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Advertised pay · updated 4 October 2026

Civil Engineering Technician vs Geotechnical Engineer: advertised pay

Civil Engineering Technician roles are advertised higher: a median £42,750 against £40,000 for Geotechnical Engineer, a gap of 7% (n=26 and n=46 respectively).

Civil Engineering Technician, median advertised salary£42,750advertised · 26 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026Geotechnical Engineer, median advertised salary£40,000advertised · 46 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

The two samples are different sets of adverts from different employers, so a gap between them is a gap in what is being advertised.

Advertised, not paid: these are the salaries employers stated in live job adverts. They are not a survey of what people are paid, and this site neither sets nor guarantees any rate.

How each one spreads

Civil Engineering Technician

  • Lowest advertised£30,250advertised · the lowest of 26 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£40,000advertised · a quarter of 26 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Median£42,750advertised · half of 26 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£45,000advertised · three quarters of 26 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£64,688advertised · the highest of 26 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Middle half of adverts£40,000 – £45,000advertised · 26 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£30,250 – £64,688advertised · 26 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay26 of 3184% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

Geotechnical Engineer

  • Lowest advertised£27,000advertised · the lowest of 46 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£32,625advertised · a quarter of 46 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Median£40,000advertised · half of 46 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£56,875advertised · three quarters of 46 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£85,000advertised · the highest of 46 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Middle half of adverts£32,625 – £56,875advertised · 46 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£27,000 – £85,000advertised · 46 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay46 of 5092% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

Cities where both are advertised

Only cities with at least five adverts stating pay for both roles. A city left out has too thin a sample on one side, not lower pay.

CityCivil Engineering Technician medianGeotechnical Engineer medianBasis
London£43,000£55,000advertised · 9 / 11 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Each city’s figures are its own latest snapshots, the ones its city pay pages print.

Civil Engineering Technician by level

No level for Civil Engineering Technician roles across the UK has 5 adverts stating pay yet, so no level has a figure.

  • SeniorFewer than 5 adverts state pay.3 of 5 live adverts state pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • LeadFewer than 5 adverts state pay.1 of 1 live advert states pay · 04 Oct 2026

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 4 October 2026.

Geotechnical Engineer by level

Median advertised salary at each level for Geotechnical Engineer roles across the UK, on one scale from zero.

  • Graduate£28,750advertised · 8 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • Senior£52,500advertised · 8 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • Lead£57,500advertised · 8 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 4 October 2026.

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