This report provides analysis of the jobs required for a net zero economy in England, where these will be located in the coming years, and the role that local government could play working with industry to address the sector’s skills demands. Based on industry insight from a series of expert interviews and literature review, this report includes an assessment of the number of jobs that will be required by sector. This estimate is further broken-down to regional and local authority level based on industry insight and the current sectoral breakdown in each area.
Accompanying this report is a dataset, which includes the results of the employment projections made by low-carbon sub-sector, local authority and across two time-periods (2030 and 2050). The employment figures included in both the dataset and this report are direct jobs in existing low-carbon and renewable energy industries. It is expected that new technologies and services will emerge as the UK transitions to a net zero economy and it is recognised that this green growth will support a larger number of indirect jobs in the wider economy.