SSE
Wind Energy · Power Grid
63open roles
$103kmedian advertised pay
Scaling fasthiring pace, 75 of 100
Atruth index, 90 of 100
Overview
SSE is a FTSE 100 energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland, that builds and operates electricity networks and low-carbon generation in the UK and Ireland. Its businesses include SSE Renewables, SSE Thermal, SSEN Transmission and SSEN Distribution, SSE Energy Solutions and SSE Airtricity, backed by a fully funded 33 billion pound five-year investment programme in wind, HVDC links and grid upgrades. It hires power system, electrical and civil engineers, HVDC project engineers, trainee linespeople and cable jointers, fitters, unit operators, analysts, finance advisors and graduates.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 63 open roles at SSE. SSE is headquartered in Perth, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1998. The median pay stated in its open roles is $102k, across 54 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 63Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Perth, United KingdomAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 1998Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 5000+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Median advertised pay
- $102kPay stated in 54 open postings
- Visa sponsorship, United Kingdom
- A-ratedUK Home Office · checked Nov 12, 2026
- Technologies in its job postings
- 48Named in its job postings
Official records
How SSE hires
Truth index
A 90/100
Median time to fill
14 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
60%
Reposted roles
0%
SSE scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 60% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 14 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$79k – $119k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · Reading
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$68k – $102k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · Perth
AIOps
Management
ServiceNow
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$60k – $72k per year · In office · Full-Time · Scunthorpe
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$107k – $160k per year · In office · Full-Time · Perth
Platform Engineering
FinOps
Robotics
Digital Twin
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$95k – $114k per year · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Inverness
AutoCAD
Energy
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≈ $38k – $70k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Swindon
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$67k – $114k per year · In office · Full-Time · Dundee
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$103k
Typical range
$49k – $203k
Open positions
54
15
Jobs
Junior
6.7%
Senior
46.7%
Staff
33.3%
Architect
13.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $73k | $73k |
| Senior | 7 | $103k | $83k – $120k |
| Staff | 5 | $121k | $103k – $136k |
| Architect | 2 | $183k | $162k – $203k |
Highest paying role
Head of Engineering - Substations
$203k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at SSE
By role, level and city, against the market · 54 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
A-rated
Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
Visa route
56
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as SSE Plc, Perth
Other sponsors in the same field
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UK Home Office · checked Nov 12, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
75/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
63
85 opened / 115 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
15 days
faster than 68% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~9 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
19% ▼
Management
13% ▲
Field & Service
12% ▲
Operations
10%
Finance
7% ▼
Early Careers
7% ▼
Actively hiring for Management (+19 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+33 jobs in a week
Nov 2026
New location: Melksham
Nov 2026
New location: Bilbao
Nov 2026
Added Oracle ERP to stack
Nov 2026
Added NIST CSF to stack
Nov 2026
+18 jobs in a week
Nov 2026
Added AIOps to stack
Oct 2026
Added JavaScript to stack
Oct 2026
Added C# to stack
Oct 2026
Added .NET to stack
Oct 2026
+32 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
New location: Peterhead
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at SSE over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
48
Postings analysed
49
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python22%
SQL12%
MATLAB4%
C#2%
Databases
Delta Lake2%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI27%
Azure22%
Databricks14%
Amazon ECS8%
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
21
Hiring now
21
Countries
3
Busiest office
Perth
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Headquarters
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Perth
United Kingdom
HQ
13 open roles 71 posted in 90 days 15% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $104k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Leadership, Legal
Inverness
United Kingdom
Plant / site
22 open roles 93 posted in 90 days 5% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $107k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations
Peterhead
United Kingdom
Plant / site
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $82k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Field & Service
Bilbao
Spain
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Security, Finance
Reading
United Kingdom
Plant / site
3 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $108k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Product
Dundee
United Kingdom
2 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $98k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
London
United Kingdom
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Glasgow
United Kingdom
2 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $53k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics, Field & Service
Dublin
Ireland
1 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $127k Avg Salary
hires for Management
Belfast
United Kingdom
1 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $137k Avg Salary
hires for Operations
Swindon
United Kingdom
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Support
Scunthorpe
United Kingdom
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $73k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Oban
United Kingdom
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $73k Avg Salary
hires for Management
Cardiff
United Kingdom
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $103k Avg Salary
hires for Legal
Portsmouth
United Kingdom
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $49k Avg Salary
hires for Customer Success
Leeds
United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Support
Stirling
United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $58k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Birmingham
United Kingdom
1 open roles 50-200 est. staff $88k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Montrose
United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $73k Avg Salary
hires for Energy
Melksham
United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $49k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Rochester
United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $111k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Earlier presence
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Oxford, United Kingdom
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Slough, United Kingdom
Wick, United Kingdom
Madrid, Spain
Poole, United Kingdom
Altrincham, United Kingdom
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Alion, "SSE: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/sse-com
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