Renewable Energy Jobs in Scotland

Renewable Energy
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 229 110
Rank change year-on-year +79 -119 +112
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 16 53 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.52% 0.76% 2.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.01% 1.67% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5 41 31
10th Percentile £39,500 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +50.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £80,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,000 £167,400 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -16.67% +3.85%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 798 3,170 1,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.08% 45.75% 40.71%
Number of salaries quoted 376 874 739
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,765 £33,730
25th Percentile £48,734 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,813 £69,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £80,000 £87,419
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Renewable Energy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Renewable Energy in Scotland.

Salary trend for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Renewable Energy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Aberdeen +32 9 £45,000 -70.43% 3
Edinburgh +13 2 - - 10
Inverclyde - 2 - -
Aberdeenshire +9 1 £45,000 - 4
Midlothian - 1 - - 2
East Ayrshire - 1 £80,000 -
Renewable Energy
UK

Renewable Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) IaaS
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Information Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Information Security Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Director
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Business Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Design Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Development Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Resilience Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) SCADA
2 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Business Development
1 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (18.75%) Business Strategy
2 3 (18.75%) Information Security
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL
2 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
2 3 (18.75%) Project Management
2 3 (18.75%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
2 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (18.75%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (18.75%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity Management
4 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (6.25%) CISM
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Ariba
1 3 (18.75%) Facebook
1 3 (18.75%) SAP
1 3 (18.75%) YouTube
2 1 (6.25%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft