Jobs in Torbay
The jobs employers in Torbay advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Torbay has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter2,700on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised342 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 Torbay, 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.
- 1Care worker128 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£27,100
- 2Other registered nursing professionals93 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£41,700
- 3Nursing auxiliaries and assistants92 a quarter↓ 10% on last year£28,700
- 4Cleaner81 a quarter↓ 10% on last year£23,100
- 5Kitchen and catering assistants73 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£22,300
- 6Chefs70 a quarter↓ 2.1% on last year£27,000
- 7Sales assistant68 a quarter↑ 0.7% on last year£24,700
- 8Delivery drivers and couriers54 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£27,200
- 9Teaching assistant52 a quarter↑ 37% on last year£19,400
- 10IT support technician42 a quarter→ 0% on last year£31,800
- 11Secondary education teaching professionals35 a quarter↑ 30% on last year£45,200
- 11Other administrative occupations n.e.c.35 a quarter↓ 27% on last year£26,900
- 13Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.34 a quarter↓ 5.6% on last year£25,900
- 14Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors33 a quarter↑ 61% on last year£38,200
- 15Other vocational and industrial trainers33 a quarter↑ 48% on last year£34,000
- 16Solicitor31 a quarter↑ 88% on last year£57,000 UK
- 17Bar staff30 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£24,300
- 18Customer service occupations n.e.c.29 a quarter↓ 6.5% on last year£28,300
- 18Security guards and related occupations29 a quarter↓ 7.9% on last year£32,700
- 20Receptionist29 a quarter↓ 31% on last year£23,500
- 21Senior care worker28 a quarter↑ 9.8% on last year£29,700
- 22Records clerks and assistants28 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£27,200
- 23Business sales executives27 a quarter↑ 50% on last year£44,500
- 24Waiter26 a quarter↓ 5.5% on last year£22,900 UK
- 25Writer26 a quarter↑ 920% on last year£41,400
What Torbay has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Torbay than across the UK. Writer adverts are 4.2 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Torbay 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
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- Isles of Scilly
- Mid Devon
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire
Sources
- Job adverts, what Torbay 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.