Renewable Energy Contracts 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 76 92
Rank change year-on-year +16 +16 +38
Contract jobs citing Renewable Energy 8 2 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.24% 0.23% 1.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.19% 0.67% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 10
10th Percentile - - £482
25th Percentile £313 - £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £495
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.02%
75th Percentile £488 - £500
90th Percentile - - £539
Scotland median daily rate £375 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -25.04% -4.71% +12.42%

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 251 299 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.04% 34.61% 36.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 162 280
10th Percentile £199 £206 £164
25th Percentile £344 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £535 £599 £538
90th Percentile £600 £656 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £484
% change year-on-year -2.17% -4.91% -0.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 5
10th Percentile - £12.97 -
25th Percentile - £14.36 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.13 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -14.72% -54.08%
75th Percentile £18.73 £19.84 £21.67
90th Percentile £34.10 £40.15 £40.92
Scotland median hourly rate £19.90 £18.07 £19.18
% change year-on-year +10.16% -5.81% -57.21%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Renewable Energy in Edinburgh

Renewable Energy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Renewable Energy in Edinburgh

Renewable Energy
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Renewable Energy in Edinburgh

Renewable Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Snowflake
General
1 2 (25.00%) Tech for Good
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Communications Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Assistant
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Site Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Snowflake Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Snowflake Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) HNC
1 3 (37.50%) HND
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe