Animal care services occupations n.e.c in Ceredigion

Official occupation group: Animal care services occupations n.e.cSOC 6129 · Updated through Q4 2025 · Ceredigion

Official definition

Job holders in this unit group care for animals held in kennels, stables, zoos and similar establishments, provide specialised training, grooming, clipping and trimming services for animals, and searches for and captures stray or nuisance dogs in public areas and perform a variety of animal care tasks not elsewhere classified in minor group 612: Animal care and control services.

e.g. Animal care worker · Head lad · Yard man · Cat carer · Pet carer

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Animal care services occupations n.e.c demand is rising in Ceredigion.

ONS recorded 2 new online adverts for animal care services occupations n.e.c in Ceredigion in Q4 2025. That is 100.0% higher than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in Ceredigion for the broader caring personal service occupations is £26,000.

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New adverts · Ceredigion2Q4 2025 · +100.0% YoY
Advertised salary · Ceredigion£26,000ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Animal care services occupations n.e.c hiring demand

New online job adverts for animal care services occupations n.e.c in Ceredigion

Comparable observations are not available for this range.

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Oct 2025 · Ceredigion

change over period · from Apr 2025
ONS · CeredigionSources & methodology ↗

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 caring personal service occupations in Ceredigion

Advertised pay is 4.0% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£26,000

Jan 2025 · Ceredigion

+4.0%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Ceredigion · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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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%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.6 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years67.5%
21 years15.0%
32 years10.5%
43 years5.4%
54+ years1.6%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

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

Ceredigion compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

An aligned ONS comparison is unavailable for this location.

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Caring personal service occupations

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Shetland Islands£32,900
2Orkney Islands£31,800
3Eden£29,000
4Fermanagh and Omagh£28,600
5Cotswold£28,500
6Midlothian£28,200
7South Lakeland£28,100
8Tewkesbury£28,100
9Test Valley£28,100
10Perth and Kinross£28,100

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 612) across the UK

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1Animal care services occupations n.e.cYou’re viewing this

Animal care worker · Head lad · Yard man — 74.2% of group adverts

657-16.2%
2Pest controllers

Pest controller · Rat catcher · Mole catcher — 25.8% of group adverts

228+9.1%
ONS · Latest Jul 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.