Renewable Energy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 325 362
Rank change year-on-year +21 +37 +109
Contract jobs citing Renewable Energy 39 61 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.30% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 1.02% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 55
10th Percentile £413 £348 £380
25th Percentile £463 £463 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +4.88% +7.89%
75th Percentile £638 £647 £638
90th Percentile £664 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 19 9
10th Percentile - £19.25 £14.99
25th Percentile £32.05 £19.63 £15.21
Median hourly rate £48.00 £40.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +92.86% -25.00%
75th Percentile £53.50 £51.69 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.63 £63.10 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £41.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +28.92% +97.62% -32.41%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,252 5,968 7,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.24% 29.14% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,571 3,583 5,124
10th Percentile £205 £208 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £613
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 726 428
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.92 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.39 £29.25 £21.88
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +33.71% +4.17%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.31 £70.00 £74.30
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £31.25 £22.49
% change year-on-year +2.56% +38.98% -18.24%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Renewable Energy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
South East +49 22 £625 +42.78% 91
Scotland +3 11 £450 -10.00% 46
North of England +16 3 £475 -32.14% 106
West Midlands +16 3 £688 -14.06% 33
Midlands +16 3 £688 -14.06% 56
North East -6 2 £450 -38.98% 24
North West +19 1 £475 - 49
Renewable Energy
UK

Renewable Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (17.95%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.13%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (30.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 9 (23.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (5.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) AWS
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Azure API Management
2 5 (12.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 5 (12.82%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (12.82%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.13%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Firewall
1 1 (2.56%) Modbus
1 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (5.13%) Power BI
3 1 (2.56%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Selenium
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 17 (43.59%) Manufacturing
2 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 11 (28.21%) Finance
4 8 (20.51%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Tech for Good
6 2 (5.13%) Agriculture
6 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) Project Manager
1 7 (17.95%) SAP Manager
2 5 (12.82%) Azure Developer
2 5 (12.82%) Data Engineer
2 5 (12.82%) Developer
2 5 (12.82%) Full-Stack Developer
2 5 (12.82%) Project Assistant
3 4 (10.26%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (10.26%) SAP Project Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Lead
5 2 (5.13%) Development Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) HR Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Payroll Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.13%) SAP Programme Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Communications Specialist
6 1 (2.56%) Finance Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Smart Metering Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) ADO
2 3 (7.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (41.03%) Life Science
2 6 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.13%) Learning Management System
4 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.56%) SCADA
5 1 (2.56%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Agile
2 14 (35.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (28.21%) Change Management
4 11 (28.21%) Migration
5 10 (25.64%) Time Management
6 9 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (20.51%) Asset Management
7 8 (20.51%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (17.95%) Project Delivery
8 7 (17.95%) Project Planning
8 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (15.38%) ERP
9 6 (15.38%) Project Management
9 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
10 5 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (12.82%) Data Engineering
10 5 (12.82%) DevOps
10 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
10 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) Python
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 5 (12.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.69%) PMP
3 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.56%) CCNA
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.56%) MCP
4 1 (2.56%) MRICS
4 1 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) PMBOK
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) SAP
2 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.82%) Adobe
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco
4 1 (2.56%) NEC
4 1 (2.56%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) Workday