Energy Forecasting & Optimisation Specialist Jobs in Energy: Demand, Pay & Skills
Part of Plutarch’s ongoing analysis of skill demand in energy hiring — last updated 5 October 2026, based on 28 tracked postings.
As of 5 October 2026, Plutarch tracked 28 unique open Energy Forecasting & Optimisation Specialist postings at energy employers. 6 postings disclosed annual pay, with a United States median of USD 146,000.
Open postings for Energy Forecasting & Optimisation Specialist roles are spread thinly across a handful of countries, with the United States, China, Germany, India and the United Kingdom each showing only a small number of openings. Titles are dominated by asset, process and market optimisation positions alongside a smaller cluster of forecasting-specific roles, spanning a wide mix of industry segments from power markets to midstream and reservoir management. The seniority mix leans toward unspecified-level titles, with a meaningful share at senior or leadership level and a smaller executive-level presence, while no junior or entry-level titles appear at all.
Open postings
Where
- United States · 10
- United Kingdom · 4
- China · 2
- Sweden · 2
- Belgium · 1
- Other or not stated · 9
Seniority
- Level not stated in title · 13
- Senior, lead, staff or manager · 11
- Leadership · 4
Disclosed pay by country · annual
| Country | Lowest to highest employer midpoint | Median | Postings stating pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD 90,000–170,000 | USD 146,000 | 6 of 10 |
Directional, not conclusive. Each figure is the midpoint of a salary range an employer disclosed in a public job posting, derived from public market sources and rounded to the nearest thousand. Samples are small, so a country appears only when at least 5 open postings disclose annual pay. At these sample sizes, do not compare one role’s median against another’s — the difference between them is smaller than the error on either.
How many employers state pay
- United States · pay stated in 6 of 10 postings we could read
- United Kingdom · pay stated in 0 of 4 postings we could read
- China · pay stated in 0 of 2 postings we could read
- Sweden · pay stated in 0 of 2 postings we could read
- Belgium · pay stated in 0 of 1 posting we could read
Counted from the same open postings as above, leaving out postings whose text we could not read for pay. Pay disclosure tracks local pay-transparency law more closely than employer policy, so a low rate is not evidence that employers here pay less.
Who is hiring
| Employer | Open postings |
|---|---|
| bp | 3 |
| Enverus | 2 |
| ExxonMobil | 2 |
| Octopus Energy | 2 |
| Adapture Renewables | 1 |
| Altus Power | 1 |
| Axpo | 1 |
| Centrica | 1 |
| Chevron | 1 |
| Clearway Energy Group | 1 |
| Constellation Energy | 1 |
| E.ON | 1 |
| Other employers | 11 |
How these roles are titled
Every open posting uses a different title, so there is no standard wording for this role. A search that looks for one title will miss most of this market.
- Analyst, Market Optimization & Trading
- API Developer, Reservoir Management & Forecasting
- Asset Optimization Engineer
- Asset Optimization Manager
- Demand Forecasting Analyst
- Director - Forecasting
- Director of Optimization Engineering
- Director Optimisation Continental & Portfolio Strategy
- Energy Optimisation Analyst
- Energy Optimization Field Technician
- Head of Forecasting
- Lead Forecasting
- Manager, tax forecasting and investor tax reporting
- Optimisation Engineer
- Performance & Asset Optimization Lead
What employers ask for
Skills and tools named in the text of 16 open postings we could read in full, most named first.
| Skill or tool | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 9 of 16 | 8 |
| Python | 8 of 16 | 7 |
| Energy trading / power markets | 6 of 16 | 6 |
| Excel | 5 of 16 | 5 |
| Load, price or generation forecasting | 5 of 16 | 4 |
| Statistics | 4 of 16 | 4 |
A skill counts when the posting names it anywhere — requirements, role description or the employer’s own introduction. A skill is shown only when at least 3 postings from at least two employers name it. Postings whose full text we did not read are left out of these counts rather than counted as asking for nothing.
Patterns in the job titles
- Asset optimisation
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What the postings suggest about filling this role
With titles scattered across varied sub-domains such as reservoir, midstream, BESS and process simulation, candidates with the exact combination of forecasting and optimisation expertise sought may be harder to source. The absence of junior titles and a notable senior and executive presence suggests employers are generally seeking experienced talent rather than building pipelines from entry level, which can narrow the available pool and lengthen time to fill.
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