Agriculture Job Trends in South Wales

Agriculture
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Agriculture in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agriculture over the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 53 79
Rank change year-on-year -12 +26 +10
Permanent jobs citing Agriculture 1 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.12% 1.41% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.21% 1.99% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - - £24,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £23,750 £24,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £27,500 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -4.35% -48.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £31,250 £32,188
90th Percentile - - £32,375
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £27,500 £28,750
% change year-on-year +100.00% -4.35% -48.89%

All General Skills
South Wales

Agriculture falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 466 352 576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 56.83% 70.68% 63.79%
Number of salaries quoted 263 161 464
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,000 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £40,000 £49,500 £42,964
% change year-on-year -19.19% +15.21% -4.47%

Agriculture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Agriculture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Agriculture job vacancy trend in South Wales

Agriculture
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Agriculture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Agriculture

Agriculture
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agriculture within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 February 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport - 1 £55,000 - 1
Agriculture
Wales

Agriculture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CANalyzer
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB