Solar Power Contracts

Solar Power
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Solar Power in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Solar Power over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 680 840
Rank change year-on-year +114 +160 -112
Contract jobs citing Solar Power 13 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.007% 0.001%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.021% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £484 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% - -
75th Percentile £650 £488 -
90th Percentile £751 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 -

All Generic Skills
UK

Solar Power is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,790 29,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.06% 33.33% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,316 12,953 20,440
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £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 923 610 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.20 £10.63 £17.34
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £21.88 £21.30
% change year-on-year +60.00% +2.70% -7.39%

Solar Power
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Solar Power in the UK

Solar Power
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Solar Power in the UK

Solar Power
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solar Power over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solar Power in the UK

Solar Power
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solar Power.

Hourly rate trend for Solar Power in the UK

Solar Power
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solar Power within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +106 13 £600 +26.32% 19
UK excluding London +58 11 £600 - 19
North of England - 4 £675 - 4
South West - 4 £600 - 2
North East - 4 £675 -
South East +11 3 - - 7
London +100 2 £425 -10.53% 2

Solar Power
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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Snowflake
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
1 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless
1 3 (23.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
2 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Electronics
3 3 (23.08%) Mandarin Language
3 3 (23.08%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Lead
1 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
1 3 (23.08%) Technical Leader
2 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) HR Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) HR Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Data Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Data Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Presales Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
3 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
1 5 (38.46%) Time Management
2 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Client Onboarding
3 3 (23.08%) Presales
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Product Management
3 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR