Renewable Energy Contract Job Trends in the South West

Renewable Energy
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 108 144
Rank change year-on-year -40 +36 +4
Contract jobs citing Renewable Energy 2 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.056% 0.32% 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.98% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £15.96 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £24.01 £41.50
% change year-on-year +118.70% -42.16% +97.62%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 930 610 836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.89% 32.21% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 374 520
10th Percentile £313 £250 £300
25th Percentile £413 £388 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 48 129
10th Percentile £14.00 £6.00 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.21 £45.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.17% -73.04% -
75th Percentile £66.88 £42.94 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.11 £75.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £31.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +41.81% -34.74% +17.79%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in the South West

Renewable Energy
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Renewable Energy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Renewable Energy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Renewable Energy within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 August 2026. 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
Bristol -22 2 £750 - 3
Renewable Energy
England

Renewable Energy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Finance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Finance Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Financial Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (50.00%) SBOM
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP