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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 33 42 77
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 6.42% 14.00% 13.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.76% 41.58% 41.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 51
10th Percentile £121 £188 £350
25th Percentile £204 £338 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -53.89% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £463 £525 £595
90th Percentile £550 - £650
South East median daily rate £496 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -0.20% -0.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 12
10th Percentile - - £16.41
25th Percentile - £68.26 £17.80
Median hourly rate £85.40 £73.31 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% +305.59% -59.83%
75th Percentile - £78.36 £20.75
90th Percentile - - £33.05
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £58.38 £57.35
% change year-on-year +43.90% +1.79% +27.44%

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 145 101 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 28.21% 33.67% 31.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 60 134
10th Percentile £204 £248 £313
25th Percentile £361 £409 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £563 £581 £638
90th Percentile £681 £664 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 23
10th Percentile £31.40 £25.44 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £28.00 £11.71
Median hourly rate £70.00 £30.25 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year +131.40% +69.94% -60.44%
75th Percentile £77.70 £55.94 £21.75
90th Percentile £89.15 £62.50 £46.75
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.26% -1.97%

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 11 May 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
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 11 May 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
Egham - 7 - - 4
Staines -13 3 £311 -2.73% 1
Redhill -12 2 £550 +10.00% 9
Godalming 0 1 £500 -
Guildford -7 1 £425 -5.56% 13
Leatherhead -8 1 £208 +6.41% 3
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - -
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 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Primavera
1 2 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.03%) SAP ERP
2 1 (3.03%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) SaaS
2 5 (15.15%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.09%) Sauce Labs
5 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.03%) GCP
6 1 (3.03%) Google Gemini
6 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) WebEx
3 1 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) MySQL
1 5 (15.15%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Android Studio
1 3 (9.09%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (9.09%) Eclipse
1 3 (9.09%) Xcode
2 2 (6.06%) JIRA
3 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
3 1 (3.03%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Legal
2 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Billing
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Electronics
4 1 (3.03%) German Language
4 1 (3.03%) Law
4 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Support Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Technical Support
2 6 (18.18%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Graduate
3 3 (9.09%) IT Graduate
3 3 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Principal Security Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) UX Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Administrator
4 2 (6.06%) Developer
4 2 (6.06%) IT Administrator
4 2 (6.06%) Project Planner
4 2 (6.06%) Sales Administrator
5 1 (3.03%) Bid Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Ajax
1 3 (9.09%) AngularJS
1 3 (9.09%) CSS
1 3 (9.09%) GraphQL
1 3 (9.09%) React
2 1 (3.03%) ADO
2 1 (3.03%) LangChain
2 1 (3.03%) LlamaIndex
2 1 (3.03%) MDX
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (3.03%) Node.js
2 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.03%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) Life Science
3 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 7 (21.21%) Linux
3 6 (18.18%) Unix
4 3 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (21.21%) Information Security
4 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 5 (15.15%) AI
5 5 (15.15%) ITIL
5 5 (15.15%) OO
5 5 (15.15%) OOP
5 5 (15.15%) User Experience
6 4 (12.12%) Agile
6 4 (12.12%) Change Management
6 4 (12.12%) Project Management
6 4 (12.12%) Workflow
7 3 (9.09%) Business Continuity
7 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
7 3 (9.09%) Incident Management
7 3 (9.09%) Information Assurance
7 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Python
2 6 (18.18%) Java
3 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (15.15%) Perl
4 4 (12.12%) SQL
5 2 (6.06%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.03%) C#
6 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.03%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (3.03%) CREST Certified
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Scheme
4 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PMP
4 1 (3.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (12.12%) QA
2 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 3 (9.09%) NCSC
2 3 (9.09%) PMO
3 2 (6.06%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) EU AI Act
4 1 (3.03%) GMP
4 1 (3.03%) GxP
4 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Nmap
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Oracle
2 5 (15.15%) SAP
3 3 (9.09%) Splunk
4 2 (6.06%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.03%) Adobe
5 1 (3.03%) Blue Prism
5 1 (3.03%) DocuSign
5 1 (3.03%) OpenAI