There was a 91% increase in full-time employment in the energy sector between 2007/08 and 2009/10, according to a study from RenewableUK.

The study, jointly commissioned by RenewableUK and EU Skills, the Sector Skills Council for the Power Sector, from Warwick University’s Institute for Employment Research (IER) and Cambridge Econometrics, was based on data collected from 253 companies with business activities in the wind and marine energy sectors.

Of the 10,800 full-time equivalent workers employed directly in the sectors, 56% are associated with large-scale onshore wind (turbine output of over 100kW), followed by 29% in offshore wind, while 7-8% are employed in small-scale wind projects and around the same number in wave and tidal energy.

Meanwhile, the report finds 9,200 full-time employees working in the large-scale wind energy industries in 2009/10.