Our main movements, recruitment activities and agritech related musings from the month of October…
Our MD Sam Clayton took a high level look at agtech salary averages in the US, in particular whether or not they compete with remuneration levels in other sectors. This is typically a difficult task… how do you assess the salary offering of a whole sector with such a wild variety of role types at play? This exercise is therefore not without its pitfalls but, where comparison between role types allows, a rudimentary overview tells us that salaries in agtech are broadly competitive with other domains – for example, a Data Scientist in agtech could expect to roughly earn a similar amount working as a Data Scientist in another sector. See here for more info – https://agrecruit-ltd.com/salaries-in-the-us-agtech-market-are-they-competitive-with-other-sectors/
We also carried out a similar exercise last year relating to agritech salaries in the UK, see here for more on that one – https://agrecruit-ltd.com/a-guide-to-uk-agritech-salaries-are-they-competitive/
Recruitment wise, a typical month here at AgRecruit sees us engaged on searches for a wide variety of role types, working with clients in different sub-sectors of ag – agtech, agrifood sustainability, ag-sciences / biotech and more. October was no different, seeing role activity in Sales, Marketing, Software Engineering, Plant Sciences and Customer Success.
Our MD and Principal Consultant David Tamsett attended an event organised by UK Agri-Tech Centre – a body of which we are members – hosted at Cranfield University. The opportunity to meet and network with likeminded individuals operating in similar circles is always welcomed… a main takeaway being that a growing number of members seem to be made up of tech businesses that haven’t traditionally been ag focused, but are now seeing the sector as a potential growth area for their solutions.
Always great to see – the influx of expertise from outside the sector can only be good for the world of agritech!
