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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Degree 28 78 109
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 7.95% 16.42% 14.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.00% 75.00% 41.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 64 85
10th Percentile £178 £203 £195
25th Percentile £204 £350 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £383 £550
Median % change year-on-year -43.79% -30.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £544 £525 £650
90th Percentile £623 £584 £725
South East median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £47.00
25th Percentile - £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.60 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.67% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £72.50
90th Percentile - - £77.84
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £42.69 £55.00
% change year-on-year -30.64% -22.38% +22.22%

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 100 104 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 28.41% 21.89% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 82 189
10th Percentile £198 £203 £206
25th Percentile £221 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £560
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £549 £525 £673
90th Percentile £600 £605 £800
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 22
10th Percentile £18.05 £36.88 £50.00
25th Percentile £20.16 £52.63 £56.28
Median hourly rate £26.58 £57.50 £66.13
Median % change year-on-year -53.78% -13.05% +46.96%
75th Percentile £32.31 £66.63 £76.53
90th Percentile £61.92 £69.95 £81.79
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 0 6 £208 +1.22% 3
Leatherhead +2 5 £215 - 7
Guildford -4 5 £600 +757.14% 28
Redhill -1 3 £500 - 6
Camberley -5 2 - - 3
Woking 0 1 - - 6
Horley - 1 - -
Caterham - 1 £163 - 1
Egham - 1 - - 9
Reigate - 1 - - 6
Warlingham - 1 £163 -
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 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Primavera
2 1 (3.57%) SAP ERP
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) SaaS
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Lucidchart
4 1 (3.57%) OCI
4 1 (3.57%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
1 1 (3.57%) Symposium
1 1 (3.57%) VoIP
1 1 (3.57%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) MySQL
1 4 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Subversion
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Military
5 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (7.14%) Legal
7 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) Desktop Support
1 5 (17.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (17.86%) Support Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) Developer
2 4 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 3 (10.71%) Android Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Lead
3 3 (10.71%) Mobile Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Principal Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Service Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) Material Design
1 3 (10.71%) RESTful
2 1 (3.57%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.71%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.14%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Apple iOS
2 5 (17.86%) Linux
3 4 (14.29%) Unix
4 3 (10.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 11 (39.29%) ITIL
3 8 (28.57%) Service Management
4 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.86%) Agile
5 5 (17.86%) Patch Management
6 4 (14.29%) OO
6 4 (14.29%) OOP
6 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 3 (10.71%) Android Development
7 3 (10.71%) Asynchronous Programming
7 3 (10.71%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (10.71%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (10.71%) ERP
7 3 (10.71%) Mobile Application Development
7 3 (10.71%) MVVM
7 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
7 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
7 3 (10.71%) User Experience
7 3 (10.71%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) Java
2 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
3 4 (14.29%) Perl
3 4 (14.29%) Python
3 4 (14.29%) SQL
4 3 (10.71%) Kotlin
4 3 (10.71%) Objective-C
4 3 (10.71%) Swift
5 1 (3.57%) C
5 1 (3.57%) C++
5 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (10.71%) PMI Certification
2 3 (10.71%) PMP
3 2 (7.14%) PhD
3 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) CISSP
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Certification
4 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) PMO
2 2 (7.14%) SLA
3 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.57%) JSP 440
3 1 (3.57%) NCSC
3 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (21.43%) Apple
3 5 (17.86%) Oracle
4 2 (7.14%) SAP
5 1 (3.57%) Adobe
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco
5 1 (3.57%) IFS
5 1 (3.57%) Meraki