Energy & Utility Skills and its partners are making good progress in the first year of the Skills Strategy 2025-2030, with early impact and development across all areas.
A mid-point review of year one found that after the first six months delivery was on track across the four strategic areas, or pillars: Research, Attract, Develop and Retain.
In that time, we have produced detailed workforce intelligence, provided more opportunities for job seekers to advance their careers, and seen previously unemployed people now successfully placed in roles in the sector.
Looking ahead, the sector attraction campaign for clean energy jobs, ‘Destination Energy’, is ready to go: join us at the launch webinar on Wednesday 29 April.
A detailed summary of actions is now available to view on the Energy & Utility Skills, which we have committed to updating monthly.
Among the highlights are:
- We published a report on workforce planning for the electricity transmission industry to assess the requirements of GB’s electricity transmission network operators and the supply chain. It provides the most detailed analysis to date of the workforce and estimates that around 35,000 vacancies will need to be filled during the RIIO T3 regulatory period across Transmission Operators and the supply chain.
- A new programme of sector entry pilots has been launched to help new talent join the sector safely and become productive quickly. M Group trained the first cohort in January, with seven of the eight candidates entering employment. We are finalising details with other major employers to host their own pilots.
- Energy & Utilities Careers & Jobs, the leading jobs and careers website for the sector, has seen a dramatic increase in candidate registrations. In January, there were 58.6% more than 12 months previously, i.e. January 2025.
Stephen Barrett, Director of Membership and Strategic Engagement said:
“The planned transformation of infrastructure across the energy and utilities sector will only be delivered by real people. Energy & Utility Skills is working hard to support the attraction, development and retention of 312,000 new recruits that our estimates indicate are needed by 2030.
“We are committed to collaborating with both employers and our partners to deliver impactful outcomes, as well as reporting on progress as transparently as possible. While there has been lots of activity in the first six months, there is more to do to enable and maintain a safe, skilled and sustainable workforce.”
For a more detailed update of the Skills Strategy 2025 – 2030, please visit our progress report page.
