Renewable Energy Jobs in Scotland

Renewable Energy
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Renewable Energy in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 111 215
Rank change year-on-year -126 +104 -58
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 44 124 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.66% 2.66% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.37% 6.67% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 35 35 13
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,200
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -12.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £86,250 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £167,400 £74,000 £79,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £73,750 £68,750
% change year-on-year -25.42% +7.27% +10.00%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Renewable Energy is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,217 1,860 2,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.12% 39.93% 49.01%
Number of salaries quoted 848 793 1,079
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £29,600
25th Percentile £39,971 £42,000 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £89,472 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Renewable Energy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Renewable Energy in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Renewable Energy in Scotland

Renewable Energy
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Renewable Energy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
Edinburgh +27 13 £63,750 +10.87% 15
Aberdeen -11 9 £152,200 +117.43% 13
Glasgow -156 8 £65,000 +44.44% 22
East Lothian - 5 £77,500 -
Fife - 3 £40,000 - 4
Perthshire - 2 £35,000 -
Highlands - 2 £152,200 - 4
Perth and Kinross - 1 £152,200 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 £152,200 - 2
Renewable Energy
UK

Renewable Energy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.27%) AutoCAD
4 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.82%) PowerApps
3 2 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (2.27%) Azure
4 1 (2.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) SQL Server
1 5 (11.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.82%) Power BI
4 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Git
General
1 12 (27.27%) Finance
1 12 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 4 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Database Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Lead
2 6 (13.64%) Network Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 4 (9.09%) Developer
3 4 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Senior
4 3 (6.82%) Senior DevOps
4 3 (6.82%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Administrator
5 2 (4.55%) Coordinator
5 2 (4.55%) Incident Response Lead
5 2 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (4.55%) Project Engineer
6 1 (2.27%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (2.27%) Product Owner
6 1 (2.27%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.27%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) CSS
1 3 (6.82%) HTML
2 2 (4.55%) Spring
2 2 (4.55%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
1 2 (4.55%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Android
2 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.73%) Asset Management
2 9 (20.45%) Project Delivery
3 6 (13.64%) Agile
3 6 (13.64%) Network Design
3 6 (13.64%) Project Management
3 6 (13.64%) Project Planning
3 6 (13.64%) QMS
3 6 (13.64%) Quality Management
4 5 (11.36%) Time Management
5 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 4 (9.09%) Coaching
5 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 4 (9.09%) Data Management
5 4 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 4 (9.09%) DevOps
5 4 (9.09%) ERP
5 4 (9.09%) Issue Tracking
5 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (6.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.36%) SQL
1 5 (11.36%) T-SQL
2 4 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.82%) Bash
3 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.82%) Python
4 2 (4.55%) Java
5 1 (2.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Workday