Renewable Energy Jobs

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 487 381
Rank change year-on-year -14 -106 +209
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 193 460 889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.47% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 1.31% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 102 287 312
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £42,050
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - -25.42% +13.46%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £84,725 £120,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -1.96% -25.82% +10.00%

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 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Renewable Energy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Renewable Energy.

Salary trend for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in the UK

Renewable Energy
Top 17 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 1 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
England +13 157 £55,000 -1.79% 419
UK excluding London +2 127 £50,000 -1.96% 362
Work from Home +148 69 £53,750 -17.31% 265
North of England +48 38 £55,000 -4.35% 95
London +75 34 £74,000 -22.11% 112
South West +74 23 £46,000 -8.00% 49
South East +60 23 £48,750 +21.88% 93
Scotland +76 21 £50,000 -33.33% 32
North West +21 21 £55,000 -8.33% 50
Midlands +54 15 £57,500 +53.33% 73
Yorkshire +55 11 £55,000 +25.71% 26
East Midlands +34 8 £58,750 +56.67% 29
West Midlands +38 7 £45,000 -16.28% 39
North East +45 6 - - 20
East of England +43 6 £58,750 -9.62% 30
Wales +34 1 - - 8
Northern Ireland +34 1 - - 3

Renewable Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.55%) Apache
3 2 (1.04%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.04%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.11%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (2.59%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.52%) Revit
6 1 (0.52%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (2.07%) SAP SCM
2 2 (1.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.52%) Endur
3 1 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (18.65%) Azure
2 26 (13.47%) AWS
3 10 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.63%) SaaS
5 6 (3.11%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.59%) AWS IoT
7 3 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.04%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.04%) AWS Fargate
8 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.04%) IaaS
8 2 (1.04%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.52%) Datadog
9 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.15%) Firewall
2 4 (2.07%) LoRaWAN
3 3 (1.55%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.55%) VoIP
3 3 (1.55%) WAN
3 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.04%) DNS
4 2 (1.04%) FTP
4 2 (1.04%) HTTP
4 2 (1.04%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.04%) SSH
4 2 (1.04%) SSL
4 2 (1.04%) VPN
5 1 (0.52%) DVB
5 1 (0.52%) LTE
5 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.52%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (3.11%) Power BI
3 5 (2.59%) MySQL
4 4 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.07%) TimescaleDB
5 3 (1.55%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Git
2 2 (1.04%) MLflow
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
General
1 62 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 45 (23.32%) Manufacturing
3 32 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (12.44%) Finance
5 20 (10.36%) Electronics
5 20 (10.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (8.29%) Public Sector
7 14 (7.25%) Automotive
8 13 (6.74%) Aerospace
9 10 (5.18%) Legal
9 10 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.11%) Tech for Good
11 5 (2.59%) Retail
12 4 (2.07%) Aviation
12 4 (2.07%) Local Government
12 4 (2.07%) Marketing
12 4 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.55%) Games
13 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (14.51%) Senior
2 26 (13.47%) Project Manager
3 20 (10.36%) Software Engineer
4 12 (6.22%) Senior Software Engineer
5 11 (5.70%) Lead
6 10 (5.18%) Analyst
6 10 (5.18%) Developer
6 10 (5.18%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (4.66%) Technical Director
8 8 (4.15%) Consultant
9 7 (3.63%) Graduate
9 7 (3.63%) Security Manager
10 6 (3.11%) Information Manager
10 6 (3.11%) Information Security Manager
10 6 (3.11%) Junior
11 5 (2.59%) Administrator
11 5 (2.59%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (2.59%) Site Manager
12 4 (2.07%) Data Analyst
12 4 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.33%) .NET
2 13 (6.74%) React
3 11 (5.70%) Node.js
4 7 (3.63%) AngularJS
5 6 (3.11%) Flash
5 6 (3.11%) NestJS
5 6 (3.11%) RESTful
6 5 (2.59%) React Native
7 3 (1.55%) CSS
7 3 (1.55%) XML
8 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.04%) AWS CDK
8 2 (1.04%) EDI
8 2 (1.04%) Hibernate
8 2 (1.04%) HTML
8 2 (1.04%) LAMP
8 2 (1.04%) Loki
8 2 (1.04%) Metaflow
8 2 (1.04%) Spring
9 1 (0.52%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.47%) SCADA
2 17 (8.81%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.70%) IoT
3 11 (5.70%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.66%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.15%) NHS
6 7 (3.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.63%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.59%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.59%) Photovoltaics
8 5 (2.59%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.55%) FMCG
9 3 (1.55%) Solar Energy
9 3 (1.55%) Solar Panel
9 3 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.04%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.22%) Windows
2 9 (4.66%) Linux
3 7 (3.63%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.55%) CentOS
4 3 (1.55%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.04%) AIX
5 2 (1.04%) Android
5 2 (1.04%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.04%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (17.62%) Mentoring
3 33 (17.10%) Project Management
4 26 (13.47%) Software Engineering
5 18 (9.33%) Feasibility Study
6 17 (8.81%) Business Development
7 16 (8.29%) Project Delivery
8 15 (7.77%) CI/CD
8 15 (7.77%) Roadmaps
8 15 (7.77%) Strategic Thinking
9 14 (7.25%) Computer Science
10 13 (6.74%) Business Strategy
10 13 (6.74%) DevOps
10 13 (6.74%) Visualisation
11 12 (6.22%) Agile
11 12 (6.22%) Data Management
11 12 (6.22%) Decision-Making
11 12 (6.22%) Machine Learning
11 12 (6.22%) Systems Analysis
11 12 (6.22%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.44%) Python
2 21 (10.88%) TypeScript
3 17 (8.81%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.77%) SQL
5 14 (7.25%) C#
6 11 (5.70%) Bicep
7 9 (4.66%) PHP
8 7 (3.63%) Java
9 4 (2.07%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.55%) C
10 3 (1.55%) C++
11 2 (1.04%) AWK
11 2 (1.04%) Korn
11 2 (1.04%) Perl
11 2 (1.04%) VBA
12 1 (0.52%) Bash
12 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.52%) Go
12 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 64 (33.16%) Degree
2 11 (5.70%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.63%) CISM
3 7 (3.63%) CISSP
3 7 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (3.11%) HND
5 5 (2.59%) HNC
6 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.07%) PhD
7 3 (1.55%) CISA
7 3 (1.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.04%) PMP
9 1 (0.52%) ACCA
9 1 (0.52%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.66%) QA
2 7 (3.63%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.04%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (6.74%) Docker
2 5 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.04%) KVM
4 2 (1.04%) Postfix
4 2 (1.04%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (6.22%) Terraform
2 5 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.55%) SCCM
4 2 (1.04%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.04%) Grafana
4 2 (1.04%) Nagios
4 2 (1.04%) Nessus
5 1 (0.52%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.52%) Istio
Vendors
1 24 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.22%) Facebook
2 12 (6.22%) YouTube
3 8 (4.15%) SAP
4 6 (3.11%) ANSYS
5 4 (2.07%) Ariba
6 3 (1.55%) Aruba
6 3 (1.55%) Cisco
6 3 (1.55%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.55%) HP
6 3 (1.55%) IFS
6 3 (1.55%) Okta
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle
6 3 (1.55%) VMware
7 2 (1.04%) Adobe
7 2 (1.04%) Databricks
7 2 (1.04%) Dell
7 2 (1.04%) IBM
7 2 (1.04%) Tenable
7 2 (1.04%) Veeam