UK ecology jobs from a specialist ecology team
Enviro Recruitment is a specialist ecology recruitment desk placing ecologists into ecological consultancy, local authority and in-house environment teams across the UK. Every ecology job listed on this page is live, qualified by a senior consultant on our ecology team, and represented directly to the hiring manager — not bounced through a generic database. If you are searching for ecology jobs in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, this is the page to bookmark.
We work with employers ranging from boutique ecological consultancy practices of five to ten people, through to multi-discipline environmental consultancies with several hundred ecologists across regional offices. That breadth means the ecology jobs we advertise span the full career ladder: assistant and graduate ecologist roles, ecologist and senior ecologist positions, principal ecologist and technical director appointments, as well as associate and partner-track opportunities for the right candidate.
What kind of ecology jobs do we recruit for?
The ecology jobs we handle cover protected species survey and licensing, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessment and design, habitat regulations assessment, ecological impact assessment (EcIA), ecological clerk of works (ECoW), GIS-led habitat mapping, and broader ecological consultancy delivery. Whether you are a bat licence holder, great crested newt class licence holder, dormouse, water vole, reptile or breeding bird specialist, our ecology team is briefed weekly on live ecology jobs that need your skill set.
We also recruit ecology jobs that sit slightly outside of pure survey work — technical leadership, bid and proposal writers, ecology team managers, principal ecologists with BNG metric experience, and heads of ecology building new desks inside larger multi-discipline environmental consultancy businesses. If you are ready to step up from senior ecologist to principal, or from principal to associate, the ecology team at Enviro Recruitment will map the right ecological consultancy employers for the next move rather than send you the same advert that everyone else has already seen.
Working with our ecology team
Our ecology team is led by consultants who have spent years on this single market and only work on ecology jobs. That focus matters: when you call us about an ecology job, you are speaking to someone who already knows the hiring manager, the office culture, the typical project mix, the salary banding and the likely route to progression. We do not pretend to recruit across every sector — we recruit ecologists into ecological consultancy, and we do it well.
For ecologists, that means honest, specific advice on which ecology jobs are genuinely worth applying to, transparent salary benchmarking against the wider UK ecology jobs market, and a properly prepared interview brief before every stage. For ecological consultancy employers, it means a shortlist of qualified, referenced ecologists — not a list of CVs scraped from a job board. Every ecology job we run is treated as a retained-quality search even when it is contingent.
Ecology jobs by experience level
Graduate and assistant ecologist jobs. The UK ecology jobs market for graduates is competitive but active. Our ecology team places new entrants into ecological consultancy practices that invest in training, survey licences and chartership. We will only put you forward for ecology jobs where graduates are genuinely supported through their first protected species licences.
Ecologist and senior ecologist jobs. The largest slice of live ecology jobs on this page sit at ecologist and senior ecologist level. Typical responsibilities span protected species surveys, BNG baseline and design, EcIA contributions, client liaison and mentoring assistants. We work with ecological consultancy employers across rural and urban project pipelines, so we can match you to the project type you actually want.
Principal ecologist and technical lead jobs. For senior ecologists ready to move up, we run a steady pipeline of principal and technical lead ecology jobs across the UK ecological consultancy sector — including roles where you would lead a new regional ecology team, sign off EcIAs, or own the BNG offering for the business.
Associate and director-level ecology jobs. At the top of the ladder we handle confidential, equity-track ecology jobs into ecological consultancy leadership. These ecology jobs are rarely advertised publicly — the ecology team at Enviro Recruitment is briefed on them directly by the partners and managing directors of the hiring businesses.
Ecology jobs by location
Demand for ecology jobs is strong across every UK region, but hotspots shift with the construction and infrastructure pipeline. Right now our ecology team is particularly active on ecology jobs in the North West, Yorkshire, the Midlands, the South West and the Central Belt of Scotland — driven by housing, highways, renewables and water sector workload. We also handle hybrid and fully remote ecology jobs for ecologists who would rather stay near their survey patch than relocate.
If you are weighing up multiple ecology jobs in different parts of the UK, talk to the ecology team before applying. We can tell you which ecological consultancy offices are growing sustainably, which are over-staffed at your grade, and which regions are paying the strongest premiums on ecology jobs at the moment.
How to apply for ecology jobs through Enviro Recruitment
Applying for ecology jobs through us is straightforward. Click any live ecology job above to see the full brief, salary, location and licence requirements, then apply with your CV. A consultant from the ecology team will be in touch the same working day to talk through the role, the ecological consultancy behind it, and any other live ecology jobs that may also be a good fit.
You do not need to apply for an ecology job to register with us. If you are open to the market but not actively job hunting, send your CV and we will keep an eye on ecology jobs that match your experience, licences and target salary. Everything is confidential — your CV is never sent to an ecological consultancy without your explicit permission for each ecology job.