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 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 363 418
Rank change year-on-year +8 +55 -55
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 212 127 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.49% 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.39% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 155 73 203
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,875 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,550 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -24.14%

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 16,083 9,153 22,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.68% 35.33% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,788 5,198 15,002
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,325 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +22 62 £45,000 -23.40% 11
North of England -52 50 £40,000 -27.27% 13
Midlands -14 44 £60,000 +2.13% 15
West Midlands +15 35 £60,000 +14.29% 14
South East -38 28 £50,000 - 18
South West -45 26 £45,000 -2.17% 9
Yorkshire -46 20 £70,000 +27.27%
North West -34 18 £40,000 -27.27% 8
North East -21 12 £40,000 - 5
East Midlands -49 9 £65,000 +10.64% 1
East of England -34 3 - - 11
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 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.08%) SaaS
2 9 (4.25%) AWS
2 9 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (3.77%) Power Automate
3 8 (3.77%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.36%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.42%) Azure
6 2 (0.94%) GCP
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.77%) Firewall
2 4 (1.89%) VPN
3 3 (1.42%) Modbus
4 2 (0.94%) DHCP
4 2 (0.94%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) HTTP
5 1 (0.47%) MQTT
5 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.77%) Power BI
1 8 (3.77%) Power Query
1 8 (3.77%) PowerPivot
2 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.47%) GIS
3 1 (0.47%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.47%) Metadata
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) QGIS
3 1 (0.47%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (2.36%) Git
2 3 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.94%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 37 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 20 (9.43%) Manufacturing
3 19 (8.96%) Advertising
4 16 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (7.08%) Agriculture
6 14 (6.60%) Finance
7 12 (5.66%) Legal
8 7 (3.30%) Billing
8 7 (3.30%) Marketing
9 6 (2.83%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.83%) Automotive
9 6 (2.83%) Electronics
10 5 (2.36%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Law
11 1 (0.47%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (19.34%) Business Development Manager
1 41 (19.34%) Business Manager
1 41 (19.34%) Development Manager
2 38 (17.92%) Technical Engineer
3 27 (12.74%) Analyst
4 25 (11.79%) Developer
5 17 (8.02%) Technical Support
6 16 (7.55%) Support Engineer
6 16 (7.55%) Technical Support Engineer
7 15 (7.08%) Support Analyst
8 14 (6.60%) IT Analyst
8 14 (6.60%) IT Support
8 14 (6.60%) IT Support Analyst
9 10 (4.72%) Commercial Development Manager
9 10 (4.72%) Commercial Manager
9 10 (4.72%) Senior
10 9 (4.25%) Business Developer
10 9 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.25%) Power Platform Developer
10 9 (4.25%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.72%) .NET
2 4 (1.89%) React
3 2 (0.94%) CSS
3 2 (0.94%) HTML
3 2 (0.94%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.47%) Django
4 1 (0.47%) Next.js
4 1 (0.47%) Node.js
4 1 (0.47%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.40%) Driving Licence
2 26 (12.26%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (8.02%) Solar Energy
4 10 (4.72%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.30%) Life Science
5 7 (3.30%) Photovoltaics
5 7 (3.30%) Solar Panel
6 6 (2.83%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.36%) SCADA
8 4 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.47%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.13%) Windows
2 4 (1.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.83%) Business Development
2 32 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (8.96%) Process Improvement
4 18 (8.49%) CRM
4 18 (8.49%) Customer Experience
5 17 (8.02%) B2B
5 17 (8.02%) B2B Sales
5 17 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (6.60%) Customer Service
7 12 (5.66%) ERP
8 11 (5.19%) Telesales
9 10 (4.72%) Commercial Awareness
9 10 (4.72%) Data Entry
9 10 (4.72%) Mathematics
10 9 (4.25%) Resource Management
10 9 (4.25%) Service Delivery
10 9 (4.25%) Systems Analysis
11 8 (3.77%) Agile
11 8 (3.77%) Software Engineering
11 8 (3.77%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.83%) Python
2 4 (1.89%) SQL
3 3 (1.42%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.94%) Bash
4 2 (0.94%) C#
4 2 (0.94%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (13.21%) Degree
2 11 (5.19%) HNC
3 5 (2.36%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.36%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.47%) MCSE
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.47%) PMP
5 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.89%) QA
2 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.42%) NIST
2 3 (1.42%) NIST 800
3 2 (0.94%) SLA
4 1 (0.47%) PMO
4 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.89%) Ansible
1 4 (1.89%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.89%) Terraform
2 1 (0.47%) Grafana
2 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.30%) Google
3 4 (1.89%) Sage
3 4 (1.89%) Toshiba
3 4 (1.89%) Zscaler
4 3 (1.42%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle
6 1 (0.47%) ESRI
6 1 (0.47%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.47%) Siemens
6 1 (0.47%) VMware