Renewable Energy Job Trends

Renewable Energy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 506 445
Rank change year-on-year +70 -61 -26
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 241 201 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.40% 0.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.12% 1.07% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 174 71 249
10th Percentile £32,200 £38,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% - -17.86%
75th Percentile £68,375 £78,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +18.28% -22.50%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,574 18,836 26,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.43% 37.79% 36.02%
Number of salaries quoted 10,908 8,818 19,517
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -14.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -9.09%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Renewable Energy job vacancy trend in the UK

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 February 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
UK excluding London +102 204 £45,000 -18.18% 74
England +33 165 £50,000 -13.04% 75
Scotland +37 66 £45,000 -33.33% 7
North of England +24 56 £40,000 -27.27% 14
Midlands +10 40 £50,000 -13.04% 25
West Midlands +29 29 £45,000 -25.00% 15
London +11 27 £60,000 -1.64% 6
South West -12 22 £45,000 -14.29% 10
Work from Home +15 21 £40,000 -42.86% 26
Yorkshire -21 20 £70,000 +27.27% 3
North East +13 19 £40,000 - 2
North West +15 17 £40,000 -52.94% 9
South East +7 17 £77,500 +55.00% 12
East Midlands -13 11 £65,000 +13.04% 10
East of England +14 5 £70,000 +27.27% 5

Renewable Energy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (0.83%) WinCC
2 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (10.79%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.49%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Endur
2 4 (1.66%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.83%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.05%) SaaS
2 13 (5.39%) AWS
2 13 (5.39%) Azure
2 13 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.15%) Power Platform
4 7 (2.90%) Power Automate
5 4 (1.66%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.24%) Google Drive
6 3 (1.24%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.83%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.83%) Azure Stack
7 2 (0.83%) GCP
7 2 (0.83%) GitHub
7 2 (0.83%) Supabase
8 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.73%) Firewall
2 4 (1.66%) Modbus
2 4 (1.66%) VPN
3 1 (0.41%) DHCP
3 1 (0.41%) DNS
3 1 (0.41%) HTTP
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
3 1 (0.41%) MQTT
3 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.15%) Power BI
2 8 (3.32%) Metadata
3 7 (2.90%) Power Query
3 7 (2.90%) PowerPivot
4 6 (2.49%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (2.49%) GIS
4 6 (2.49%) QGIS
4 6 (2.49%) Spatial Data
5 5 (2.07%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.83%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.41%) MySQL
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.24%) GitLab
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 56 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.35%) Finance
3 28 (11.62%) Advertising
4 24 (9.96%) Manufacturing
5 22 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (7.05%) Legal
8 14 (5.81%) Billing
9 12 (4.98%) Agriculture
10 10 (4.15%) Aerospace
10 10 (4.15%) Automotive
11 8 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.07%) Law
14 4 (1.66%) Electronics
14 4 (1.66%) Games
14 4 (1.66%) Marketing
15 3 (1.24%) Banking
16 2 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (23.65%) Technical Engineer
2 36 (14.94%) Support Engineer
3 34 (14.11%) Technical Support
4 32 (13.28%) Analyst
4 32 (13.28%) Technical Support Engineer
5 31 (12.86%) Business Development Manager
5 31 (12.86%) Business Manager
5 31 (12.86%) Development Manager
6 18 (7.47%) Consultant
6 18 (7.47%) Developer
7 17 (7.05%) IT Support
7 17 (7.05%) Recruitment Consultant
8 16 (6.64%) Senior
9 14 (5.81%) Support Analyst
10 13 (5.39%) IT Analyst
10 13 (5.39%) IT Support Analyst
11 10 (4.15%) Commercial Development Manager
11 10 (4.15%) Commercial Manager
11 10 (4.15%) Lead
12 9 (3.73%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.05%) .NET
2 6 (2.49%) React
3 5 (2.07%) REST
4 3 (1.24%) Blazor
4 3 (1.24%) Kafka
4 3 (1.24%) WinForms
4 3 (1.24%) WPF
5 2 (0.83%) Django
5 2 (0.83%) Next.js
5 2 (0.83%) Spring
5 2 (0.83%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.83%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.41%) D3.js
6 1 (0.41%) gRPC
6 1 (0.41%) Jest
6 1 (0.41%) Micronaut
6 1 (0.41%) React Native
6 1 (0.41%) Vue
6 1 (0.41%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.09%) Driving Licence
2 24 (9.96%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.64%) Solar Energy
4 12 (4.98%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.56%) SCADA
6 9 (3.73%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.90%) FMCG
7 7 (2.90%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.90%) Photovoltaics
7 7 (2.90%) Solar Panel
8 6 (2.49%) Life Science
9 4 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.66%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.66%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 4 (1.66%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.83%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.83%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.81%) Windows
2 3 (1.24%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.41%) Android
3 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.07%) Business Development
2 31 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (11.62%) B2B
4 25 (10.37%) B2B Sales
4 25 (10.37%) Customer Experience
5 23 (9.54%) Customer Service
5 23 (9.54%) Mathematics
6 19 (7.88%) Commercial Awareness
6 19 (7.88%) Data Entry
6 19 (7.88%) Software Engineering
6 19 (7.88%) Telesales
7 18 (7.47%) Process Improvement
8 17 (7.05%) CRM
9 16 (6.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.81%) AI
10 14 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (5.39%) Computer Science
11 13 (5.39%) Mentoring
12 12 (4.98%) Agile
12 12 (4.98%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.39%) SQL
2 11 (4.56%) Python
3 9 (3.73%) C#
4 5 (2.07%) Java
4 5 (2.07%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 52 (21.58%) Degree
2 21 (8.71%) HNC
3 11 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.32%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.90%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.49%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.49%) PMP
7 2 (0.83%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.41%) CISSP
8 1 (0.41%) HND
8 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.41%) MCSE
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.41%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.56%) QA
2 4 (1.66%) EMIR
2 4 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.24%) IEC 61131
3 3 (1.24%) NIST
3 3 (1.24%) NIST 800
4 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (2.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.66%) Functional Safety
1 4 (1.66%) Terraform
2 3 (1.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) Autotask
3 1 (0.41%) Istio
Vendors
1 44 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.73%) Google
3 6 (2.49%) ESRI
4 5 (2.07%) Siemens
5 4 (1.66%) OpenLink
5 4 (1.66%) Sage
5 4 (1.66%) Zscaler
6 3 (1.24%) Rockwell
6 3 (1.24%) Toshiba
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle
7 2 (0.83%) VMware
8 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.41%) Mapbox
8 1 (0.41%) N-able
8 1 (0.41%) SAP
8 1 (0.41%) Wonderware