The Datum Report

Occupation 3114 · Associate professional occupations

Building and civil engineering technicians

Building and civil engineering technicians perform a variety of technical support functions to assist civil and building engineers.

How people enter it

Entrants usually possess a relevant BTEC/SQA award, level 3 diploma or HNC/HND. Some entrants may posess a degree. The status of engineering technician is obtained after a period of further training at work and upon gaining the membership of a professional engineering institution.

What the work involves

Also called

Building services consultant · Civil engineering technician · Survey technician · Technical assistant (civil engineering)

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None None 2026-03 15,000.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None None 2026-03 16,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None None 2026-03 18,200.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None None 2026-03 1,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None None 2026-03 1,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None None 2026-03 20,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None None 2026-03 1,400.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 1,400.00 2026-03
East Midlands 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 1,400.00 2026-03
London 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 2,800.00 2026-03
North East 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 800.00 2026-03
North West 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 900.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 1,900.00 2026-03
Scotland 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 1,800.00 2026-03
South East 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 3,500.00 2026-03
South West 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 2,700.00 2026-03
Wales 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 1,400.00 2026-03
West Midlands 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 900.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 3114 : Building and civil engineering technicians None 500.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for building and civil engineering technicians vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Electrical and electronics technicians · Engineering technicians · Laboratory technicians · Planning, process and production technicians · Quality assurance technicians · Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.