Optoelectronics Job Trends in Torquay

Optoelectronics
Devon > Torquay

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Optoelectronics in permanent job vacancies in Torquay. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Optoelectronics over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	5	-	3
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+1
Permanent jobs citing Optoelectronics	7	0	11
As % of all permanent jobs in Torquay	18.42%	-	78.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	53.85%	-	100.00%
Number of salaries quoted	7	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£62,500	-	£67,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	-	£75,000
75^th Percentile	£71,250	-	£82,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Devon median annual salary	£67,500	-	£75,000

All Generic Skills
Torquay

Optoelectronics 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 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	13	0	11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Torquay	34.21%	-	78.57%
Number of salaries quoted	11	0	1
10^th Percentile	£25,000	-	-
25^th Percentile	£62,500	-	£67,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	-	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+76.47%
75^th Percentile	£70,625	-	£82,500
90^th Percentile	£71,250	-	-
Devon median annual salary	£48,940	£37,875	£43,491
% change year-on-year	+29.21%	-12.91%	+2.33%

Optoelectronics Job Vacancy Trend in Torquay

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Optoelectronics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Torquay.

Optoelectronics Salary Trend in Torquay

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Torquay citing Optoelectronics.

Optoelectronics Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Torquay

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, job vacancies citing Optoelectronics 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 Optoelectronics.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	100.0%	7
2	PhD	85.7%	6
2	Physics	85.7%	6
2	Technical Leadership	85.7%	6
5	Problem-Solving	57.1%	4
5	Prototyping	57.1%	4
7	Collaborative Engineering	42.9%	3
7	Customer Engagement	42.9%	3
7	Customer Requirements	42.9%	3
7	Master's Degree	42.9%	3
7	Mentoring	42.9%	3
7	Performance Optimisation	42.9%	3
7	Project Delivery	42.9%	3
7	Project Management	42.9%	3
7	Remote Sensing	42.9%	3
7	Stakeholder Management	42.9%	3
7	Systems Engineering	42.9%	3
7	Validation	42.9%	3
7	Verification and Validation	42.9%	3
7	Zemax	42.9%	3
21	Biomedicine	14.3%	1
21	Embedded Firmware	14.3%	1
21	Firmware	14.3%	1
21	MISRA	14.3%	1
21	Requirements Analysis	14.3%	1
21	Schematic Capture	14.3%	1
21	Stress Analysis	14.3%	1

Optoelectronics 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	Fibre Optics	42.9%	3
1	Life Science	42.9%	3