PhD Job Trends in Torquay

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil, EngD, Doctorate)
Devon > Torquay

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Torquay with a requirement for PhD qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	8	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing PhD	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Torquay	2.86%	-	-
As % of the Qualifications category	20.00%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	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	-	£50,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Torquay

PhD falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Torquay.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	5	0	7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Torquay	14.29%	-	100.00%
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£49,750	-	-
25^th Percentile	£55,000	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	£70,750	-	-
Devon median annual salary	£50,500	£33,500	£43,491
% change year-on-year	+50.75%	-22.97%	+12.62%

PhD Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Torquay

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing PhD 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 with a requirement for PhD.

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

PhD 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.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	100.0%	1
1	Master's Degree	100.0%	1