One in four heating engineers predict growing heat pump earnings, purchasing managers' report steep cost inflation and data centre electricians earn $230,000 a year
One in four heating engineers expect that between a quarter and half of their earnings will come from heat pumps by the winter.
In survey by Nesta, 70% of installers also predicted that between 10-and-50% of their turnover would stem from low carbon heating systems.
According to Octopus Energy, the demand for heat pumps has accelerated 30% since the start of the current Middle East conflict.
But despite strong heat pump sales, the UK still needs “tens of thousands more trained engineers” to reach its installation target of 450,000 units per year by 2030.
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Nearly half of construction purchasing managers have reported a steep rise in cost inflation in the last month.
The data from S&P Global indicate that just 3% saw it decline.
Overall construction output dropped again in March, with residual work falling the fastest.
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Data centre electricians in the US are earning up to $230,000 a year and being poached like pro athletes.
Demand for skilled tradespeople is surging due to booming demand for data centres and a shrinking blue-collar workforce.
Figures from the Mike Rowe Works Foundation suggest that for every two skilled workers that join the economy, three retire.
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