Civil Engineer career guide

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

3713 live civil engineer roles

Principal Civil Engineer

East Midlands

£60,000–£75,000

Our Water consultancy is seeking a Principal Civil Engineer to join their Derby based infrastructure design team on a permanent basis with hybrid…

Hybrid Engineering Permanent
5 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Civil Engineer

Birmingham

£55,000–£75,000

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), Inclusion drives our culture of innovation and…

Remote Engineering
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Senior Civil Engineer

York and North Yorkshire

£55,000–£75,000

Are you an experienced Civil Engineer ready to take the lead on projects, shape the direction of a growing team and have a genuine influence on the…

Engineering
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Principal Civil Engineer

Milton Keynes

£70,000–£100,000

and client and coordinate early site assessment activities, including geotechnical, hydrological, environmental, and access-related considerations…

Engineering
4 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Principal Civil Engineer

Warrington

£70,000–£100,000

and client and coordinate early site assessment activities, including geotechnical, hydrological, environmental, and access-related considerations…

Engineering
4 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

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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