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400,000 extra clean-energy jobs by 2030. One of them could be yours.
Free, plain-English help to get into Net Zero work: the jobs in demand, the ways in from wherever you're starting, and where to find real jobs. From Darren Emery M.Sc., who started at sixteen as an apprentice and spent 40+ years in British industry.
The 400,000 is the government's own figure: Clean Energy Jobs Plan, GOV.UK, October 2025.
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The need, in three numbers
The work is there. The people aren't, yet.
Britain is changing how it heats homes, powers buildings and moves around: Heat Pumps instead of gas Boilers, Solar on roofs, Batteries, EV chargers, wind and a bigger grid. All of it has to be fitted, connected, commissioned and looked after by skilled people.
The government's plan puts the clean-energy workforce at around 440,000 in 2023, rising to around 860,000 by 2030. Many of the roles most in demand are skilled trades and technician jobs, and most of the extra jobs in those occupations don't need a degree.
400,000extra clean-energy jobs expected by 2030
31priority occupations, including plumbers, electricians and welders
59%of the extra jobs in those occupations need level 2 or 3: apprenticeship and college level
Sources: GOV.UK, October 2025 · Skills England, 2026. The 400,000 counts every job the industry supports, supply chains included.
Find your way in
Where are you starting from?
- Leaving school or collegeApprenticeships: earn while you learn a trade in demand.
- Changing careerRetrain into the work without starting from nothing.
- Leaving the ForcesYour engineering and electrical experience carries across.
- From oil, gas or heavy industryThe move Darren is making himself.
- Already a plumber, electrician or builderAdd the Net Zero kit to the trade you have.
- Not sure yet?See the six kinds of work in demand first.
The jobs in demand
Six kinds of work, all needed now.
- Heat Pump and heating installersThe single biggest need in the 2026 assessment.
- ElectriciansSolar, Batteries, EV charging and the connections behind them.
- Welders and fabricatorsThe structures, pipework and kit clean energy runs on.
- Building and retrofit tradesRoofers, carpenters, glaziers, plasterers, bricklayers.
- Engineering techniciansCommissioning, controls and fault finding.
- Engineers and project rolesDesign the systems and run the projects.
How it fits together
Learn here. Get hired there.
Learn
Free guides on the jobs, the ways in and the kit, written by an Engineer. Use AI to learn faster, and check it properly.
The free guides →Qualify
An apprenticeship, a college course or a recognised add-on course for the trade you have. Most new roles need level 2 or 3.
The ways in →Get hired
Real Energy and Engineering jobs on SEE Recruitment, our sister site. Free for candidates, and you apply straight to the employer.
Jobs on SEE Recruitment →The Engineer behind it
Started at sixteen. Became the final word.
Darren Emery M.Sc. · Time-served Instrument Artificer · Technical Authority
Darren started at sixteen as an Apprentice Instrument Artificer at ICI Billingham. Forty years later he was the Technical Authority at Valero Pembroke, one of the UK's largest oil refineries: the person with the final word on whether engineering work was safe, compliant and technically sound.
In between: offshore in the North Sea, steelworks, chemical plants and LPG terminals. He's now moving into Energy himself, and The Engineering University is the help he'd give anyone making the same move, or starting out at sixteen like he did.
The free guides
Start with the one you need.
Moving into Energy
From process plant, oil and gas, steel or chemicals into Solar, Batteries, Heat Pumps, EV charging and the grid: what you bring, and what's different.
The Energy kit, explained
Solar, Batteries, Heat Pumps and EV chargers: how each works, where installations go wrong, and what good looks like.
Ready to look?
Real Energy and Engineering jobs, read by an Engineer.
SEE Recruitment is our sister site for Energy and Engineering roles in the UK. Every advert is read by an Engineer before it goes live. It's free for candidates, always: you apply straight to the employer, and we never hold your CV.
Employers and installers
Hiring, or already installing?
Hiring people for Net Zero work? Post a role on SEE Recruitment: every advert is read by an Engineer, and candidates apply straight to you.
Running an installation business? Register your interest on SavingEnergy.com, where homeowners get their Energy quotes checked by an Engineer for free.
Got a question?
Email darren@savingenergy.com. A person reads every message: Darren.