Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. job market

Official occupation group: Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.SOC 9119 · Updated through Aug 2026 · the UK

Official definition

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of tasks in relation to the breeding and rearing of animals and fish, catch fish at sea and from inland waterways, assist in the picking and lifting of crops, plant and maintain hedges, oversee the incubation and hatching of eggs and perform other fishing and elementary agricultural tasks not elsewhere classified in minor group 911: Elementary agricultural occupations.

e.g. Fishing boat mate · Seed man · Deck hand · Decoy man · Hay cutter

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Profession summary · Jobmundo analysis

Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. demand is falling in the UK.

ONS recorded 623 new online adverts for fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. in the UK in Aug 2026. That is 16.6% lower than a year earlier. Advertised salary for the UK is £25,400.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation. ONS data is generally two months late.
New adverts · UK623Aug 2026 · -16.6% YoY
Advertised salary · UK£25,400May 2025 · lags hiring by about a year

Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. hiring demand

New online job adverts for fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. across the UK

New online job adverts have decreased since Aug 2025.

623

Aug 2026 · the UK

-16.6%change over period · from Aug 2025

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 fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. across the UK

Advertised pay is 1.6% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£25,400

May 2025 · UK

+1.6%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · UK · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. This salary series is typically about a year behind the hiring figures.

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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%.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.3 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years85.1%
21 years7.0%
32 years4.6%
43 years1.8%
54+ years1.4%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

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

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Elementary trades and related occupations

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Wyre£35,400
2East Renfrewshire£34,800
3South Ayrshire£34,500
4Isle of Anglesey£33,500
5Great Yarmouth£33,300
6Adur£33,300
7North Ayrshire£33,300
8Havant£33,200
9Clackmannanshire£33,200
10Oxford£32,900

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

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 911) across the UK

#View
1Farm workers

Farm hand · Gang man · Yard man — 56.1% of group adverts

1,192-12.2%
2Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.You’re viewing this

Fishing boat mate · Seed man · Deck hand — 29.3% of group adverts

623-16.6%
3Forestry and related workers

Forestry worker · Care taker · Timber man — 14.5% of group adverts

308-14.9%
ONS · Latest Aug 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.