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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 2026

The 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.

  1. 1Delivery drivers and couriers199 a quarter↑ 2.7%£27,200
  2. 2Solicitor168 a quarter↓ 20%£57,000 UK
  3. 3Business development manager154 a quarter↑ 8.2%£57,100
  4. 3Care worker154 a quarter↓ 19%£27,100
  5. 5Business sales executives152 a quarter↑ 5.3%£44,500
  6. 6Warehouse operatives151 a quarter↓ 5.2%£28,500
  7. 7Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians149 a quarter↑ 25%£37,100
  8. 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.146 a quarter↓ 24%£26,900
  9. 9Chefs140 a quarter↓ 9.7%£27,000
  10. 10Cleaner134 a quarter↓ 17%£23,100
  11. 11IT support technician130 a quarter↓ 4.1%£31,800
  12. 12Kitchen and catering assistants129 a quarter↓ 11%£22,300
  13. 13Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers118 a quarter↑ 22%£40,100
  14. 14Maintenance fitter115 a quarter↓ 15%£35,900
  15. 15Other registered nursing professionals114 a quarter↓ 7%£41,700
  16. 16Sales assistant113 a quarter↓ 22%£24,700
  17. 17Records clerks and assistants111 a quarter↓ 5.6%£27,200
  18. 18Customer service occupations n.e.c.107 a quarter↓ 14%£28,300
  19. 19Quantity surveyor102 a quarter↑ 57%£52,500 UK
  20. 20Nursing auxiliaries and assistants102 a quarter↓ 18%£28,700
  21. 21Business and financial project management professionals101 a quarter↑ 13%£55,800
  22. 22Software developer97 a quarter↓ 6.8%£53,400
  23. 23Construction manager82 a quarter↑ 22%£50,700
  24. 24Human resources officer82 a quarter↓ 21%£30,600
  25. 25Teaching assistant76 a quarter↑ 38%£19,400

What Exeter has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs 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×)
Welfare professionals n.e.c.3.3×
Construction and building trades n.e.c.2.5×
Quantity surveyor2.5×
Physicist2.3×
Solicitor2.3×
Registered specialist nurses2.3×
Taxation experts2.1×
Construction manager2.0×
Chartered surveyors2.0×
Production and process engineers1.9×
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Same as UK (1×)
Welfare professionals n.e.c.3.3×
Construction and building trades n.e.c.2.5×
Quantity surveyor2.5×
Physicist2.3×
Solicitor2.3×
Registered specialist nurses2.3×
Taxation experts2.1×
Construction manager2.0×
Chartered surveyors2.0×
Production and process engineers1.9×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Exeter over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in South West

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.