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 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 465 437
Rank change year-on-year -5 -28 +120
Contract jobs citing Renewable Energy 95 98 205
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.26% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.85% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 48 116
10th Percentile £346 £263 £400
25th Percentile £491 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £648 £728 £725
90th Percentile £700 £840 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £450 £481
% change year-on-year +33.33% -6.49% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 19
10th Percentile £13.46 £40.10 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.48 £40.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.96 £41.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +17.86% -21.79%
75th Percentile £52.50 £45.00 £51.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £47.00 £64.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.96 £41.25 £28.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +47.32% -37.43%

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 11,987 11,547 15,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.03% 30.70% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,361 6,884 10,475
10th Percentile £293 £280 £300
25th Percentile £408 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 637 400 467
10th Percentile £14.29 £16.84 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.33 £47.37 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +5.27% +74.69%
75th Percentile £51.25 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.50 £52.50 £51.24
% change year-on-year -49.52% +2.46% +130.28%

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 16 October 2025.

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 16 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Top 15 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 16 October 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
England +12 73 £600 +2.56% 195
UK excluding London -18 47 £600 +33.33% 173
Work from Home +31 34 £555 -12.60% 70
London +15 31 £600 -20.00% 62
South East +11 15 £750 +28.21% 55
Midlands -15 8 £625 +49.25% 28
North of England -32 7 £456 +65.91% 45
South West +15 6 - - 15
East Midlands -4 6 - - 7
East of England +2 5 £600 +365.12% 14
Scotland +1 5 £325 -44.68% 22
North West -14 4 £456 - 22
Yorkshire -31 3 £475 +72.82% 16
West Midlands -16 2 £625 +49.25% 20
Wales +5 1 £205 -36.92% 2

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 (2.11%) ArcGIS
1 2 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.16%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (11.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (7.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (5.26%) Endur
4 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.79%) AWS
2 13 (13.68%) Azure
3 5 (5.26%) GCP
4 4 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.21%) Lucidchart
5 3 (3.16%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.11%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.05%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.05%) dbt
7 1 (1.05%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.05%) GitHub
7 1 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.05%) PaaS
7 1 (1.05%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.05%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.26%) Firewall
2 3 (3.16%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (3.16%) Modbus
3 2 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.05%) BGP
4 1 (1.05%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.05%) DHCP
4 1 (1.05%) DNS
4 1 (1.05%) Intranet
4 1 (1.05%) MQTT
4 1 (1.05%) Network Security
4 1 (1.05%) OSPF
4 1 (1.05%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.05%) SNMP
4 1 (1.05%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (1.05%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.05%) VLAN
4 1 (1.05%) VPN
4 1 (1.05%) Wireless
4 1 (1.05%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) Power BI
2 2 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (2.11%) GIS
2 2 (2.11%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.11%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.05%) Big Data
3 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.05%) Parquet
3 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.05%) Redis
3 1 (1.05%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.26%) JIRA
2 2 (2.11%) ERwin
General
1 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 27 (28.42%) Manufacturing
3 26 (27.37%) Finance
4 8 (8.42%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.32%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.32%) Retail
5 6 (6.32%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.26%) Law
6 5 (5.26%) Legal
7 3 (3.16%) Back Office
8 2 (2.11%) Automotive
9 1 (1.05%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.05%) Banking
9 1 (1.05%) Billing
9 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Front Office
9 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.05%) Marketing
9 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (14.74%) Analyst
2 12 (12.63%) Project Manager
3 11 (11.58%) Business Analyst
4 9 (9.47%) Senior
5 7 (7.37%) Developer
5 7 (7.37%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (5.26%) QA Officer
6 5 (5.26%) SAP Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (4.21%) Data Engineer
7 4 (4.21%) Endur Analyst
7 4 (4.21%) Endur Business Analyst
7 4 (4.21%) OpenLink Analyst
7 4 (4.21%) OpenLink Business Analyst
7 4 (4.21%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.21%) Python Developer
7 4 (4.21%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) Change Manager
8 3 (3.16%) Consultant
8 3 (3.16%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) React
2 4 (4.21%) Django
2 4 (4.21%) FastAPI
3 3 (3.16%) Node.js
4 2 (2.11%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.11%) gRPC
4 2 (2.11%) REST
5 1 (1.05%) .NET
5 1 (1.05%) ADO
5 1 (1.05%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.05%) JSON
5 1 (1.05%) SOAP
5 1 (1.05%) SwiftUI
5 1 (1.05%) Vue
5 1 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (27.37%) Life Science
2 7 (7.37%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.32%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.26%) SCADA
5 4 (4.21%) Data Structures
5 4 (4.21%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.16%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.11%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.11%) Insider Threat
7 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.11%) PMI
8 1 (1.05%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.05%) CMDB
8 1 (1.05%) Derivative
8 1 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.05%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.05%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.37%) Agile
2 24 (25.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (13.68%) Migration
4 13 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (11.58%) Change Management
6 10 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (9.47%) Computer Science
7 9 (9.47%) Project Management
8 8 (8.42%) Decision-Making
8 8 (8.42%) Network Architecture
8 8 (8.42%) Project Delivery
9 7 (7.37%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 7 (7.37%) Business Analysis
9 7 (7.37%) CI/CD
9 7 (7.37%) DevOps
9 7 (7.37%) ERP
9 7 (7.37%) PRINCE2
9 7 (7.37%) Resource Allocation
9 7 (7.37%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.63%) SQL
2 7 (7.37%) Python
3 4 (4.21%) Go
4 3 (3.16%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.11%) C#
5 2 (2.11%) Java
6 1 (1.05%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 22 (23.16%) Degree
2 6 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (6.32%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.16%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.16%) CCNA
5 3 (3.16%) CCNP
5 3 (3.16%) City & Guilds
5 3 (3.16%) HNC
5 3 (3.16%) HND
5 3 (3.16%) PMP
6 2 (2.11%) CBAP
6 2 (2.11%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.11%) MBA
6 2 (2.11%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.05%) SAP Certification
7 1 (1.05%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.47%) QA
2 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (3.16%) PMBOK
3 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.05%) GRC
4 1 (1.05%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.05%) NIST
4 1 (1.05%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.11%) Docker
2 2 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.11%) Terraform
3 1 (1.05%) Nagios
Vendors
1 21 (22.11%) SAP
2 8 (8.42%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.26%) OpenLink
4 4 (4.21%) Rockwell
5 2 (2.11%) Databricks
5 2 (2.11%) ESRI
5 2 (2.11%) Hitachi
5 2 (2.11%) ION Trading
5 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.11%) VMware
6 1 (1.05%) Cisco
6 1 (1.05%) ComArch
6 1 (1.05%) Informatica
6 1 (1.05%) Meraki
6 1 (1.05%) NetScout
6 1 (1.05%) SevOne
6 1 (1.05%) Siemens
6 1 (1.05%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.05%) Wonderware