ESE Vacancy

UPSC ESE vacancies for ESE 2026: approximately 474.

Posts covered

Group A and Group B engineering posts across the Indian Railways, Central Engineering Services, Military Engineer Services, Central Water Engineering Service, Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Indian Naval Armament Service and the Indian Radio Regulatory Service.

Pay

Pay Level 10 of the 7th CPC Pay Matrix (₹56,100 basic) at entry.

How UPSC announces vacancies

UPSC publishes an approximate vacancy figure in the Examination Notice and states in the same paragraph that the number is liable to alteration. The final figure is settled once the cadre controlling authorities confirm their requirements, which is usually after the Main Examination. The number in the notice is therefore an indication, not a commitment.

Reservation

Vacancies are reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Sections and Persons with Benchmark Disability as fixed by the Government. The notice sets out the category-wise break-up, including the sub-categories of disability against which each PwBD vacancy is identified.