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Market evidence report — hydrogeologist
Source: 57 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 47, gb 10), 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 | 38 | 67 % |
| senior | 16 | 28 % |
| junior | 3 | 5 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MODFLOW | 12 | 21 % |
| 2 | AQTESOLV | 11 | 19 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Excel | 9 | 16 % |
| 4 | ArcGIS | 8 | 14 % |
| 5 | GIS | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | Groundwater Vistas | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | Microsoft Word | 6 | 11 % |
| 8 | FEFLOW | 5 | 9 % |
| 9 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 7 % |
| 10 | GIS software | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | Microsoft Access | 3 | 5 % |
| 12 | SEEP/W | 3 | 5 % |
| 13 | Surfer | 3 | 5 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 19 | 33 % |
| 2 | groundwater modeling | 16 | 28 % |
| 3 | aquifer testing | 15 | 26 % |
| 4 | project management | 15 | 26 % |
| 5 | regulatory compliance | 13 | 23 % |
| 6 | technical report writing | 10 | 18 % |
| 7 | hydrogeology | 9 | 16 % |
| 8 | report preparation | 8 | 14 % |
| 9 | data interpretation | 6 | 11 % |
| 10 | environmental investigation | 6 | 11 % |
| 11 | conceptual site modeling | 5 | 9 % |
| 12 | environmental impact assessment | 5 | 9 % |
| 13 | groundwater flow modeling | 5 | 9 % |
| 14 | hydrogeologic investigation | 5 | 9 % |
| 15 | technical writing | 5 | 9 % |
| 16 | conceptual site model development | 4 | 7 % |
| 17 | data collection | 4 | 7 % |
| 18 | groundwater monitoring | 4 | 7 % |
| 19 | hydrogeological investigations | 4 | 7 % |
| 20 | report writing | 4 | 7 % |
| 21 | risk assessment | 4 | 7 % |
| 22 | staff management | 4 | 7 % |
| 23 | well drilling | 4 | 7 % |
| 24 | aquifer characterization | 3 | 5 % |
| 25 | business development | 3 | 5 % |
| 26 | data evaluation | 3 | 5 % |
| 27 | data management | 3 | 5 % |
| 28 | environmental remediation | 3 | 5 % |
| 29 | environmental site assessment | 3 | 5 % |
| 30 | groundwater data analysis | 3 | 5 % |
| 31 | groundwater modelling | 3 | 5 % |
| 32 | groundwater sampling | 3 | 5 % |
| 33 | hydrogeological analysis | 3 | 5 % |
| 34 | remediation | 3 | 5 % |
| 35 | remediation planning | 3 | 5 % |
| 36 | sampling | 3 | 5 % |
| 37 | soil logging | 3 | 5 % |
| 38 | soil sampling | 3 | 5 % |
| 39 | technical analysis | 3 | 5 % |
| 40 | technical report preparation | 3 | 5 % |
| 41 | well construction | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | numerical modeling | 4 | 7 % |
| 2 | numerical groundwater modeling | 3 | 5 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report preparation | 18 | 32 % |
| 2 | data interpretation | 10 | 18 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 9 | 16 % |
| 4 | data collection | 7 | 12 % |
| 5 | project management | 7 | 12 % |
| 6 | budget management | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | project planning | 6 | 11 % |
| 8 | proposal writing | 6 | 11 % |
| 9 | junior staff mentoring | 5 | 9 % |
| 10 | technical support | 4 | 7 % |
| 11 | client communication | 3 | 5 % |
| 12 | client interaction | 3 | 5 % |
| 13 | client relationship building | 3 | 5 % |
| 14 | field activity supervision | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | field investigation planning | 3 | 5 % |
| 16 | proposal preparation | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | staff mentoring | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | team collaboration | 3 | 5 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 57 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
47 ads.
Top hard skills:
- data analysis — 34 % (16 ads)
- groundwater modeling — 28 % (13 ads)
- project management — 26 % (12 ads)
- aquifer testing — 23 % (11 ads)
- regulatory compliance — 23 % (11 ads)
- hydrogeology — 19 % (9 ads)
- technical report writing — 17 % (8 ads)
- report preparation — 15 % (7 ads)
- conceptual site modeling — 11 % (5 ads)
- data interpretation — 11 % (5 ads)
Top tools:
- MODFLOW — 19 % (9 ads)
- AQTESOLV — 17 % (8 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 15 % (7 ads)
- ArcGIS — 13 % (6 ads)
- GIS — 13 % (6 ads)
- Groundwater Vistas — 11 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 11 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 9 % (4 ads)
- ArcGIS / QGIS — 4 % (2 ads)
- AutoCAD — 4 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 68 % · senior 26 % · junior 6 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Hydrogeologist | 11 |
| Senior Hydrogeologist | 6 |
| Geologist/Hydrogeologist | 3 |
| Project Environmental Scientist, Geologist, Engineer or Hydrogeologist | 3 |
| Geologic Modeler/Hydrogeologist | 2 |
| Hydrogeologist (Field Focused) | 2 |
| Hydrogeologist 4 | 2 |
| Project Hydrogeologist | 2 |
| Senior Environmental Scientist, Geologist, Engineer or Hydrogeologist | 2 |
| Cortez - Underground Hydrogeologist | 1 |
| Engineering Hydrogeologist UK Wide | 1 |
| Entry-Level Geologist/Hydrogeologist | 1 |
| Environmental Scientist, Geologist, Engineer or Hydrogeologist | 1 |
| Field Geologist / Hydrogeologist | 1 |
| Geologist / Hydrogeologist - Remote | 1 |
| Hydrogeologist - Senior Level (Hybrid) | 1 |
| Hydrogeologist (All Levels) | 1 |
| Hydrogeologist (PA) Full-Time | 1 |
| HYDROGEOLOGIST 3 (Adjudications) | 1 |
| Hydrogeologist Associate | 1 |
| Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Modeler – Entry Level (Hybrid) | 1 |
| Hydrogeologist/HydrologistEnvironmental/GeologyGreen Bay, Wisconsin / Madison, Wisconsin / Minneapolis, Minnesota / Duluth, Minnesota | 1 |
| Intermediate Hydrogeologist | 1 |
| Jr. Hydrogeologist | 1 |
| Local Business Leader - Senior Hydrogeologist | 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.