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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 3
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +5
Contract jobs citing Degree 62 29 96
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 10.39% 8.76% 16.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.47% 27.88% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 23 71
10th Percentile £158 £166 £203
25th Percentile £204 £204 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £243 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.84% -39.38% -23.08%
75th Percentile £525 £463 £550
90th Percentile £566 £600 £625
South East median daily rate £510 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.33 - £17.80
Median hourly rate £43.98 - £18.35
75th Percentile £85.40 - £24.64
90th Percentile - - £64.25
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £62.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +20.97% +8.11% -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 197 104 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 33.00% 31.42% 26.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 70 111
10th Percentile £204 £204 £250
25th Percentile £372 £286 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.32%
75th Percentile £600 £548 £612
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 32 10 22
10th Percentile £23.11 £25.15 -
25th Percentile £67.17 £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 - £54.63 £67.45
South East median hourly rate £66.50 £25.30 £57.35
% change year-on-year +162.85% -55.88% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -9 21 £425 +88.89% 2
Leatherhead -7 6 £186 -13.37% 8
Reigate -1 3 - - 3
Egham - 3 - -
Chertsey - 2 £170 - 1
Weybridge - 2 £568 - 3
Redhill -1 1 £525 +16.67% 7
Guildford -16 1 - - 20
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 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (32.26%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (14.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Primavera
2 2 (3.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.19%) Azure
2 10 (16.13%) AWS
3 7 (11.29%) GCP
4 6 (9.68%) SaaS
5 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
6 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.84%) Sauce Labs
8 2 (3.23%) Figma
8 2 (3.23%) IaaS
8 2 (3.23%) Smartsheet
9 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.61%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.61%) Dialogflow
9 1 (1.61%) GitHub
9 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (17.74%) Relational Database
2 6 (9.68%) MySQL
2 6 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.45%) Power BI
4 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) JIRA
3 3 (4.84%) Android Studio
3 3 (4.84%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (4.84%) Eclipse
3 3 (4.84%) Xcode
4 1 (1.61%) GitLab
4 1 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 28 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Public Sector
3 11 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.06%) Arabic Language
6 5 (8.06%) French Language
6 5 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.45%) Finance
8 2 (3.23%) Billing
8 2 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.61%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.61%) Marketing
9 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Lead
2 7 (11.29%) Support Engineer
3 6 (9.68%) Analyst
3 6 (9.68%) Technical Engineer
3 6 (9.68%) Technical Support
3 6 (9.68%) Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (8.06%) IT Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Technical Leader
5 4 (6.45%) Senior
6 3 (4.84%) Administrator
6 3 (4.84%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Construction Planner
6 3 (4.84%) Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) Data Administrator
6 3 (4.84%) Graduate
6 3 (4.84%) IT Graduate
6 3 (4.84%) Junior
6 3 (4.84%) Project Planner
6 3 (4.84%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.52%) CSS
1 9 (14.52%) React
2 6 (9.68%) HTML
3 5 (8.06%) Django
3 5 (8.06%) OAuth
3 5 (8.06%) OAuth2
3 5 (8.06%) OpenID
3 5 (8.06%) RESTful
4 4 (6.45%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.84%) Ajax
5 3 (4.84%) GraphQL
6 2 (3.23%) .NET
6 2 (3.23%) REST
7 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.61%) CSS3
7 1 (1.61%) HTML5
7 1 (1.61%) Middleware
7 1 (1.61%) Node.js
7 1 (1.61%) SOAP
7 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.97%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.06%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.45%) PMI
3 4 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.84%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.61%) Autonomous Agent
6 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Windows
2 7 (11.29%) Linux
3 6 (9.68%) Unix
4 3 (4.84%) Android
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (43.55%) Computer Science
3 26 (41.94%) Agile
4 19 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (27.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (22.58%) Mentoring
7 11 (17.74%) Analytics
7 11 (17.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 11 (17.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 10 (16.13%) Change Management
9 9 (14.52%) CI/CD
9 9 (14.52%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (14.52%) ITIL
9 9 (14.52%) Matrix Organization
9 9 (14.52%) Project Delivery
10 8 (12.90%) Decision-Making
10 8 (12.90%) DevOps
10 8 (12.90%) Project Management
10 8 (12.90%) Service Delivery
11 7 (11.29%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) Python
2 11 (17.74%) JavaScript
3 7 (11.29%) Java
4 6 (9.68%) SQL
5 5 (8.06%) Perl
6 2 (3.23%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (24.19%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (14.52%) Master's Degree
3 8 (12.90%) PMI Certification
4 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 5 (8.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (6.45%) PMP
6 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.84%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.84%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (3.23%) CBAP
8 2 (3.23%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) MBA
8 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) QA
2 5 (8.06%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.06%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 3 (4.84%) NCSC
3 3 (4.84%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) GDPR
4 1 (1.61%) GMP
4 1 (1.61%) GxP
4 1 (1.61%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 8 (12.90%) Docker
2 4 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (11.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.61%) Argo
Vendors
1 25 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) Oracle
2 5 (8.06%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.84%) Splunk
4 2 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.61%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.61%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.61%) EMC
5 1 (1.61%) New Relic
5 1 (1.61%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) VMware