Smart Energy Job Trends

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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 671 705
Rank change year-on-year +41 +34 +286
Permanent jobs citing Smart Energy 23 28 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.052% 0.029%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.14% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 15
10th Percentile - £49,236 -
25th Percentile - £50,136 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,177 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% -8.32% +12.00%
75th Percentile - £66,967 £75,000
90th Percentile £61,050 £84,013 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £64,177 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -8.32% +16.67%

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 20,555 19,907 20,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.26% 37.20% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,326 9,320 14,805
10th Percentile £27,850 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Smart Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Smart Energy job vacancy trend in the UK

Smart Energy
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Smart Energy

Smart Energy
Top 7 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 14 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
England +49 15 £63,500 -1.05% 38
UK excluding London +47 15 £63,500 -1.05% 40
South East - 13 - - 12
Work from Home +54 1 - - 5
South West +10 1 - - 6
North West - 1 £63,500 - 1
North of England - 1 £63,500 - 6

Smart 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
General
1 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Principal Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) Principal Software Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) Software Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Analytics Manager
2 8 (34.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Sales Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) IT Assistant
3 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) IT Support
3 1 (4.35%) IT Support Assistant
3 1 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Lead
3 1 (4.35%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Security Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Support Assistant
3 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) IoT
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Android
1 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Energy Management
2 13 (56.52%) Full-Stack Development
2 13 (56.52%) Software Engineering
2 13 (56.52%) Storage Management
3 9 (39.13%) Analytics
4 8 (34.78%) AI
4 8 (34.78%) Data Analytics
4 8 (34.78%) Data Integration
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.35%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.35%) Inventory Control
6 1 (4.35%) Inventory Management
6 1 (4.35%) Machine Learning
6 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.35%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (4.35%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
1 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory