Civil 3D Job Trends

Autodesk Civil 3D
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Civil 3D skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 677 799 812
Rank change year-on-year +122 +13 +413
Permanent jobs citing Civil 3D 26 21 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.025% 0.010%
As % of the Applications category 0.40% 0.26% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £37,500 - -
25th Percentile £41,125 £31,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £34,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -53.10% +81.25%
75th Percentile - £37,000 £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £34,000 -
% change year-on-year +52.94% - -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Civil 3D falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,463 8,005 5,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.68% 9.53% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,633 3,302 3,731
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,600 £43,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -4.44% -
75th Percentile £58,500 £58,986 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.27% -1.25%

Civil 3D
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Civil 3D as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Civil 3D in the UK

Civil 3D
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Civil 3D.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Civil 3D

Civil 3D
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Civil 3D within the UK over the 6 months to 29 August 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
UK excluding London +103 18 £52,000 +52.94%
England +84 15 £52,000 +52.94%
Work from Home +68 14 - -
North of England - 7 £52,000 -
Scotland - 5 - -
North East - 5 £52,000 -
South East - 4 - -
North West - 2 £40,000 -
London - 2 - -
South West +71 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -

Civil 3D
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 19 (73.08%) AutoCAD
2 11 (42.31%) Navisworks
2 11 (42.31%) Revit
3 4 (15.38%) ProjectWise
4 3 (11.54%) Blender
5 1 (3.85%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) GIS
2 3 (11.54%) Power BI
2 3 (11.54%) QGIS
3 1 (3.85%) Geospatial Data
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 8 (30.77%) Local Government
3 8 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 7 (26.92%) Legal
5 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Civil Engineer
1 14 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Development Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Associate Director
3 2 (7.69%) Associate Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Development Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Leaflet
1 3 (11.54%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) NHS
2 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.54%) IoT
4 2 (7.69%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (7.69%) Driving Licence
4 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) Mentoring
2 15 (57.69%) Project Delivery
3 14 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (38.46%) Building Information Modelling
4 10 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (26.92%) Information Management
6 7 (26.92%) Project Management
7 6 (23.08%) Due Diligence
7 6 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (23.08%) Strategic Planning
8 5 (19.23%) 3D Modelling
8 5 (19.23%) Agile
9 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
10 3 (11.54%) Digital Engineering
10 3 (11.54%) Digital Twin
10 3 (11.54%) Open Source
10 3 (11.54%) Visualisation
11 2 (7.69%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) R
2 3 (11.54%) C#
2 3 (11.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Postgraduate
2 4 (15.38%) RIBA
3 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 2 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (46.15%) Accessibility
2 4 (15.38%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Autodesk
2 3 (11.54%) ESRI
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft