Renewable Energy Jobs

Renewable Energy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 381 609
Rank change year-on-year -121 +228 -6
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 461 828 857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.87% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 2.02% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 298 264 187
10th Percentile £32,125 £40,375 £44,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £90,750 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,373 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.66% -4.17% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
UK

Renewable Energy is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,876 40,905 81,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.09% 43.15% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,224 22,549 34,301
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,116 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Renewable Energy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Renewable Energy.

Salary trend for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Renewable Energy within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
England -90 367 £55,000 -26.67% 691
UK excluding London -125 359 £51,373 -10.66% 577
Work from Home -64 125 £65,000 +13.04% 223
South East -103 91 £40,000 -55.56% 111
North of England +34 75 £60,000 +4.35% 119
London -19 67 £80,000 -11.11% 187
South West -25 56 £50,000 -33.33% 108
Midlands -11 52 £37,500 -34.78% 115
Scotland -125 51 £75,000 +42.86% 76
Yorkshire +69 33 £50,000 -9.09% 32
East Midlands -17 32 £37,500 -40.00% 42
North West -31 29 £60,000 +4.35% 63
East of England -34 22 £65,000 +85.71% 37
West Midlands -8 20 £40,000 -25.58% 73
Wales +10 14 - - 24
North East +1 13 £45,000 - 28
Northern Ireland +15 2 - - 8

