Civil Engineering
24MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£37,000
SATISFACTION86%
CONTINUATION85%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS75%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 24% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
Civil Engineering
BSc · University of Derby
The pay story
- £37,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £39,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £46,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 93th percentile of 1,186 Engineering and Technology courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 100%Found their work meaningful
- 90%Felt on track with their career
- 75%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 20% of graduatescards →
- 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 40% of graduatescards →
- 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).