Market evidence report — civil-engineer

Source: 50 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 50), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	26	52 %
senior	11	22 %
junior	7	14 %
lead	3	6 %
n/a	3	6 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	AutoCAD	19	38 %
2	AutoCAD Civil 3D	13	26 %
3	Civil 3D	13	26 %
4	Microsoft Office	11	22 %
5	Microstation	11	22 %
6	HydroCAD	6	12 %
7	GIS	4	8 %
8	HEC-HMS	4	8 %
9	StormCad	4	8 %
10	AutoTurn	3	6 %
11	HEC-RAS	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	civil engineering design	14	28 %
2	stormwater management	14	28 %
3	project management	11	22 %
4	grading	10	20 %
5	civil engineering	9	18 %
6	erosion control	9	18 %
7	land development	5	10 %
8	roadway design	5	10 %
9	site design	5	10 %
10	site development	5	10 %
11	structural analysis	5	10 %
12	utility design	5	10 %
13	grading design	4	8 %
14	infrastructure design	4	8 %
15	quality control	4	8 %
16	sediment control	4	8 %
17	site layout	4	8 %
18	construction document development	3	6 %
19	construction document preparation	3	6 %
20	construction planning	3	6 %
21	contract administration	3	6 %
22	cost estimation	3	6 %
23	engineering design	3	6 %
24	infrastructure planning	3	6 %
25	permit acquisition	3	6 %
26	schedule management	3	6 %
27	storm water management	3	6 %
28	structural engineering	3	6 %
29	transportation engineering	3	6 %
30	utility infrastructure design	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	regulatory compliance	4	8 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	project coordination	9	18 %
2	client communication	7	14 %
3	report preparation	6	12 %
4	construction document preparation	4	8 %
5	staff mentoring	4	8 %
6	client coordination	3	6 %
7	contract negotiation	3	6 %
8	junior engineer mentoring	3	6 %
9	planning	3	6 %
10	project planning	3	6 %
11	specification development	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 50 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

50 ads.

Top hard skills:

civil engineering design — 28 % (14 ads)
stormwater management — 28 % (14 ads)
project management — 22 % (11 ads)
grading — 20 % (10 ads)
civil engineering — 18 % (9 ads)
erosion control — 18 % (9 ads)
land development — 10 % (5 ads)
roadway design — 10 % (5 ads)
site design — 10 % (5 ads)
site development — 10 % (5 ads)

Top tools:

AutoCAD — 38 % (19 ads)
AutoCAD Civil 3D — 26 % (13 ads)
Civil 3D — 26 % (13 ads)
Microsoft Office — 22 % (11 ads)
Microstation — 22 % (11 ads)
HydroCAD — 12 % (6 ads)
GIS — 8 % (4 ads)
HEC-HMS — 8 % (4 ads)
StormCad — 8 % (4 ads)
AutoTurn — 6 % (3 ads)

Seniority: mid 52 % · senior 22 % · junior 14 % · lead 6 % · n/a 6 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)