Renewable Energy Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Renewable Energy
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 67 78
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 +33
Contract jobs citing Renewable Energy 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% 0.16% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.43% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £351
25th Percentile - - £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £495
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.02%
75th Percentile - - £518
90th Percentile - - £530
Scotland median daily rate - - £495
% change year-on-year - - -1.00%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

Renewable Energy falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 220 234 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.80% 36.56% 36.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 114 158
10th Percentile £150 £192 £286
25th Percentile £261 £366 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £510 £538 £550
90th Percentile £575 £613 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 7
10th Percentile £14.35 £19.90 £14.41
25th Percentile £15.69 £22.36 £16.99
Median hourly rate £23.75 £23.59 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% +3.15% +0.82%
75th Percentile £63.75 £24.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.70 £60.60
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £18.00
% change year-on-year +6.61% +31.06% -8.86%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Renewable Energy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Renewable Energy
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Renewable Energy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft