quoted 72 227 216
10th Percentile - £26,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,225
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -0.56% +0.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £51,563
90th Percentile £68,375 £57,500 £63,750
Devon median annual salary £38,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.56% +12.50% -11.11%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Exeter

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Exeter

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Exeter

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Exeter over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Exeter

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) IEC 61131
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) SCADA
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) HNC
3 2 (28.57%) SEO
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) HTML5
3 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
3 2 (28.57%) CSS
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Generation
3 2 (28.57%) React
3 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 2 (28.57%) Docker
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) CSS3
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Jest
3 2 (28.57%) Next.js
3 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Playwright
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB

Software Engineer 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
2 1 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) CSS3
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) HTML5
2 2 (28.57%) Jest
2 2 (28.57%) Next.js
2 2 (28.57%) Playwright
2 2 (28.57%) React
3 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Generation
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) SEO
4 1 (14.29%) API Development
4 1 (14.29%) BDD
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
4 1 (14.29%) Epics
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) HNC
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
61 Software Engineer jobs in Devon