Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an energy analyst can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an energy analyst already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Energy analysts evaluate the consumption of energy in buidings owned by consumers and businesses. By analysing existing energy systems, they recommend cost-effective alternatives. Energy analysts suggest efficiency improvements, make business analyses and participate in the development of policies concerning the use of traditional fuels, transportation, and other factors relating to energy consumption.

Also known as energy and sustainability analyst, energy advisor, energy regulation specialist, energy procurement analyst, energy efficiency analyst, senior energy analyst, energy performance analyst.

Technicians and associate professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: energy conservation officer, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
energy conservation officer 78% covered energy assessor 56% covered energy consultant 37% covered renewable energy consultant 35% covered energy manager 34% covered energy analyst You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from energy analyst, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an energy analyst already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An energy analyst needs 27 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • collaborate on international energy projects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • energy sector policies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • prepare energy performance contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop energy policy management skills
  • forecast energy prices information skills
  • energy transformation engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inform customers on energy consumption fees communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on carbon emissions reduction communication, collaboration and creativity
  • zero-energy building design engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • analyse energy market trends information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an energy analyst does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Energy analyst is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an energy analyst’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.