Jobs in Exeter
The jobs employers in Exeter advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Exeter has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter8,900on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised400 of 412occupations had at least one advert in the year
Most advertised jobs
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in Exeter, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in South West, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Delivery drivers and couriers199 a quarter↑ 2.7% on last year£27,200
- 2Solicitor168 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£57,000 UK
- 3Business development manager154 a quarter↑ 8.2% on last year£57,100
- 3Care worker154 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£27,100
- 5Business sales executives152 a quarter↑ 5.3% on last year£44,500
- 6Warehouse operatives151 a quarter↓ 5.2% on last year£28,500
- 7Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians149 a quarter↑ 25% on last year£37,100
- 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.146 a quarter↓ 24% on last year£26,900
- 9Chefs140 a quarter↓ 9.7% on last year£27,000
- 10Cleaner134 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£23,100
- 11IT support technician130 a quarter↓ 4.1% on last year£31,800
- 12Kitchen and catering assistants129 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£22,300
- 13Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers118 a quarter↑ 22% on last year£40,100
- 14Maintenance fitter115 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£35,900
- 15Other registered nursing professionals114 a quarter↓ 7% on last year£41,700
- 16Sales assistant113 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£24,700
- 17Records clerks and assistants111 a quarter↓ 5.6% on last year£27,200
- 18Customer service occupations n.e.c.107 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£28,300
- 19Quantity surveyor102 a quarter↑ 57% on last year£52,500 UK
- 20Nursing auxiliaries and assistants102 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£28,700
- 21Business and financial project management professionals101 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£55,800
- 22Software developer97 a quarter↓ 6.8% on last year£53,400
- 23Construction manager82 a quarter↑ 22% on last year£50,700
- 24Human resources officer82 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£30,600
- 25Teaching assistant76 a quarter↑ 38% on last year£19,400
What Exeter has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Exeter than across the UK. Welfare professionals n.e.c. adverts are 3.3 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Exeter over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol, City of
- Cheltenham
- Cornwall
- Cotswold
- Dorset
- East Devon
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- Isles of Scilly
- Mid Devon
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torbay
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire
Sources
- Job adverts, what Exeter has more of
- ONS, online job adverts by local authority (Textkernel), July 2025 to June 2026. An official statistic in development; counts are new online adverts, not every vacancy. Quarters ONS withheld are left out of averages.
- Typical pay
- ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time employees
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.