Market evidence report — geological-engineer

Source: 55 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 55), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
senior	21	38 %
mid	20	36 %
junior	13	24 %
n/a	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	16	29 %
2	Microsoft Word	16	29 %
3	LPile	11	20 %
4	Microsoft Outlook	10	18 %
5	gINT	9	16 %
6	AutoCAD	8	15 %
7	SLIDE	8	15 %
8	Microsoft PowerPoint	7	13 %
9	PLAXIS	7	13 %
10	Microsoft Office	5	9 %
11	MSEW	5	9 %
12	L-pile	4	7 %
13	GeoStudio	3	5 %
14	GRLWEAP	3	5 %
15	OpenGround	3	5 %
16	SHAFT	3	5 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	foundation design	20	36 %
2	geotechnical engineering	20	36 %
3	geotechnical analysis	14	25 %
4	slope stability analysis	14	25 %
5	cost estimation	10	18 %
6	project management	10	18 %
7	report preparation	8	15 %
8	geotechnical investigation	7	13 %
9	data analysis	6	11 %
10	retaining wall design	6	11 %
11	settlement analysis	6	11 %
12	construction inspection	5	9 %
13	geotechnical design	5	9 %
14	construction materials testing	4	7 %
15	construction observation	4	7 %
16	data evaluation	4	7 %
17	foundation engineering	4	7 %
18	geotechnical investigations	4	7 %
19	retaining structure design	4	7 %
20	soil analysis	4	7 %
21	subsurface exploration	4	7 %
22	construction monitoring	3	5 %
23	data interpretation	3	5 %
24	deep foundation design	3	5 %
25	engineering analysis	3	5 %
26	field exploration	3	5 %
27	liquefaction analysis	3	5 %
28	report writing	3	5 %
29	seepage analysis	3	5 %
30	soil classification	3	5 %
31	subsurface investigation	3	5 %
32	technical proposal writing	3	5 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	design-build	3	5 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	report preparation	14	25 %
2	proposal preparation	11	20 %
3	project management	9	16 %
4	client communication	7	13 %
5	geotechnical report preparation	7	13 %
6	client development	5	9 %
7	data interpretation	4	7 %
8	report development	4	7 %
9	data evaluation	3	5 %
10	field investigation planning	3	5 %
11	field report preparation	3	5 %
12	geotechnical assessment	3	5 %
13	junior staff mentoring	3	5 %
14	quality control	3	5 %
15	report writing	3	5 %
16	safety compliance	3	5 %
17	staff mentorship	3	5 %
18	technical support	3	5 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 55 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

55 ads.

Top hard skills:

foundation design — 36 % (20 ads)
geotechnical engineering — 36 % (20 ads)
geotechnical analysis — 25 % (14 ads)
slope stability analysis — 25 % (14 ads)
cost estimation — 18 % (10 ads)
project management — 18 % (10 ads)
report preparation — 15 % (8 ads)
geotechnical investigation — 13 % (7 ads)
data analysis — 11 % (6 ads)
retaining wall design — 11 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 29 % (16 ads)
Microsoft Word — 29 % (16 ads)
LPile — 20 % (11 ads)
Microsoft Outlook — 18 % (10 ads)
gINT — 16 % (9 ads)
AutoCAD — 15 % (8 ads)
SLIDE — 15 % (8 ads)
Microsoft PowerPoint — 13 % (7 ads)
PLAXIS — 13 % (7 ads)
Microsoft Office — 9 % (5 ads)

Seniority: senior 38 % · mid 36 % · junior 24 % · n/a 2 %

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)