The Energy and Utilities Sector Workforce Demand Estimates 2026–2032

Our Workforce Demand Estimates 2026–2032 forecast 246,200 additional jobs, alongside the need to replace 114,300 people expected to retire. The sector’s workforce is expected to grow by 36%, from 676,100 people in 2025 to 922,400 by 2032, driven by major infrastructure investment and new technologies.

We have produced a series of workforce estimates and forecasts providing further insight into this demand. The series covers the number of new jobs and people required across the UK energy and utilities sector between 2026 and 2032, including:

• Energy and utilities sector (containing the aggregate analysis from across all six industries of the sector)
• Community & domestic low carbon technologies (including community and district heating, and the installation and repair of domestic gas boilers, heat pumps, smart meters, solar PV and battery storage and EV chargepoints)
• Electricity networks (including electrical equipment manufacturing, construction and installation, operation and maintenance and the trade of electricity)
• Gas networks (including the manufacture, distribution and retail trade of gas through the networks)
• Power generation (including thermal power and clean energy technologies)
• Waste and recycling (including the collection, treatment, disposal and recycling of waste)
• Water and wastewater (including the collection, treatment and supply of water; sewerage; the construction of water assets)