Cooks in West Devon

Official occupation group: CooksSOC 5435 · Updated through Q2 2026 · West Devon

Official definition

Cooks prepare, season and cook food, often using pre-prepared ingredients, in clubs, private households, fast food outlets, shops selling food cooked on the premises and the catering departments and canteens of other establishments.

e.g. Cook · Head cook · Fish fryer · Grill hand · Cook manager

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Cooks market data for West Devon.

ONS recorded 10 new online adverts for cooks in West Devon in Q2 2026. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Typical advertised pay in West Devon for the broader textiles, printing and other skilled trades is £29,100.

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New adverts · West Devon10Q2 2026 · YoY comparison unavailable
Advertised salary · West Devon£29,100ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Cooks hiring demand

New online job adverts for cooks in West Devon

New online job adverts have increased since Oct 2025.

10

Apr 2026 · West Devon

+900.0%change over period · from Oct 2025
ONS · West DevonSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for textiles, printing and other skilled trades in West Devon

Advertised pay is 1.0% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£29,100

Jan 2025 · West Devon

+1.0%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · West Devon · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.6 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years63.7%
21 years21.7%
32 years9.9%
43 years2.8%
54+ years1.8%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

West Devon compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1West Devon10
2United Kingdom3,453

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Textiles, printing and other skilled trades

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Oxford£33,500
2London£33,300
3Watford£33,200
4Slough£33,000
5Bracknell Forest£32,800
6Na h-Eileanan Siar£32,600
7Basildon£32,200
8Cotswold£32,200
9Hertsmere£32,200
10Spelthorne£32,200

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 543) across the UK

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1Chefs

Chef · Head chef · Chef manager — 68.5% of group adverts

10,724-16.8%
2Catering and bar managers

Bar manager · Club steward · Duty manager — 20.2% of group adverts

3,168-1.4%
3CooksYou’re viewing this

Cook · Head cook · Fish fryer — 7.7% of group adverts

1,202-12.5%
4Bakers and flour confectioners

Flour confectioner · Table man · Cake maker — 2.2% of group adverts

349-6.4%
5Butchers

Butcher · First hand · Meat cutter — 1.3% of group adverts

204-21.2%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.