Decarbonisation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Decarbonization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Decarbonisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 545 492
Rank change year-on-year +44 -53 +184
Permanent jobs citing Decarbonisation 16 35 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.094% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.11% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 16
10th Percentile £43,000 £47,000 £29,625
25th Percentile £45,000 - £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £59,375 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £48,550
% change year-on-year -20.83% +23.58% -22.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Decarbonisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,380 32,892 27,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.58% 88.28% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19,063 15,104 20,736
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,755 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,070
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Decarbonisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Decarbonisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Decarbonisation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Decarbonisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Decarbonisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Decarbonisation

Decarbonisation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Decarbonisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Decarbonisation in the UK excluding London

Decarbonisation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Decarbonisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +23 7 £65,000 -11.96% 2
Midlands +13 3 - - 1
West Midlands +13 3 - -
East of England +21 2 £45,000 - 2
North of England - 2 £45,000 - 3
South West - 2 £66,250 - 1
North West - 1 £40,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £50,000 - 2
Decarbonisation
UK

Decarbonisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (6.25%) Apache
1 1 (6.25%) PowerFactory
Business Applications
1 6 (37.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 7 (43.75%) Manufacturing
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Lead
2 2 (12.50%) Development Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Business Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Development Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (6.25%) Project Leader
3 1 (6.25%) QA Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) QA Leader
3 1 (6.25%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) React Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) React
1 1 (6.25%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
1 6 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Data Science
2 6 (37.50%) Analytics
2 6 (37.50%) Backlog Management
2 6 (37.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 6 (37.50%) Contract Management
2 6 (37.50%) Data Governance
2 6 (37.50%) Data Integration
2 6 (37.50%) Data Management
2 6 (37.50%) Data Strategy
2 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 6 (37.50%) Digital Analytics
2 6 (37.50%) Operations Management
2 6 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 6 (37.50%) Source to Pay
2 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Supplier Management
2 6 (37.50%) Supply Chain Management
2 6 (37.50%) System Integration Testing
2 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) SAP