The industry requires a broad skill set, with electrical power and business solutions the most in‑demand specialised skills.
Industry-specific skill demand
The most in-demand skills are electrical power, business solutions, and system design and implementation. Communication, initiative and leadership, and personal attributes (e.g. right attitude/mindset) are also important, with over 80 per cent of job advertisements within the industry mentioning one or more of these skills.
Most mentioned industry-specific skills in 2024 as a share of job advertisements
Industry-specific skill | Share of job ads |
|---|---|
Electrical power | 11.8% |
Business solutions | 11.0% |
System design and | 10.3% |
Energy management | 9.3% |
Electrical and computer | 8.5% |
Environment and resource | 7.8% |
Business intelligence | 5.3% |
Mechanical engineering | 5.2% |
Query languages | 5.1% |
Economics | 5.0% |
Growing skills mentions within the industry
Skills increasingly being mentioned in job advertisements within the electricity, gas, water and waste services industry are business management, procurement and business analysis.
Note: these exclude industry-specific skills already identified as being in high demand.
Growing skills as a percentage point difference in job advertisement mentions from 2019 to 2024
Industry-specific skill | % of job ad mentions in 2019 | % of job ad mentions in 2024 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
Business management | 9.0% | 16.5% | 7.4% |
Procurement | 4.7% | 11.6% | 6.9% |
Business analysis | 17.9% | 24.5% | 6.7% |
Risk management | 6.6% | 12.9% | 6.2% |
Contract management | 5.2% | 10.4% | 5.2% |
General accounting | 6.0% | 11.0% | 4.9% |
Project management | 39.4% | 44.2% | 4.8% |
General finance | 10.7% | 15.1% | 4.4% |
Air quality and emissions | 0.0% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
Business leadership | 8.6% | 12.7% | 4.1% |
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