Renewable Energy Jobs in Scotland

Renewable Energy
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 103 215
Rank change year-on-year -98 +112 -57
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 83 124 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.24% 2.62% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.56% 6.46% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 33 35 11
10th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% +41.18%
75th Percentile £86,250 £60,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £167,400 £75,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +15.38% +4.00%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,244 1,919 2,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.32% 40.51% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 850 814 1,033
10th Percentile £28,795 £32,500 £28,039
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,125 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,611 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.16% +6.57% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £89,956 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Renewable Energy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Edinburgh +40 20 £52,500 -8.70% 19
Fife - 17 £40,000 - 4
Stirling - 14 - - 2
Glasgow -148 12 £77,500 +72.22% 17
Aberdeen -8 9 £152,200 +117.43% 14
East Lothian - 5 £77,500 -
Perthshire - 2 £35,000 -
Highlands - 2 £152,200 - 3
Perth and Kinross - 1 £152,200 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 £152,200 - 1
Renewable Energy
UK

Renewable Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (49.40%) Simulink
2 35 (42.17%) Stateflow
3 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (1.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.61%) AWS
1 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
1 3 (3.61%) PowerApps
2 2 (2.41%) SaaS
3 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.20%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Intranet
2 1 (1.20%) Firewall
2 1 (1.20%) LAN
2 1 (1.20%) VPN
2 1 (1.20%) WAN
2 1 (1.20%) Wireless
2 1 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) SQL Server
1 5 (6.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.61%) Power BI
4 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
General
1 12 (14.46%) Finance
1 12 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (7.23%) Electronics
2 6 (7.23%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (4.82%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (42.17%) Lead
2 33 (39.76%) Systems Engineer
3 29 (34.94%) Control Systems Engineer
4 17 (20.48%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 11 (13.25%) Principal Engineer
5 11 (13.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 11 (13.25%) Team Leader
6 9 (10.84%) Senior
7 7 (8.43%) Database Engineer
8 6 (7.23%) Network Engineer
8 6 (7.23%) Project Manager
8 6 (7.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Developer
9 3 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Senior DevOps
9 3 (3.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) SharePoint Developer
10 2 (2.41%) Administrator
10 2 (2.41%) Incident Response Lead
10 2 (2.41%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) CSS
1 3 (3.61%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (42.17%) Algorithms
2 3 (3.61%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Linux
1 3 (3.61%) Windows
2 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (49.40%) Commercialisation
1 41 (49.40%) Decarbonisation
1 41 (49.40%) Prototyping
1 41 (49.40%) Validation
1 41 (49.40%) Verification and Validation
2 35 (42.17%) Change Management
2 35 (42.17%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 35 (42.17%) Rapid Prototyping
3 10 (12.05%) Asset Management
4 9 (10.84%) Project Delivery
5 6 (7.23%) Network Design
5 6 (7.23%) Physics
5 6 (7.23%) Project Management
5 6 (7.23%) Project Planning
5 6 (7.23%) QMS
5 6 (7.23%) Quality Management
6 5 (6.02%) Data Protection
6 5 (6.02%) Time Management
7 4 (4.82%) Issue Tracking
7 4 (4.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 41 (49.40%) MATLAB
2 5 (6.02%) SQL
2 5 (6.02%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.61%) Bash
3 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.61%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (20.48%) Degree
2 6 (7.23%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.20%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) QA
2 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) Workday
3 1 (1.20%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.20%) Google