Software Engineering Jobs in Exeter

Software Engineering
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Exeter requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 37 20
Rank change year-on-year +19 -17 -5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 8 3 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 7.41% 1.07% 8.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.25% 1.65% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 23
10th Percentile £48,000 £60,250 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +38.89% -0.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £50,000
90th Percentile - £66,750 £60,000
Devon median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +52.94% -5.56% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Exeter

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 97 182 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 89.81% 65.00% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 64 152 217
10th Percentile - £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -0.62% +0.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £69,625 £60,000 £64,250
Devon median annual salary £33,500 £42,500 £42,750
% change year-on-year -21.18% -0.58% -5.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Exeter

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Exeter

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Exeter

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Exeter over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Exeter

Software Engineering
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 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Cucumber
2 1 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) PLC Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) PLC Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 1 (12.50%) Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (12.50%) Optimisation Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) React Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Scientific Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) CSS3
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
2 3 (37.50%) HTML5
2 3 (37.50%) Jest
2 3 (37.50%) Next.js
2 3 (37.50%) Playwright
2 3 (37.50%) React
3 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) SCADA
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Containerisation
2 3 (37.50%) Design Patterns
2 3 (37.50%) Lead Generation
2 3 (37.50%) SEO
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) API Development
4 1 (12.50%) BDD
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Community of Practice
4 1 (12.50%) Epics
4 1 (12.50%) Front End Development
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) HNC
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft