SQL Developer Job Trends in Exeter

SQL Developer
Devon > Exeter

The median SQL Developer salary in Exeter is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL Developer 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.24% - 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £40,750
25th Percentile £51,250 - £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £45,000
75th Percentile £53,750 - £49,375
90th Percentile - - £51,250
Devon median annual salary £52,500 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 401 138 330
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 93.24% 97.92%
Number of salaries quoted 285 124 268
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,218
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% -16.88% -10.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £61,500
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% -

SQL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SQL Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

SQL Developer job vacancy trend in Exeter

SQL Developer
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in Exeter.

Salary distribution trend for SQL Developer job vacancies in Exeter

SQL Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, SQL Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Exeter region featuring SQL Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

SQL Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA