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 have cited Renewable Energy over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 380 603
Rank change year-on-year -123 +223 -1
Permanent jobs citing Renewable Energy 469 812 884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.87% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 2.02% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 304 266 188
10th Percentile £31,625 £41,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £91,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,373 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.66% -4.17% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 36,675 40,106 83,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.82% 43.08% 48.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23,359 22,226 34,621
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,570 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -109 372 £57,500 -20.69% 643
UK excluding London -136 364 £51,373 -10.66% 552
Work from Home -48 127 £65,000 +13.04% 209
South East -90 92 £40,000 -55.56% 100
North of England +21 74 £56,250 -2.17% 107
London -56 70 £80,000 -11.11% 153
South West -26 57 £50,000 -33.33% 103
Midlands -29 53 £37,500 -36.17% 113
Scotland -119 52 £75,000 +42.86% 81
Yorkshire +70 34 £50,000 -9.09% 29
East Midlands -33 32 £37,500 -40.00% 40
North West -29 27 £60,000 +4.35% 53
East of England -37 22 £65,000 +80.56% 44
West Midlands -8 21 £46,250 -15.91% 73
Wales +20 16 - - 17
North East -4 13 £45,000 -53.85% 28
Northern Ireland +13 2 - - 7

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 10 (2.13%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.49%) Confluence
3 5 (1.07%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
Applications
1 44 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.26%) AutoCAD
4 14 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.85%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 4 (0.85%) SAP ERP
1 4 (0.85%) SAP HR
1 4 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.43%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.43%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.18%) Azure
2 25 (5.33%) AWS
3 19 (4.05%) GitHub
4 14 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 6 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.28%) SaaS
6 3 (0.64%) GCP
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.64%) PaaS
6 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
6 3 (0.64%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.21%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.21%) Canva
7 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.21%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.92%) Firewall
1 9 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.71%) Bluetooth
2 8 (1.71%) Wireless
3 7 (1.49%) DNS
3 7 (1.49%) Modbus
4 5 (1.07%) Network Security
5 4 (0.85%) VLAN
6 3 (0.64%) DMZ
6 3 (0.64%) Internet
6 3 (0.64%) Intranet
6 3 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.64%) VPN
6 3 (0.64%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.43%) SAN
8 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.21%) LAN
8 1 (0.21%) VoIP
8 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.99%) Power BI
3 13 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.92%) Crystal Reports
4 9 (1.92%) GIS
5 6 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.07%) Big Data
6 5 (1.07%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.85%) MySQL
8 2 (0.43%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.35%) Git
2 8 (1.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (1.28%) SpecFlow
4 5 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.07%) JIRA
5 4 (0.85%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.85%) Postman
5 4 (0.85%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
General
1 100 (21.32%) Social Skills
2 90 (19.19%) Finance
3 38 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.46%) Manufacturing
5 30 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (6.18%) Legal
7 27 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (5.33%) Retail
9 22 (4.69%) Automotive
10 21 (4.48%) Local Government
11 18 (3.84%) Electronics
12 15 (3.20%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.99%) Aerospace
14 11 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (2.35%) Public Sector
15 10 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.49%) Tech for Good
17 6 (1.28%) Marketing
17 6 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (1.07%) Law
Job Titles
1 97 (20.68%) Senior
2 91 (19.40%) Project Manager
3 57 (12.15%) Developer
4 46 (9.81%) Software Engineer
5 34 (7.25%) Analyst
6 25 (5.33%) Lead
7 23 (4.90%) Junior
8 20 (4.26%) Embedded Engineer
8 20 (4.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 20 (4.26%) Senior Developer
9 19 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
10 18 (3.84%) Software Developer
11 16 (3.41%) C# Developer
11 16 (3.41%) IFS Analyst
11 16 (3.41%) Project Engineer
12 15 (3.20%) Electrical Engineer
12 15 (3.20%) Senior Manager
13 14 (2.99%) Senior Electrical Engineer
13 14 (2.99%) Senior Software Engineer
14 13 (2.77%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.54%) .NET
2 12 (2.56%) HTML
2 12 (2.56%) React
3 11 (2.35%) CSS
4 8 (1.71%) Node.js
5 7 (1.49%) REST
6 5 (1.07%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.85%) Flask
7 4 (0.85%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.85%) scikit-learn
7 4 (0.85%) Spring
7 4 (0.85%) YAML
8 3 (0.64%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.64%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.64%) Laravel
8 3 (0.64%) Pandas
8 3 (0.64%) SOAP
8 3 (0.64%) Vue
8 3 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (5.97%) Driving Licence
3 24 (5.12%) IoT
4 16 (3.41%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.99%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.99%) FMCG
7 11 (2.35%) Operational Technology
8 10 (2.13%) PACS
9 9 (1.92%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.92%) Life Science
10 8 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.49%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.49%) NHS
12 6 (1.28%) Solar Energy
13 5 (1.07%) Acoustics
13 5 (1.07%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.07%) CCTV
13 5 (1.07%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.07%) Photovoltaics
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.84%) Linux
2 9 (1.92%) Windows
3 5 (1.07%) Android
3 5 (1.07%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.85%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (20.04%) Project Management
2 82 (17.48%) Software Engineering
3 81 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (7.89%) Agile
5 35 (7.46%) Logistics
6 32 (6.82%) ERP
6 32 (6.82%) Project Delivery
6 32 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (5.76%) Mathematics
8 26 (5.54%) Mentoring
9 25 (5.33%) Decision-Making
9 25 (5.33%) Time Management
10 22 (4.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (4.26%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 20 (4.26%) Data Science
12 19 (4.05%) CRM
12 19 (4.05%) Process Improvement
12 19 (4.05%) Project Planning
13 18 (3.84%) Contract Management
13 18 (3.84%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.81%) Python
2 43 (9.17%) SQL
3 30 (6.40%) C#
4 23 (4.90%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.05%) C
6 17 (3.62%) C++
7 15 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.99%) Java
9 9 (1.92%) Embedded C
10 8 (1.71%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.49%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.28%) PHP
12 6 (1.28%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.85%) Bicep
14 3 (0.64%) Bash
15 2 (0.43%) Ruby
15 2 (0.43%) Scala
16 1 (0.21%) VB
16 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (22.39%) Degree
2 15 (3.20%) DBS Check
3 10 (2.13%) Master's Degree
3 10 (2.13%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.71%) NVQ Level 3
4 8 (1.71%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.28%) HND
7 5 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.85%) PhD
8 4 (0.85%) PMP
9 3 (0.64%) HNC
10 2 (0.43%) CISA
10 2 (0.43%) CISSP
11 1 (0.21%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.21%) CCA
11 1 (0.21%) MCSE
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.54%) QA
2 18 (3.84%) NEBOSH
3 8 (1.71%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.71%) IEC 62304
3 8 (1.71%) ISO 13485
4 7 (1.49%) GDPR
5 5 (1.07%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.07%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.85%) ISO 14001
6 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.64%) HAZOP
7 3 (0.64%) NIST
7 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.43%) SLA
8 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.21%) TickIT
System Software
1 12 (2.56%) Docker
2 4 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.64%) Firmware
4 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.28%) Opsgenie
2 3 (0.64%) Terraform
3 2 (0.43%) Nessus
4 1 (0.21%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 60 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.41%) IFS
3 10 (2.13%) Autodesk
3 10 (2.13%) Progress
3 10 (2.13%) SAP
4 8 (1.71%) Databricks
5 4 (0.85%) EMC
5 4 (0.85%) Oracle
5 4 (0.85%) SYSPRO
6 3 (0.64%) Siemens
6 3 (0.64%) Twitter
6 3 (0.64%) VMware
7 2 (0.43%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (0.43%) Google
7 2 (0.43%) Workday
8 1 (0.21%) Dataiku
8 1 (0.21%) Facebook
8 1 (0.21%) Instagram
8 1 (0.21%) Samsung
8 1 (0.21%) YouTube