Civil Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Civil Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Civil Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 754 744
Rank change year-on-year +224 -10 +118
Permanent jobs requiring a Civil Engineer 49 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.011% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.011% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 23 5 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £64,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,666
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -1.01% -
75th Percentile £65,000 - £67,285
90th Percentile £67,500 - -
UK median annual salary £51,000 £56,500 £65,666
% change year-on-year -9.73% -13.96% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Civil Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Civil Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Civil Engineer in the UK excluding London

Civil Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Civil Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Civil Engineer in the UK excluding London

Civil Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Civil Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Civil Engineer in the UK excluding London

Civil Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Civil Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England - 29 £50,000 - 6
North West - 18 £50,000 - 3
Midlands +73 10 - - 7
West Midlands - 10 - - 6
North East - 6 £52,000 - 1
South East +78 5 - - 3
Yorkshire - 5 £65,000 - 2
Wales - 3 - - 1
East of England - 2 - - 5
Civil Engineer
UK

Civil Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Civil Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Civil Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (87.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (69.39%) Degree
3 26 (53.06%) Finance
4 23 (46.94%) Mentoring
5 21 (42.86%) AutoCAD
6 19 (38.78%) Project Delivery
7 18 (36.73%) Project Management
8 17 (34.69%) Local Government
9 15 (30.61%) Public Sector
10 14 (28.57%) NHS
11 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
12 12 (24.49%) Due Diligence
12 12 (24.49%) Accessibility
12 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (24.49%) Strategic Planning
13 10 (20.41%) Risk Assessment
14 9 (18.37%) Line Management
15 8 (16.33%) Legal
15 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 7 (14.29%) RIBA
16 7 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
16 7 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (12.24%) Self-Motivation
17 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (12.24%) Clean Code
17 6 (12.24%) Revit
17 6 (12.24%) Business Development
17 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
17 6 (12.24%) WinForms
17 6 (12.24%) Postgraduate

Civil Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 21 (42.86%) AutoCAD
2 6 (12.24%) Revit
General
1 26 (53.06%) Finance
2 17 (34.69%) Local Government
3 15 (30.61%) Public Sector
4 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
5 8 (16.33%) Legal
6 7 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.12%) Retail
7 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) NHS
2 6 (12.24%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (87.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (46.94%) Mentoring
3 19 (38.78%) Project Delivery
4 18 (36.73%) Project Management
5 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (24.49%) Due Diligence
5 12 (24.49%) Strategic Planning
6 10 (20.41%) Risk Assessment
7 9 (18.37%) Line Management
8 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
10 6 (12.24%) Business Development
10 6 (12.24%) Clean Code
10 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
11 3 (6.12%) 3D Modelling
11 3 (6.12%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) C#
Qualifications
1 34 (69.39%) Degree
2 7 (14.29%) RIBA
3 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (12.24%) Postgraduate
4 3 (6.12%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.49%) Accessibility