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Hydrologist : Salary and conditions

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  • Range of typical starting salaries: £17,000 - £25,000.
  • Range of typical salaries with three to five years' experience: £23,000 - £32,000.
  • Range of typical salaries at senior level: senior hydrologist: £28,000 - £40,000; principal hydrologist: £35,000 plus.
  • Some employers provide performance-related pay schemes. Other benefits may include car allowance and share option schemes in private consultancies.
  • Working hours may include regular extra hours, but not usually weekends or shifts.
  • Flexitime schemes are available in some companies/organisations, where there may also be some flexibility to allow occasional working from home.
  • Long hours, working under pressure, may be required in an emergency, such as a flood.
  • The amount of site-based work outside the office varies between roles. Time may also be spent out of the office at meetings with clients, consultants, regulatory bodies and stakeholders
  • Work is often project-based, providing a good level of variety. Projects are often team-based, whilst independent work may involve liaising with colleagues and external agencies.
  • Part-time work and career breaks may be available with some employers.
  • Self-employment/freelance work is sometimes possible. Hydrological expertise is often supplied on a consultancy basis and so the right background, experience, and project management and client-handling skills become more important as your career develops.
  • Jobs are available in a range of locations throughout the UK. Hydrologists work in the water industry throughout the UK and more locally for environmental bodies and civil engineering consultancies.
  • Travel within the working day is frequently necessary. Overnight absence from home and overseas travel may occasionally be required.
  • Overseas work is available, particularly through work with international consultancies.
 
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Written by AGCAS editors
Date: 
March 2011
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