Smart Energy Job Trends in the North of England

Smart Energy
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Energy in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart 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 272 - 285
Rank change year-on-year - - +137
Permanent jobs citing Smart Energy 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.009% - 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.024% - 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,750 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.42%
75th Percentile £65,250 - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £63,500 £64,177 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -8.32% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Smart 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 4,113 2,817 2,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.17% 30.98% 33.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,626 1,269 2,208
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -8.53% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,389 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,020 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Smart Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Smart Energy job vacancy trend in the North of England

Smart Energy
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Smart 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 Smart Energy within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 1 £63,500 - 1
Smart Energy
England

Smart 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared