Green Jobs and Skills in Central London

Earlier this year Central London Forward, the Institute for Employment Studies and WPI Economics issued a paper that outlines and examines the potential scale and nature of green jobs across the Central London sub region.

The report itself takes a mission based approach to identifying where job market will grow in all jobs that help to deliver net zero, or other environmental goals.

The total number of green jobs in the central scenario is projected to rise from 147,000 in 2020 to 335,000 in 2030 and 732,000 in 2050, representing a near-5-fold increase.

Within this scenario, four sectors account for 9 in 10 of Central London’s total number of green jobs by 2050:

• Green Finance (382,500), representing 52.3% of total green jobs.
• Power (119,800), representing 16.4% of total green jobs.
• Low Carbon Transport (85,900), representing 11.7% of total green jobs.
• Homes and Buildings (80,000), representing 10.9% of total green jobs

Importantly for Careers Leaders, 75% of the current workforce in the Central London Green sector have undertaken a university pathway.

Please click here to read the full report.