Renewable Energy Job Trends in the North of England

Renewable Energy
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 242 253
Rank change year-on-year +30 +11 +111
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 56 27 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.45% 0.34% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 1.01% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 37 5 52
10th Percentile £34,400 - £29,450
25th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -2.22% +4.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £101,000 £69,933
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -28.13%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,417 2,683 4,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 35.54% 33.69% 32.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,879 1,233 3,221
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,759
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in the North of England

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Renewable Energy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in the North of England

Renewable Energy
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Renewable Energy within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -18 20 £70,000 +27.27% 2
North East +12 19 £40,000 - 2
North West +10 17 £40,000 -52.94% 9
Renewable Energy
England

Renewable Energy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 18 (32.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.36%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.36%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (5.36%) GIS
1 3 (5.36%) Metadata
1 3 (5.36%) QGIS
1 3 (5.36%) Spatial Data
General
1 20 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Advertising
3 16 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Legal
5 5 (8.93%) Agriculture
5 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.14%) Marketing
7 2 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.57%) Electronics
8 1 (1.79%) Automotive
8 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.79%) Law
8 1 (1.79%) Local Government
8 1 (1.79%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (39.29%) Technical Support
2 21 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 21 (37.50%) Technical Engineer
2 21 (37.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 16 (28.57%) Analyst
4 13 (23.21%) IT Analyst
4 13 (23.21%) IT Support
4 13 (23.21%) IT Support Analyst
4 13 (23.21%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) Business Development Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Business Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Development Manager
6 3 (5.36%) GIS Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) GIS Technician
6 3 (5.36%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Operations Technician
6 3 (5.36%) Product Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Commercial Development Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Commercial Manager
8 1 (1.79%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (32.14%) Driving Licence
2 14 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (19.64%) Management Information System
4 9 (16.07%) Solar Energy
5 2 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) IoT
6 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.79%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Business Development
1 21 (37.50%) Customer Experience
2 15 (26.79%) B2B
2 15 (26.79%) B2B Sales
2 15 (26.79%) Commercial Awareness
2 15 (26.79%) Customer Service
2 15 (26.79%) Data Entry
2 15 (26.79%) Mathematics
2 15 (26.79%) Telesales
3 10 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (17.86%) CRM
3 10 (17.86%) Process Improvement
4 9 (16.07%) Resource Management
4 9 (16.07%) Systems Analysis
5 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.14%) Data Management
7 3 (5.36%) AI
7 3 (5.36%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (5.36%) Cost Control
7 3 (5.36%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) Python
1 3 (5.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (44.64%) Degree
2 16 (28.57%) HNC
3 1 (1.79%) CISSP
3 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 29 (51.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) ESRI
2 3 (5.36%) Google
2 3 (5.36%) Toshiba