Green IT Contract Job Trends

Green IT (Green Computing)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Green IT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 553 578
Rank change year-on-year -109 +25 -
Contract jobs citing Green IT 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.003% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £713 £713 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £725 £381
Median % change year-on-year - +90.54% -
75th Percentile £738 £738 £389
90th Percentile - - £390
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £381

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Green IT 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 45,072 29,587 34,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.43% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,942 18,578 22,301
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,596 2,086
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £17.33 £17.31
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.80 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +83.17% -40.00% -1.45%

Green IT
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Green IT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Green IT job vacancy trend in the UK

Green IT
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Green IT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Green IT

Green IT
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Green IT within the UK over the 6 months to 25 July 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
London - 1 £725 - 1
England - 1 £725 - 3

Green IT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) IBM