Agriculture, forestry and fishing covers crop and livestock farms, fruit and vegetable growers, forestry operations and commercial fishing. Sponsored roles usually sit at the skilled end, such as farm and estate managers, agronomists, vets and agricultural engineers, rather than general labour. Seasonal picking and packing work runs on a separate route from the Skilled Worker licences most employers here hold.
There are 570 licensed visa sponsors in agriculture, forestry & fishing, with 79 live jobs between them. Sponsor figures come from the official Home Office register and are updated daily.
This list puts the sponsors most likely to hire first. To see which of them had the most certificates of sponsorship, read the top visa sponsors in agriculture, forestry & fishing.
In the year to June 2026, the Home Office granted 33,987 work visas to people applying from outside the UK for jobs with sponsors in agriculture, forestry & fishing. Farm workers (SOC 9111) had the most, with 17,269.
Big farming groups, agribusinesses, forestry firms and fisheries hold licences in this section. Filter the live register to agriculture, forestry and fishing to see them all, and which are hiring now.
Skilled roles such as farm manager, agronomist or agricultural engineer use the Skilled Worker visa, which needs a job offer from a licensed sponsor at or above the salary and skill level set for the occupation. Lower-skilled seasonal harvest work uses the separate Seasonal Worker route instead.
Seasonal harvest and horticulture jobs go through the Seasonal Worker visa, which is temporary and run by a small number of approved scheme operators rather than individual farms. It sits outside the Skilled Worker route and does not lead to settlement, so check which scheme operators are approved before you apply.
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| 7 | 3432 Sports coaches, instructors and officials | 27 |
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| 8 | 8211 Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers | 21 |
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| 9 | 5119 Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified | 11 |
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| 10 | 1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing | 10 |
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These figures cover every sponsored work route, including seasonal and creative workers. They count the workers themselves, not their dependants, and only people who applied from outside the UK.
The sponsor chooses its own industry, so it may not match the work the visa was for.
Figures from January 2026 onwards are provisional and may still change.
Source: Home Office immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026, table Occ_D02 (not accredited official statistics).