Renewable Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.17%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.52%) Confluence
3 5 (1.08%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (9.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (8.68%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.34%) AutoCAD
4 14 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.87%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.87%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 4 (0.87%) SAP ERP
1 4 (0.87%) SAP HR
1 4 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.43%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.43%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.29%) Azure
2 24 (5.21%) AWS
3 19 (4.12%) GitHub
4 14 (3.04%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 6 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.08%) SaaS
7 4 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.65%) PaaS
8 3 (0.65%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.65%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.43%) GCP
10 1 (0.22%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.22%) Canva
10 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.22%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.22%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.17%) Firewall
2 9 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (1.74%) Bluetooth
3 8 (1.74%) Wireless
4 7 (1.52%) DNS
4 7 (1.52%) Modbus
5 5 (1.08%) Network Security
6 4 (0.87%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.87%) VLAN
6 4 (0.87%) VPN
7 3 (0.65%) DMZ
7 3 (0.65%) Internet
7 3 (0.65%) Intranet
7 3 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.65%) ZigBee
8 2 (0.43%) SAN
9 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.22%) LAN
9 1 (0.22%) NAS
9 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.04%) Power BI
3 13 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.95%) Crystal Reports
4 9 (1.95%) GIS
5 6 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.08%) Big Data
6 5 (1.08%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.87%) MySQL
8 2 (0.43%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.39%) Git
2 8 (1.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (1.30%) SpecFlow
4 5 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.08%) JIRA
5 4 (0.87%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.87%) Postman
5 4 (0.87%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
General
1 101 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 90 (19.52%) Finance
3 38 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.81%) Manufacturing
5 31 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (6.29%) Legal
7 27 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (5.42%) Retail
9 21 (4.56%) Local Government
10 20 (4.34%) Automotive
11 16 (3.47%) Electronics
11 16 (3.47%) Telecoms
12 14 (3.04%) Aerospace
13 11 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (2.39%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.30%) Law
14 6 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.08%) Games
15 5 (1.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 95 (20.61%) Senior
2 91 (19.74%) Project Manager
3 52 (11.28%) Developer
4 45 (9.76%) Software Engineer
5 35 (7.59%) Analyst
6 26 (5.64%) Lead
7 23 (4.99%) Junior
8 19 (4.12%) Embedded Engineer
8 19 (4.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 19 (4.12%) Systems Engineer
9 17 (3.69%) Senior Developer
10 16 (3.47%) C# Developer
10 16 (3.47%) IFS Analyst
10 16 (3.47%) Project Engineer
11 15 (3.25%) Electrical Engineer
11 15 (3.25%) Senior Electrical Engineer
11 15 (3.25%) Senior Manager
12 14 (3.04%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (3.04%) Software Developer
13 13 (2.82%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.64%) .NET
2 12 (2.60%) HTML
3 11 (2.39%) CSS
3 11 (2.39%) React
4 8 (1.74%) Node.js
5 7 (1.52%) REST
6 5 (1.08%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.87%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.87%) Flask
7 4 (0.87%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.87%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.87%) Spring
7 4 (0.87%) YAML
8 3 (0.65%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.65%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.65%) Laravel
8 3 (0.65%) Pandas
8 3 (0.65%) SOAP
8 3 (0.65%) Vue
8 3 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.11%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (6.07%) Driving Licence
3 24 (5.21%) IoT
4 16 (3.47%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (3.04%) FMCG
6 13 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.82%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.39%) Operational Technology
8 10 (2.17%) Life Science
8 10 (2.17%) PACS
9 9 (1.95%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.74%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.52%) NHS
12 6 (1.30%) Solar Energy
13 5 (1.08%) Acoustics
13 5 (1.08%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.08%) CCTV
13 5 (1.08%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.08%) Photovoltaics
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.90%) Linux
2 10 (2.17%) Windows
3 5 (1.08%) Android
3 5 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (20.61%) Project Management
2 82 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (17.14%) Software Engineering
4 35 (7.59%) Agile
4 35 (7.59%) Logistics
5 32 (6.94%) ERP
5 32 (6.94%) Project Delivery
5 32 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (5.86%) Mathematics
7 26 (5.64%) Mentoring
8 25 (5.42%) Decision-Making
8 25 (5.42%) Time Management
9 22 (4.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (4.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 20 (4.34%) Data Science
12 19 (4.12%) CRM
12 19 (4.12%) Process Improvement
12 19 (4.12%) Project Planning
13 18 (3.90%) Contract Management
13 18 (3.90%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.76%) Python
2 43 (9.33%) SQL
3 30 (6.51%) C#
4 22 (4.77%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.12%) C
6 17 (3.69%) C++
7 14 (3.04%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.60%) Java
9 9 (1.95%) Embedded C
10 8 (1.74%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.30%) PHP
11 6 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.30%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.08%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.87%) Bicep
14 3 (0.65%) Bash
15 2 (0.43%) Ruby
15 2 (0.43%) Scala
16 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (22.78%) Degree
2 15 (3.25%) DBS Check
3 10 (2.17%) Master's Degree
3 10 (2.17%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.74%) NVQ Level 3
4 8 (1.74%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.30%) HND
7 5 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.87%) PMP
9 3 (0.65%) CISA
9 3 (0.65%) CISSP
9 3 (0.65%) HNC
9 3 (0.65%) PhD
10 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.22%) CCA
10 1 (0.22%) MCSE
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.22%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.64%) QA
2 18 (3.90%) NEBOSH
3 8 (1.74%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.74%) IEC 62304
3 8 (1.74%) ISO 13485
4 7 (1.52%) GDPR
5 5 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.08%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.87%) ISO 14001
6 4 (0.87%) NIST
6 4 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.65%) HAZOP
7 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) FISMA
9 1 (0.22%) HITRUST
System Software
1 12 (2.60%) Docker
2 5 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.65%) Firmware
4 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.30%) Opsgenie
2 3 (0.65%) Terraform
3 2 (0.43%) Nessus
4 1 (0.22%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.47%) IFS
3 10 (2.17%) Autodesk
3 10 (2.17%) Progress
3 10 (2.17%) SAP
4 8 (1.74%) Databricks
5 5 (1.08%) Workday
6 4 (0.87%) EMC
6 4 (0.87%) Oracle
6 4 (0.87%) SYSPRO
7 3 (0.65%) Siemens
7 3 (0.65%) Twitter
7 3 (0.65%) VMware
8 2 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.22%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.22%) Dataiku
9 1 (0.22%) Instagram
9 1 (0.22%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.22%) Renesas
9 1 (0.22%) Rockwell