Agriculture Job Trends in Wales

Agriculture
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Agriculture in permanent job vacancies in 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 80 67 105
Rank change year-on-year -13 +38 +14
Permanent jobs citing Agriculture 1 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.088% 0.98% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.16% 1.38% 0.22%
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
UK median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.00% +33.33% -37.50%

All General Skills
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 619 506 896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 54.30% 71.07% 66.27%
Number of salaries quoted 361 231 678
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,500 £42,964
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +15.21% -4.47%
75th Percentile £58,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £68,750
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.42% +9.09% -9.84%

Agriculture
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Agriculture job vacancy trend in Wales

Agriculture
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Agriculture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Agriculture

Agriculture
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agriculture within the 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
South Wales -12 1 £55,000 +100.00% 1
Agriculture
UK

Agriculture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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