Renewable Energy Job Trends in Glasgow

Renewable Energy
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 61 109
Rank change year-on-year +24 +48 -44
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 15 8 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.24% 1.15% 1.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.62% 4.15% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 10
10th Percentile - £62,750 £41,575
25th Percentile £31,000 £67,813 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £73,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.89% +16.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £45,000 £80,000 £69,688
90th Percentile - - £78,750
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £68,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -34.55% +19.57% +6.98%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

Renewable Energy falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 156 193 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.28% 27.85% 51.41%
Number of salaries quoted 108 85 183
10th Percentile £25,289 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £47,500 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £55,000 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,750 £110,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year -32.69% -0.95% +3.45%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Renewable Energy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in Glasgow over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in Glasgow

Renewable Energy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (13.33%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Modbus
General
1 6 (40.00%) Advertising
1 6 (40.00%) Billing
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Consultant
1 6 (40.00%) IT Consultant
1 6 (40.00%) IT Recruitment Consultant
1 6 (40.00%) Recruitment Consultant
1 6 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Driving Licence
2 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (13.33%) SCADA
4 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) B2B
1 6 (40.00%) B2B Sales
1 6 (40.00%) Business Development
1 6 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.67%) Network Design
3 1 (6.67%) Presales
3 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) IEC 61131
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Rockwell
1 2 (13.33%) Siemens
1 2 (13.33%) VMware