Degree Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Academic Degree
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 16 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -12 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 61 28 95
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 10.22% 8.54% 16.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.28% 27.45% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 22 70
10th Percentile £158 £204 £203
25th Percentile £204 £205 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £259 £400
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% -35.31% -23.08%
75th Percentile £525 £469 £556
90th Percentile £566 £600 £628
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.33 - £17.80
Median hourly rate £20.25 - £18.35
75th Percentile £85.40 - £24.64
90th Percentile - - £64.25
South East median hourly rate £79.91 £60.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +33.18% +4.62% -4.42%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 195 102 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 32.66% 31.10% 26.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 69 111
10th Percentile £204 £204 £250
25th Percentile £372 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.49%
75th Percentile £600 £548 £616
90th Percentile £654 £600 £688
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 10 22
10th Percentile £19.75 £25.15 -
25th Percentile £66.56 £25.86 £11.71
Median hourly rate £70.00 £28.00 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% +54.91% -69.88%
75th Percentile - £47.31 £46.43
90th Percentile £71.54 £54.63 £67.45
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £27.76 £57.35
% change year-on-year +152.16% -51.60% -4.42%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Surrey

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Surrey over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Surrey

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Surrey over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Surrey

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Staines -8 21 £425 +75.26% 1
Leatherhead -7 6 £186 -13.37% 3
Reigate -1 3 - - 1
Egham - 3 - - 1
Chertsey - 2 £170 - 1
Weybridge - 2 £568 - 3
Redhill -1 1 £525 +16.67% 7
Guildford -14 1 - - 12
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (32.79%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (26.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (14.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.64%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Primavera
2 2 (3.28%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.59%) Azure
2 10 (16.39%) AWS
3 7 (11.48%) GCP
4 6 (9.84%) SaaS
5 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
6 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.92%) Sauce Labs
8 2 (3.28%) Figma
8 2 (3.28%) IaaS
8 2 (3.28%) Smartsheet
9 1 (1.64%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.64%) Dialogflow
9 1 (1.64%) GitHub
9 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) Relational Database
2 6 (9.84%) MySQL
2 6 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.56%) Power BI
4 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Git
2 4 (6.56%) JIRA
3 3 (4.92%) Android Studio
3 3 (4.92%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (4.92%) Eclipse
3 3 (4.92%) Xcode
4 1 (1.64%) GitLab
4 1 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 28 (45.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Public Sector
3 11 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (9.84%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.20%) Arabic Language
6 5 (8.20%) French Language
6 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.56%) Finance
8 2 (3.28%) Billing
8 2 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.64%) Marketing
9 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (16.39%) Lead
2 7 (11.48%) Support Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Technical Support
3 6 (9.84%) Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) IT Manager
4 5 (8.20%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.20%) Technical Leader
5 4 (6.56%) Senior
6 3 (4.92%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Construction Planner
6 3 (4.92%) Data Administrator
6 3 (4.92%) Data Entry Administrator
6 3 (4.92%) Graduate
6 3 (4.92%) IT Graduate
6 3 (4.92%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Principal Security Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.75%) CSS
1 9 (14.75%) React
2 6 (9.84%) HTML
3 5 (8.20%) Django
3 5 (8.20%) OAuth
3 5 (8.20%) OAuth2
3 5 (8.20%) OpenID
3 5 (8.20%) RESTful
4 4 (6.56%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.92%) Ajax
5 3 (4.92%) GraphQL
6 2 (3.28%) .NET
6 2 (3.28%) REST
7 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.64%) CSS3
7 1 (1.64%) HTML5
7 1 (1.64%) MDX
7 1 (1.64%) Middleware
7 1 (1.64%) Node.js
7 1 (1.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.20%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.56%) PMI
4 3 (4.92%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.92%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.64%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.11%) Windows
2 7 (11.48%) Linux
3 6 (9.84%) Unix
4 3 (4.92%) Android
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (45.90%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (44.26%) Computer Science
3 25 (40.98%) Agile
4 19 (31.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (26.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (22.95%) Mentoring
7 11 (18.03%) Analytics
7 11 (18.03%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 11 (18.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 10 (16.39%) Change Management
9 9 (14.75%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (14.75%) ITIL
9 9 (14.75%) Matrix Organization
9 9 (14.75%) Project Delivery
10 8 (13.11%) CI/CD
10 8 (13.11%) Decision-Making
10 8 (13.11%) Project Management
10 8 (13.11%) Service Delivery
11 7 (11.48%) AI
11 7 (11.48%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) Python
2 11 (18.03%) JavaScript
3 7 (11.48%) Java
4 6 (9.84%) SQL
5 5 (8.20%) Perl
6 2 (3.28%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (24.59%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (14.75%) Master's Degree
3 8 (13.11%) PMI Certification
4 5 (8.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (6.56%) PMP
6 3 (4.92%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.92%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.28%) CBAP
7 2 (3.28%) MBA
7 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.39%) QA
2 5 (8.20%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.20%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 3 (4.92%) NCSC
3 3 (4.92%) PMO
4 1 (1.64%) GDPR
4 1 (1.64%) GMP
4 1 (1.64%) GxP
4 1 (1.64%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 8 (13.11%) Docker
2 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) Argo
2 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) Oracle
2 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.92%) Splunk
4 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.64%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.64%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.64%) EMC
5 1 (1.64%) New Relic
5 1 (1.64%) SAP
5 1 (1.64%) VMware