Solar Energy Contracts

Solar Energy
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Solar Energy in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Solar Energy over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 675 -
Rank change year-on-year +87 - -
Contract jobs citing Solar Energy 2 11 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.020% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.015% 0.060% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 0
10th Percentile - £400 -
25th Percentile £513 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £538 £488 -
90th Percentile - £500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £480 -

All Generic Skills
UK

Solar Energy falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,068 18,456 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.95% 33.22% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,355 12,703 20,413
10th Percentile £275 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £444 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 934 608 683
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.28
25th Percentile £15.28 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.51% -17.57% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61.30 £59.06 £50.39
90th Percentile £71.69 £75.00 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +59.09% +2.33% -4.44%

Solar Energy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solar Energy in the UK

Solar Energy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solar Energy.

Daily rate trend for Solar Energy in the UK

Solar Energy
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solar Energy within the UK over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +105 1 £525 +9.38% 12
England +90 1 - - 25
UK excluding London +36 1 - - 24
North of England - 1 - - 2
North East - 1 - -

Solar 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Rollout Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Rollout Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (50.00%) Photovoltaics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Decarbonisation
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving