Oil & gas resourcing, from hook-up to decommissioning.

The UKCS is running two agendas at once. Producing assets need brownfield modification, integrity and turnaround work to keep running safely past their original design life, while a growing decommissioning portfolio is moving from planning into execution across the central and northern North Sea. Both compete for the same pool of experienced offshore people.

The North Sea Transition Deal has also blurred the line between hydrocarbons and the energy transition. Platform electrification, CCS tie-backs and hydrogen studies mean operators increasingly want engineers who can move between a producing asset and a transition project without relearning the safety regime — and who already hold the survival and medical certification to get offshore.

Aberdeen remains the centre of gravity, but demand is genuinely national: Teesside, the Humber, Grangemouth, Fawley and Milford Haven all draw on the same discipline pool for shutdowns and midstream work. Mobilisation speed — not CV volume — is what usually decides whether a scope hits its window.