Renewable Energy Contract Job Trends

Renewable Energy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 452 459
Rank change year-on-year -68 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Renewable Energy 64 77 121
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.24% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 0.75% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 41 68
10th Percentile £391 £413 £356
25th Percentile £491 £568 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £636 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +15.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £650 £825 £703
90th Percentile £736 £913 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £603 £444
% change year-on-year -17.01% +35.77% -11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 18
10th Percentile £48.50 £38.98 £19.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £40.44 £19.44
Median hourly rate £55.00 £42.69 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.84% +5.41% -3.78%
75th Percentile £65.63 £45.94 £61.97
90th Percentile £70.50 £49.88 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £46.44 £40.50
% change year-on-year +18.43% +14.67% -3.78%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,959 10,253 13,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.18% 32.36% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,194 6,078 8,768
10th Percentile £278 £263 £256
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -4.02%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 621 312 693
10th Percentile £14.54 £18.51 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.60 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.54 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.31% - +55.66%
75th Percentile £61.50 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.10 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £35.65
% change year-on-year -15.38% -8.84% +78.25%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in the UK

Renewable Energy
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Renewable Energy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Renewable Energy
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 January 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
England -58 53 £600 -14.29% 161
London -26 35 £598 -25.31% 19
UK excluding London -70 22 £500 -17.01% 169
Work from Home -16 20 £530 -15.16% 91
Midlands -43 7 £625 +12.36% 22
South East -31 6 £500 -20.00% 41
West Midlands -43 5 £625 +12.36% 12
North of England -56 5 £351 -22.11% 33
North West -27 3 - - 13
East of England - 2 £600 - 25
East Midlands - 2 - - 10
Yorkshire - 2 £351 - 10
Scotland +1 1 - - 18
Wales - 1 £205 - 7

Renewable Energy
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) ArcGIS
1 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (15.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (9.38%) Endur
3 3 (4.69%) Maximo
4 2 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.56%) Eikon
5 1 (1.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.63%) Azure
2 7 (10.94%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.13%) Lucidchart
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) Dagster
5 1 (1.56%) dbt
5 1 (1.56%) GCP
5 1 (1.56%) PaaS
5 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.56%) Prefect
5 1 (1.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Firewall
2 3 (4.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (4.69%) Modbus
3 2 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.56%) MQTT
4 1 (1.56%) Network Security
4 1 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.56%) VPN
4 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (3.13%) GIS
1 2 (3.13%) Power BI
1 2 (3.13%) Spatial Data
2 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.56%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) ERwin
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Git
2 1 (1.56%) Vite
2 1 (1.56%) webpack
General
1 29 (45.31%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.69%) Finance
3 15 (23.44%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.94%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.56%) Billing
6 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Front Office
6 1 (1.56%) German Language
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (20.31%) Analyst
2 12 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 11 (17.19%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) IT Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) SAP Manager
4 6 (9.38%) SAP Project Manager
4 6 (9.38%) Senior
5 5 (7.81%) Data Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Business IT Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) Endur Business Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) IT Business Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) OpenLink Business Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Administrator
7 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Help Desk Administrator
7 3 (4.69%) Lead
7 3 (4.69%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Geospatial Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) OpenLink Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) REST
2 3 (4.69%) React
3 2 (3.13%) ADO
3 2 (3.13%) gRPC
3 2 (3.13%) Node.js
3 2 (3.13%) SOAP
4 1 (1.56%) Blazor
4 1 (1.56%) CSS
4 1 (1.56%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.56%) Jest
4 1 (1.56%) JSON
4 1 (1.56%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.56%) Parceljs
4 1 (1.56%) RESTful
4 1 (1.56%) Sass
4 1 (1.56%) SignalR
4 1 (1.56%) Swagger
4 1 (1.56%) SwiftUI
4 1 (1.56%) WebAssembly
4 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.88%) Life Science
2 6 (9.38%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 4 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.25%) SCADA
4 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.69%) PMI
4 3 (4.69%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.13%) CMDB
5 2 (3.13%) Insider Threat
5 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.56%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.56%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.56%) IoT
6 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.44%) Agile
2 14 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (20.31%) Business Analysis
4 12 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 8 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 8 (12.50%) Migration
5 8 (12.50%) Network Architecture
6 7 (10.94%) DevOps
6 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (10.94%) Project Management
6 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (9.38%) AI
7 6 (9.38%) CI/CD
7 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (9.38%) Data Modelling
7 6 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 5 (7.81%) Logistics
8 5 (7.81%) Machine Learning
8 5 (7.81%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) SQL
2 3 (4.69%) Go
2 3 (4.69%) Python
2 3 (4.69%) TypeScript
3 2 (3.13%) Java
4 1 (1.56%) Bicep
4 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (29.69%) Degree
2 6 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (7.81%) PMI Certification
4 4 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.69%) CBAP
5 3 (4.69%) CCNP
5 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.69%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.13%) CCNA
6 2 (3.13%) PMP
6 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.56%) PhD
7 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (3.13%) NIST
4 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.56%) GRC
4 1 (1.56%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.56%) PMBOK
4 1 (1.56%) PMO
4 1 (1.56%) QA
4 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.13%) Docker
3 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) SAP
2 9 (14.06%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.25%) OpenLink
3 4 (6.25%) Rockwell
4 2 (3.13%) Databricks
4 2 (3.13%) ESRI
4 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.13%) Virgin Media
5 1 (1.56%) Calypso
5 1 (1.56%) ComArch
5 1 (1.56%) DevExpress
5 1 (1.56%) Informatica
5 1 (1.56%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.56%) Murex
5 1 (1.56%) Siemens
5 1 (1.56%) Telerik
5 1 (1.56%) Trayport
5 1 (1.56%) VMware
5 1 (1.56%) Wonderware
193 Renewable Energy jobs Nationwide