Renewable Energy Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Renewable Energy
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 108 103
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 -
Contract jobs citing Renewable Energy 5 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.18% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.61% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile - £390 £396
25th Percentile £613 £403 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £638 £606 £531
90th Percentile - £685 £685
England median daily rate £600 £700 £551
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.16% -15.31%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 799 490 657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 35.24% 29.24% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 304 406
10th Percentile £250 £209 £275
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £624
90th Percentile £653 £712 £700
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 21 38
10th Percentile £18.26 £15.22 £16.95
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £17.79
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +5.13% +29.80%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.54 £67.50
90th Percentile £48.09 £55.25 £67.88
England median hourly rate £27.86 £37.25 £43.63
% change year-on-year -25.22% -14.61% +24.45%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Renewable Energy
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Renewable Energy
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Smethwick - 3 - -
Warwickshire - 2 £625 - 1
Renewable Energy
England

Renewable Energy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) ERwin
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Administrator
1 3 (60.00%) Help Desk Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CAFM
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Data Entry
1 3 (60.00%) Facilities Management
1 3 (60.00%) Order Management
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Logical Data Model
2 2 (40.00%) Physical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft