Solar Energy Contracts

Solar Energy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Solar Energy in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Solar Energy over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 693 -
Rank change year-on-year +113 - -
Contract jobs citing Solar Energy 2 10 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.017% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.015% 0.052% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £521 £400 -
25th Percentile £533 £418 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.97% - -
75th Percentile £608 £486 -
90th Percentile £622 £491 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £480 -

All Generic Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,029 19,287 28,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.30% 33.32% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,387 13,249 20,174
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 634 712
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.45 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.21% -18.37% +4.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%

Solar Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solar Energy in the UK

Solar Energy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solar Energy.

Daily rate trend for Solar Energy in the UK

Solar Energy
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solar Energy within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +115 2 £569 +22.31% 16

Solar 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Rollout Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Rollout Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Decarbonisation
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management