Agriculture Contracts

Agriculture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Agriculture in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agriculture over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 579 656
Rank change year-on-year +32 +77 +184
Contract jobs citing Agriculture 7 9 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.021% 0.052%
As % of the General category 0.034% 0.036% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 22
10th Percentile - - £407
25th Percentile £413 - £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.00%
75th Percentile £438 - £800
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £394
% change year-on-year - - +181.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £62.41 - -
25th Percentile £71.65 - -
Median hourly rate £87.05 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.28 - -

All General Skills
UK

Agriculture falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,437 24,699 33,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.05% 57.21% 58.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,814 15,432 23,118
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £402 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £472 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -3.18% -2.50% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,029 1,922 1,076
10th Percentile £13.37 £12.88 £13.54
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.67 £16.85
Median hourly rate £26.50 £31.97 £30.52
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% +4.75% +24.57%
75th Percentile £52.50 £53.94 £60.03
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.74 £31.25 £25.95
% change year-on-year -27.25% +20.42% +29.75%

Agriculture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Agriculture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Agriculture in the UK

Agriculture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agriculture.

Daily rate trend for Agriculture in the UK

Agriculture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agriculture.

Hourly rate trend for Agriculture in the UK

Agriculture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agriculture over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Agriculture in the UK

Agriculture
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agriculture within the UK over the 6 months to 10 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +37 6 £425 - 140
UK excluding London +53 5 - - 110
South East - 5 - - 35
Work from Home +36 3 - - 48
London +29 1 £425 - 30

Agriculture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) EDMS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Payroll Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) HR Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Life Science
2 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Change Management
2 5 (71.43%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (71.43%) Data Migration
2 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management
4 1 (14.29%) Document Management
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
2 3 (42.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) SAP