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 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -16 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 28 47 81
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 6.36% 15.82% 13.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.76% 53.41% 37.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 47
10th Percentile £414 £210 £350
25th Percentile £444 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £644 £525 £575
90th Percentile £678 - £620
South East median daily rate £484 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.25% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 13
10th Percentile £73.75 - £16.56
25th Percentile £81.24 £68.26 £17.80
Median hourly rate £85.40 £73.31 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% +299.51% -59.22%
75th Percentile - £78.36 £26.73
90th Percentile - - £46.75
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £56.75 £46.36
% change year-on-year +48.02% +22.42% +3.01%

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 123 88 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 27.95% 29.63% 36.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 49 152
10th Percentile £326 £256 £250
25th Percentile £444 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £543
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.83% +0.46%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £608
90th Percentile £681 £665 £688
South East median daily rate £517 £541 £550
% change year-on-year -4.48% -1.59% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 24
10th Percentile £26.59 - £13.07
25th Percentile £58.75 £24.18 £17.80
Median hourly rate £69.65 £28.00 £19.43
Median % change year-on-year +148.76% +44.14% -56.83%
75th Percentile £90.09 £62.50 £52.91
90th Percentile - £65.67 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -25.55% -1.05% +14.70%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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
Redhill -9 4 £525 +5.00% 2
Egham - 4 - - 2
Camberley +2 2 - - 5
Staines -10 2 £425 +16.44% 1
Godalming 0 1 £500 -
Guildford - 1 £425 - 12
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - -
Woking - 1 - - 4
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 2 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Primavera
1 4 (14.29%) SAP ERP
2 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.57%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) AWS
1 6 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Google Gemini
3 1 (3.57%) Lucidchart
3 1 (3.57%) OCI
3 1 (3.57%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) WebEx
2 1 (3.57%) Firewall
2 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.57%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.29%) Legal
5 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 3 (10.71%) Military
6 2 (7.14%) Billing
7 1 (3.57%) Electronics
7 1 (3.57%) German Language
7 1 (3.57%) Law
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Principal Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) Principal Security Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) Security Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Project Planner
3 3 (10.71%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Lead
4 2 (7.14%) Administrator
4 2 (7.14%) IT Administrator
4 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.14%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Sales Administrator
4 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Head of Architecture
5 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (3.57%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) Web Services
2 1 (3.57%) ADO
2 1 (3.57%) LangChain
2 1 (3.57%) LlamaIndex
2 1 (3.57%) Node.js
2 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Virtual Team
3 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Life Science
4 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Computer Science
2 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (21.43%) DevOps
3 6 (21.43%) ERP
3 6 (21.43%) Information Security
3 6 (21.43%) Project Management
4 5 (17.86%) Agile
4 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
5 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (14.29%) Earned Value Management
5 4 (14.29%) Information Assurance
5 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.29%) Monte Carlo Method
5 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Workflow
6 3 (10.71%) AI
6 3 (10.71%) Change Management
6 3 (10.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) C#
2 1 (3.57%) Java
2 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.57%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (3.57%) CISSP
5 1 (3.57%) CREST Certified
5 1 (3.57%) Cyber Scheme
5 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.57%) PhD
5 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.57%) PMP
5 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
5 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) NCSC
2 5 (17.86%) GDPR
2 5 (17.86%) PMO
3 4 (14.29%) QA
4 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (7.14%) RMADS
5 1 (3.57%) EU AI Act
5 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.57%) JSP 440
5 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.57%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Nmap
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.57%) Adobe
4 1 (3.57%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.57%) Oracle