Degree Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Academic Degree
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Guildford with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 5 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 13.89% 11.11% 13.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.25% 50.00% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £560 - £490
25th Percentile £575 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £70 £650
Median % change year-on-year +757.14% -89.23% -5.45%
75th Percentile - - £759
90th Percentile - - £776
Surrey median daily rate £215 £400 £550
% change year-on-year -46.25% -27.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Surrey median hourly rate £17.60 £70.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -74.86% +40.00% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Guildford

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Guildford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 44.44% 22.22% 32.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 13
10th Percentile £413 - £300
25th Percentile £481 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £70 £500
Median % change year-on-year +646.43% -86.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £597 £456 £575
90th Percentile £600 £610 £780
Surrey median daily rate £500 £425 £575
% change year-on-year +17.65% -26.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.71 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £12.43 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.35% -75.15% +72.41%
75th Percentile - £13.14 £52.91
90th Percentile - - £58.14
Surrey median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £63.32
% change year-on-year -54.27% -13.13% +40.70%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

Degree job vacancy trend in Guildford

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Android Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Principal Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Lead
4 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Lead
4 1 (20.00%) iOS Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) iOS Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Java Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Lead Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Lead Software Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Java Developer
4 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Migration Lead
4 1 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Android Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Material Design
1 3 (60.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Android Development
2 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (60.00%) MVVM
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 3 (60.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) iOS Development
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Kotlin
1 3 (60.00%) Objective-C
1 3 (60.00%) Swift
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PhD
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) SAP