Civil Engineer career guide

Live civil engineer roles plus reconciled 2026 salary data by region.

3923 live civil engineer roles

Principal Civil Engineer

Hemel Hempstead

£75,000–£110,000

An established and highly respected multidisciplinary engineering consultancy is looking to appoint an experienced Principal Civil Engineer to join…

Engineering
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Senior Civil Engineer

Manchester

£55,000–£75,000

Experienced Chartered or Near Chartered Senior Civil Engineer to work in our civil engineering team in Manchester.

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Needingworth

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Bluntisham

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Holywell

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Colne

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Woodhurst

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

St Ives

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Over

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

West End

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Earith

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Pidley

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Somersham

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Lead Civil Engineer

Swavesey

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The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new…

Hybrid Engineering
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Senior Civil Engineer

Leeds

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Guided by its values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Arup creates and contributes to equitable spaces and systems, while…

Construction
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Principal Civil Engineer

Warrington, Cheshire

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principal Civil Engineer to join a growing UK design team working on major water and…

Construction
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Civil Engineer salary by region (2026)

RegionSalary range (median)
East of England (indicative)
5 live adverts
£38,000 – £277,500 (midpoint £57,500)
South West (indicative)
5 live adverts
£32,500 – £62,500 (midpoint £57,500)
London (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£40,000 – £58,000 (midpoint £49,000)
North West (indicative)
1 live advert
£34,000 – £48,000 (midpoint £47,500)
North East (indicative)
5 live adverts
£32,000 – £57,750 (midpoint £46,500)
Northern Ireland (indicative)
10 live adverts
£40,000 – £75,000 (midpoint £46,250)
South East (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£37,000 – £52,000 (midpoint £44,500)
Wales (indicative)
5 live adverts
£33,000 – £70,000 (midpoint £42,500)
Midlands (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£34,000 – £48,000 (midpoint £41,000)
Scotland (indicative)
2 live adverts
£29,000 – £51,000 (midpoint £40,000)
Yorkshire (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£33,000 – £46,000 (midpoint £39,500)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Chartership with the ICE (CEng or IEng) is the defining salary lever, and frameworks in water (AMP cycles), rail and highways provide the most stable demand. Design-side pay in consultancies and delivery-side pay in contractors converge at senior level, but contractors typically pay more earlier.
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FAQs

What does a civil engineer earn in the UK?

Indicatively £33,000–£58,000 permanent, with chartered senior engineers and London infrastructure programmes exceeding this.

Consultancy or contractor: which pays more?

Contractors generally pay more at graduate-to-mid level; consultancy catches up at chartered and principal grades.

What raises a civil engineer's pay most?

ICE chartership, framework experience in water/rail/highways, and site-based delivery responsibility.

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