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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 236 111
Rank change year-on-year +93 -125 +104
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 18 44 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.61% 0.66% 2.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.45% 1.37% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8 35 35
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £45,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +36.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,313 £86,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,500 £167,400 £74,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year - -25.42% +7.27%

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 734 3,219 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.86% 48.15% 40.78%
Number of salaries quoted 411 850 796
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £55,000 £57,655
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -4.60% +4.83%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,548 £89,472
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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +28 7 £45,000 -70.43% 15
Edinburgh +10 4 £45,000 -29.41% 9
Glasgow +177 2 £74,250 +14.23% 12
Inverclyde - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 1 £80,000 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £45,000 - 4
Midlothian - 1 - - 2
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 (5.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Health
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Security Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Information Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Technical Director
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Resilience Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
1 2 (11.11%) Hibernate
1 2 (11.11%) Node.js
1 2 (11.11%) React
1 2 (11.11%) Spring
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) SCADA
2 3 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.11%) Smart City
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 4 (22.22%) Business Development
3 3 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (16.67%) Information Security
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) CISM
2 3 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) SOC 2
2 1 (5.56%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Ariba
1 3 (16.67%) Facebook
1 3 (16.67%) SAP
1 3 (16.67%) YouTube
2 1 (5.56%) Databricks
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft