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 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -22 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 26 89 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 7.30% 16.39% 13.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.30% 65.93% 42.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 73 81
10th Percentile £181 £203 £195
25th Percentile £204 £350 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £500 £538 £650
90th Percentile £615 £650 £750
South East median daily rate £456 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -3.95% -4.04% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £59.75 £47.00
25th Percentile - £63.13 £50.00
Median hourly rate £17.60 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.86% +16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £75.63 £72.50
90th Percentile - £78.25 £77.84
South East median hourly rate £62.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.11% -4.42% +33.33%

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 107 135 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 30.06% 24.86% 30.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 105 165
10th Percentile £204 £207 £206
25th Percentile £291 £360 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £475 £595
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% -20.17% +8.18%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £700
90th Percentile £600 £658 £838
South East median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 17
10th Percentile £23.64 - £50.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £11.71 £54.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £53.00 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year -47.17% -14.00% +36.96%
75th Percentile £33.75 £65.25 £76.53
90th Percentile £53.75 £71.90 £77.84
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +33.33%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Degree 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 September 2025.

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
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 September 2025. 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 +3 7 £208 +1.22% 5
Guildford -1 6 £575 +721.43% 42
Leatherhead +4 5 £215 +17.81% 1
Redhill -4 2 - - 4
Reigate - 2 £950 - 4
Horley - 2 £450 -
Caterham - 1 £163 -
Egham - 1 - - 3
Warlingham - 1 £163 -
Degree
South East

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) Anypoint
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (11.54%) SaaS
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
1 1 (3.85%) Symposium
1 1 (3.85%) VoIP
1 1 (3.85%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Relational Database
2 4 (15.38%) MySQL
3 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
2 2 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (3.85%) Subversion
General
1 10 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Advertising
5 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Military
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (19.23%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (19.23%) Desktop Support
1 5 (19.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (19.23%) Developer
1 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Technical Support
3 3 (11.54%) Android Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Mobile Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Principal Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Contracts Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Material Design
1 3 (11.54%) RESTful
2 1 (3.85%) HTML
2 1 (3.85%) OpenAPI
2 1 (3.85%) RAML
2 1 (3.85%) Swagger
2 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
1 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Windows
2 5 (19.23%) Apple iOS
2 5 (19.23%) Linux
3 4 (15.38%) Unix
4 3 (11.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
1 8 (30.77%) ITIL
2 7 (26.92%) Service Management
3 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (19.23%) Patch Management
5 4 (15.38%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) OO
5 4 (15.38%) OOP
5 4 (15.38%) Process Improvement
6 3 (11.54%) Android Development
6 3 (11.54%) Asynchronous Programming
6 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
6 3 (11.54%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (11.54%) MVVM
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.54%) User Experience
6 3 (11.54%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Java
2 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
2 5 (19.23%) SQL
3 4 (15.38%) Perl
3 4 (15.38%) Python
4 3 (11.54%) Kotlin
4 3 (11.54%) Objective-C
4 3 (11.54%) Swift
5 1 (3.85%) C
5 1 (3.85%) C#
5 1 (3.85%) C++
5 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.54%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) CCNA
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.85%) MCSE
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) OCP
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (3.85%) PhD
3 1 (3.85%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (3.85%) CSIRT
1 1 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Apple
3 4 (15.38%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) Adobe
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) IFS
4 1 (3.85%) Marketo
4 1 (3.85%) Meraki
4 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.85%) SAP
4 1 (3.85%) Splunk