Agriculture Job Trends in the South West

Agriculture
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Agriculture in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Agriculture over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 171 217
Rank change year-on-year -3 +46 +59
Permanent jobs citing Agriculture 3 18 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.059% 0.43% 0.021%
As % of the General category 0.13% 0.75% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,750 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -11.11% +2.28%
75th Percentile £44,250 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile - £54,750 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +40.00% -37.50%

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,354 2,396 2,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 46.33% 57.78% 52.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 1,118 1,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,750 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Agriculture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Agriculture job vacancy trend in the South West

Agriculture
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Agriculture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Agriculture

Agriculture
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agriculture within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Dorset - 2 £43,500 -
Bristol +11 1 - -
Agriculture
England

Agriculture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) Power Query
1 2 (66.67%) PowerPivot
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Research Scientist
2 1 (33.33%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Chemistry
2 1 (33.33%) Conversational UI
2 1 (33.33%) Economics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) PayPal