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Market evidence report — hydrologist
Source: 28 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 28), 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 | 20 | 71 % |
| junior | 3 | 11 % |
| lead | 2 | 7 % |
| senior | 2 | 7 % |
| n/a | 1 | 4 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEC-RAS | 7 | 25 % |
| 2 | ArcGIS | 6 | 21 % |
| 3 | HEC-HMS | 5 | 18 % |
| 4 | Python | 5 | 18 % |
| 5 | AutoCAD | 3 | 11 % |
| 6 | High-Performance Computing (HPC) | 3 | 11 % |
| 7 | MATLAB | 3 | 11 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 11 | 39 % |
| 2 | hydraulic modeling | 8 | 29 % |
| 3 | hydrologic modeling | 7 | 25 % |
| 4 | hydrological modeling | 4 | 14 % |
| 5 | data collection | 3 | 11 % |
| 6 | forecasting | 3 | 11 % |
| 7 | hydrologic analysis | 3 | 11 % |
| 8 | hydrological analysis | 3 | 11 % |
| 9 | water resource management | 3 | 11 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | model development | 6 | 21 % |
| 2 | project management | 4 | 14 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 3 | 11 % |
| 4 | data collection | 3 | 11 % |
| 5 | report preparation | 3 | 11 % |
| 6 | technical report preparation | 3 | 11 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 28 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 28 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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 |
|---|---|
| Hydrologist | 5 |
| Research and Operations Hydrologist - 136365 | 2 |
| System Engineer IV - Hydrological Modeling Engineer | 2 |
| Civil Restoration Engineer - Hydrological and Water Resources | 1 |
| Entry-Level Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist / Water Resources Scientist | 1 |
| Hydraulics and Hydrology Engineer | 1 |
| Hydraulics and Hydrology Engineer (Remote USA) | 1 |
| Hydraulics and Hydrology Engineer-in-Training | 1 |
| Hydrogeologist/Hydrologist | 1 |
| Hydrologist (Coastal Modeler) | 1 |
| Hydrologist 1 | 1 |
| Hydrologist III | 1 |
| HYDROLOGY & MODELING ANALYST - UNCLASSIFIED | 1 |
| Hydrology Engineer | 1 |
| Mid-Level Hydrology & Hydraulics Engineer | 1 |
| Principal Engineer Lead, Hydrology & Hydraulics - Mining & Dams | 1 |
| Principal Hydrologic, Hydraulic and Drainage Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Civil Engineer - Hydrological Restoration and Design | 1 |
| Staff Hydrologist I-III | 1 |
| Strategic Groundwater Grants Specialist (Hydrologist II-III) | 1 |
| TRANSFER: HYDROLOGIST I | 1 |
| Water Resources Engineer: Hydrology, Modeling & Restoration | 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.