Smart Energy Jobs

Smart Energy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Energy in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart Energy over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 693 864 955
Rank change year-on-year +171 +91 +227
Permanent jobs citing Smart Energy 9 43 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.041% 0.014%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.043% 0.12% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 7 30 11
10th Percentile £62,500 £47,250 £50,737
25th Percentile £64,375 £50,000 £52,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £71,999
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% +13.64%

All Generic Skills
UK

Smart 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 20,763 35,685 41,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.18% 34.42% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,606 23,135 22,550
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,085 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Smart Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Smart Energy in the UK

Smart Energy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Smart Energy in the UK

Smart Energy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smart Energy over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Smart Energy in the UK

Smart Energy
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Energy within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
UK excluding London +152 9 £67,500 -3.57% 10
England +140 7 £67,500 -3.57% 18
Work from Home +120 6 £66,250 +20.45% 11
North of England +22 4 £66,250 +20.45% 4
Midlands +59 3 £67,500 -3.57% 2
Yorkshire +52 3 £65,000 -13.33%
East Midlands +44 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £75,000 -
West Midlands +49 1 £67,500 -3.57% 2
North West -10 1 £67,500 +35.00% 4

Smart 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Wireless
1 5 (55.56%) ZigBee
General
1 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
1 5 (55.56%) Wearables
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Information Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Product Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Product Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Security Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Clean Code
1 5 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (55.56%) SDLC
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
2 2 (22.22%) Information Security
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Product Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Product Vision
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Assembly Language
1 5 (55.56%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) DBS Check
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware