Solar Energy Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Solar Energy
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Solar Energy in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Solar Energy over the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 156 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Solar Energy 0 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England - 0.15% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £500

All Generic Skills
North of England

Solar 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,548 1,154 1,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.92% 29.19% 28.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 626 957
10th Percentile £275 £213 £258
25th Percentile £375 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% -3.25% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £590
90th Percentile £638 £674 £650
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 40 59
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.89 £15.86
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.20 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.14 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.35% +8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £58.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £78.50 £56.60
England median hourly rate £27.52 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -44.97% +12.36% +67.39%

Solar Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Solar Energy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Solar Energy job vacancy trend in the North of England