4.5 KiB
Market evidence report — geologist
Source: 35 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 35), 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 |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 18 | 51 % |
| junior | 10 | 29 % |
| senior | 4 | 11 % |
| lead | 2 | 6 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 4 | 11 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Word | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | GIS | 3 | 9 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 7 | 20 % |
| 2 | site assessment | 6 | 17 % |
| 3 | soil sampling | 6 | 17 % |
| 4 | data collection | 5 | 14 % |
| 5 | drilling oversight | 5 | 14 % |
| 6 | technical writing | 5 | 14 % |
| 7 | data interpretation | 4 | 11 % |
| 8 | environmental investigation | 4 | 11 % |
| 9 | geological investigation | 4 | 11 % |
| 10 | soil classification | 4 | 11 % |
| 11 | environmental site assessment | 3 | 9 % |
| 12 | geological data collection | 3 | 9 % |
| 13 | groundwater monitoring | 3 | 9 % |
| 14 | report preparation | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | subsurface data interpretation | 3 | 9 % |
| 16 | subsurface investigation | 3 | 9 % |
| 17 | technical documentation | 3 | 9 % |
| 18 | technical report preparation | 3 | 9 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report preparation | 8 | 23 % |
| 2 | client communication | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | data collection | 4 | 11 % |
| 4 | field investigations | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | project leadership | 4 | 11 % |
| 6 | sample collection | 4 | 11 % |
| 7 | project support | 3 | 9 % |
| 8 | report writing | 3 | 9 % |
| 9 | task management | 3 | 9 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 35 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
35 ads.
Top hard skills:
- data analysis — 20 % (7 ads)
- site assessment — 17 % (6 ads)
- soil sampling — 17 % (6 ads)
- data collection — 14 % (5 ads)
- drilling oversight — 14 % (5 ads)
- technical writing — 14 % (5 ads)
- data interpretation — 11 % (4 ads)
- environmental investigation — 11 % (4 ads)
- geological investigation — 11 % (4 ads)
- soil classification — 11 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- Microsoft Excel — 11 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 11 % (4 ads)
- GIS — 9 % (3 ads)
- ArcGIS Field Maps — 6 % (2 ads)
- BoreDM — 6 % (2 ads)
- gINT — 6 % (2 ads)
- GPS equipment — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 6 % (2 ads)
- Survey123 — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 51 % · junior 29 % · senior 11 % · lead 6 % · n/a 3 %
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)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Field Geologist | 2 |
| Field Geologist/Geotechnical Specialist | 2 |
| Geologist | 2 |
| Senior Geologist | 2 |
| Staff Geologist | 2 |
| Assistant Vice President, Environmental Geologist | 1 |
| Early-Career Geologist | 1 |
| Engineering Geologist | 1 |
| Environment Geologist - 2 years min. experience | 1 |
| Environment Geologist Field Lead & Growth Path (Hybrid) | 1 |
| Environmental Geologist | 1 |
| Environmental Geologist - Field Investigations & RI/FS Lead | 1 |
| Environmental Geologist Hybrid Field & Office | 1 |
| Field Engineer/Field Geologist | 1 |
| Field Geologist - Environmental Projects & Travel | 1 |
| Field Geologist - Temporary, Nationwide Field Work | 1 |
| Field Geologist: Environmental Site Investigator | 1 |
| Field Geologist: Geophysical Data & Fieldwork | 1 |
| Field Geologist: Travel-Heavy, Entry-Level | 1 |
| Field Geophysicist / Field Geologist | 1 |
| Field-Led Environmental Scientist & Geologist | 1 |
| Geologist – Mid | 1 |
| Geologist - Sr | 1 |
| Geologist 3 | 1 |
| GEOLOGIST III, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.