Decarbonisation Contracts

Decarbonization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Decarbonisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Decarbonisation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 563 714
Rank change year-on-year +53 +151 +138
Contract jobs citing Decarbonisation 10 19 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.044% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.051% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 0
10th Percentile £361 - -
25th Percentile £403 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £488 £509 -
90th Percentile £536 £566 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £500 -
% change year-on-year -8.85% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 1
10th Percentile - £26.92 -
25th Percentile £29.50 £33.65 -
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.96 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.01% -20.09% -
75th Percentile £34.50 £39.25 -
90th Percentile - £41.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -22.22% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Decarbonisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Decarbonisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Decarbonisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Decarbonisation in the UK

Decarbonisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decarbonisation.

Daily rate trend for Decarbonisation in the UK

Decarbonisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decarbonisation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Decarbonisation in the UK

Decarbonisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decarbonisation.

Hourly rate trend for Decarbonisation in the UK

Decarbonisation
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Decarbonisation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +60 9 £456 -8.85% 59
England +50 9 £456 -8.85% 87
Midlands +22 5 £501 - 11
North of England +18 5 £425 -15.00% 22
West Midlands +14 5 £501 - 4
North West - 4 £413 - 10
Work from Home +33 2 £450 -10.10% 31
Yorkshire +3 1 £474 -5.20% 7

Decarbonisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Hudson
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Sustainability Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Sustainability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Design Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (10.00%) Kanban
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Sprint Review
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) APMP
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (10.00%) Siemens