Civil Engineer
UK
The median Civil Engineer salary in the UK is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 674 | 908 | 943 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +234 | +35 | +329 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Civil Engineer | 53 | 10 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.094% | 0.009% | 0.004% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.010% | 0.005% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £44,750 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £45,000 | £64,046 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,000 | £56,500 | £65,666 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.96% | -13.96% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £67,285 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £65,000 | £65,666 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.54% | -1.01% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,645 | 101,031 | 85,195 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.29% | 94.90% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,517 | 71,464 | 55,081 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,818 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.64% | -6.54% | +6.37% |
Civil Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Civil Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Civil Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Civil Engineer.
Civil Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Civil Engineer over the 6 months to 6 June 2025.
Civil Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 6 June 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 | +212 | 50 | £51,000 | -21.54% | 25 |
| England | +195 | 49 | £51,000 | -9.73% | 29 |
| Work from Home | - | 34 | £50,000 | - | 20 |
| North of England | +90 | 30 | £51,000 | - | 6 |
| North West | - | 18 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| Midlands | +81 | 10 | - | - | 5 |
| West Midlands | - | 10 | - | - | 4 |
| North East | +57 | 7 | £52,000 | - | 1 |
| South East | +102 | 5 | - | - | 4 |
| Yorkshire | - | 5 | £65,000 | - | 2 |
| Wales | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| London | +107 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| East of England | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
Civil Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 June 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 featuring Civil Engineer in the job title.
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Civil Engineer Skill Set
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: