Most important software that every Civil engineers should know:

AutoCAD: it's use for making plans of any construction like making plans of building,
bridge, dam etc.

Excel: execution, surveying, planning, contracts, budgeting, designing, quality control,

quantity estimation, you name it. Everyone uses MS Excel. All sort of calculation are
done on it. It's easier to interpret the data or modify it as per need in Excel.

This list should help:

 Microsoft Suite-Word, PowerPoint and Excel. You need these tools to compose
documents, presentations, calculations etc…
 Autodesk Civil 3D. This is your core tool for sites, roads etc. Learn it well!
 Autodesk Revit. Information modeling of structure components. Plays nice
with Civil 3D
 Autodesk Dynamo. Computational Design of Structures
 Telka. 3D Modeling for Structures
 STAAD for calculations
 Python or Matlab for coding calculations
 Generally, know how to create a cost estimate and schedule with Microsoft
excel or Microsoft project. Or with special tools like Sage or Synchro
These are some of the widely used. They will change over time and new stuff always
comes out, but these are the core software’s used today.

Geoinformatics: Arc GIS, GeoMedia Professional

AUTOCAD Civil 3D (different from AUTOCAD) is another very useful software.