Life Science Job Trends in Torquay

Life Sciences
Devon > Torquay

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies in Torquay. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	8	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Life Science	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Torquay	5.26%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	16.67%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£63,750	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£71,250	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Devon median annual salary	£67,500	-	-

All Generic Skills
Torquay

Life Science falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing generic IT skills in Torquay.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	12	0	8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Torquay	31.58%	-	100.00%
Number of salaries quoted	10	0	0
10^th Percentile	£25,000	-	-
25^th Percentile	£34,375	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£66,250	-	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	£71,250	-	-
Devon median annual salary	£48,000	£40,000	£44,246
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	-9.60%	+4.11%

Life Science Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Torquay

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing Life Science also mentioned 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 Torquay region citing Life Science.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Collaborative Engineering	100.0%	2
1	Customer Requirements	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	Master's Degree	100.0%	2
1	Mentoring	100.0%	2
1	Performance Optimisation	100.0%	2
1	PhD	100.0%	2
1	Physics	100.0%	2
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	2
1	Project Delivery	100.0%	2
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	2
1	Systems Engineering	100.0%	2
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	2
1	Validation	100.0%	2
1	Verification and Validation	100.0%	2
1	Zemax	100.0%	2

Life Science Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Torquay by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Optoelectronics	100.0%	2