Renewable Energy Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 419 338
Rank change year-on-year +94 -81 +55
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 192 151 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.41% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.40% 1.21% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 133 65 127
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,700
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% - -11.54%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,724 12,483 11,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.41% 34.13% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,338 5,434 8,126
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,125 £54,151
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% -0.05% -1.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,673
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK excluding London

Renewable Energy
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 Renewable Energy within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Scotland +30 57 £45,000 -34.55% 11
Midlands +39 46 £50,000 -13.04% 29
North of England +29 42 £40,000 -27.27% 27
West Midlands +42 35 £40,000 -33.33% 18
South East +21 26 £62,500 +4.17% 43
South West 0 19 £65,000 +44.44% 21
North East +20 16 £40,000 - 4
North West +18 13 £40,000 -27.27% 12
Yorkshire -4 13 £70,000 +27.27% 11
East Midlands +3 11 £65,000 +13.04% 11
East of England +22 6 £60,000 -7.69% 23
Renewable Energy
UK

Renewable Energy
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 6 (3.13%) WinCC
2 2 (1.04%) ArchestrA
2 2 (1.04%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.08%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.52%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Sage X3
2 2 (1.04%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.21%) SaaS
2 7 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.60%) AWS
3 5 (2.60%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.08%) Azure
5 2 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.04%) Azure Stack
5 2 (1.04%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.52%) GitHub
6 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.73%) Firewall
2 8 (4.17%) Modbus
3 6 (3.13%) Wireless
4 5 (2.60%) 802.11
4 5 (2.60%) LTE
4 5 (2.60%) VSAT
5 3 (1.56%) VPN
6 2 (1.04%) Profibus
7 1 (0.52%) DHCP
7 1 (0.52%) DNS
7 1 (0.52%) HTTP
7 1 (0.52%) Internet
7 1 (0.52%) MQTT
7 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.60%) Metadata
1 5 (2.60%) Power BI
2 3 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.56%) GIS
2 3 (1.56%) QGIS
2 3 (1.56%) Spatial Data
3 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.04%) Power Query
3 2 (1.04%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.52%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Git
1 1 (0.52%) GitLab
1 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 47 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.15%) Manufacturing
3 25 (13.02%) Advertising
4 21 (10.94%) Aerospace
5 20 (10.42%) Automotive
6 17 (8.85%) Finance
7 14 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (6.25%) Billing
8 12 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (5.73%) Electronics
10 10 (5.21%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (3.65%) Legal
12 3 (1.56%) Agriculture
12 3 (1.56%) Banking
13 1 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 68 (35.42%) Technical Engineer
2 39 (20.31%) Technical Support
3 36 (18.75%) Support Engineer
4 35 (18.23%) Technical Support Engineer
5 21 (10.94%) Business Development Manager
5 21 (10.94%) Business Manager
5 21 (10.94%) Development Manager
6 15 (7.81%) Analyst
7 14 (7.29%) Consultant
7 14 (7.29%) Recruitment Consultant
7 14 (7.29%) Senior
8 12 (6.25%) Developer
9 11 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (5.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) Integration Developer
10 8 (4.17%) IT Support
10 8 (4.17%) Software Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) Support Analyst
11 7 (3.65%) Commercial Development Manager
11 7 (3.65%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.25%) .NET
2 5 (2.60%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.60%) React
3 4 (2.08%) REST
4 3 (1.56%) Blazor
4 3 (1.56%) WinForms
4 3 (1.56%) WPF
5 2 (1.04%) Django
5 2 (1.04%) Kafka
5 2 (1.04%) Spring
5 2 (1.04%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.52%) CSS
6 1 (0.52%) HTML
6 1 (0.52%) Material-UI
6 1 (0.52%) Node.js
6 1 (0.52%) Playwright
6 1 (0.52%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.52%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 54 (28.13%) Driving Licence
2 14 (7.29%) SCADA
2 14 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.73%) FMCG
3 11 (5.73%) Operational Technology
4 8 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.17%) Solar Energy
5 6 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.13%) Solar Panel
6 5 (2.60%) Photovoltaics
7 4 (2.08%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 3 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.56%) Life Science
8 3 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.04%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.04%) IoT
10 1 (0.52%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.81%) Windows
2 6 (3.13%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.52%) Android
4 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (23.44%) Business Development
2 24 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 22 (11.46%) B2B
3 22 (11.46%) B2B Sales
4 21 (10.94%) Commercial Awareness
5 19 (9.90%) Customer Experience
5 19 (9.90%) Mathematics
5 19 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (8.33%) Data Entry
6 16 (8.33%) Telesales
7 13 (6.77%) Logistics
8 12 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (6.25%) CRM
8 12 (6.25%) Software Engineering
9 10 (5.21%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (5.21%) Process Improvement
10 9 (4.69%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (4.17%) Decision-Making
12 7 (3.65%) Microservices
12 7 (3.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.17%) SQL
2 6 (3.13%) Python
3 4 (2.08%) C#
3 4 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.56%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.04%) Java
5 2 (1.04%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (18.23%) Degree
2 17 (8.85%) HNC
2 17 (8.85%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.60%) CCNA
5 5 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.60%) GCSC
5 5 (2.60%) JNCIA
6 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.04%) HND
7 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.52%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CISSP
8 1 (0.52%) MCSE
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.69%) QA
2 7 (3.65%) IEC 61131
3 5 (2.60%) IEC 61508
4 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.56%) NIST
5 3 (1.56%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.56%) SLA
6 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (3.13%) Hyper-V
1 6 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.60%) Docker
3 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.08%) Functional Safety
1 4 (2.08%) Terraform
2 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.52%) Istio
Vendors
1 30 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.69%) Siemens
3 7 (3.65%) Rockwell
4 6 (3.13%) VMware
5 5 (2.60%) Freshdesk
6 3 (1.56%) ESRI
6 3 (1.56%) Sage
6 3 (1.56%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.52%) EMC
7 1 (0.52%) Google
7 1 (0.52%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.52%) SAP
7 1 (0.52%) Wonderware