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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -22 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Degree 31 36 76
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 5.89% 13.24% 12.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.09% 38.71% 43.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 48
10th Percentile £121 £188 £350
25th Percentile £172 £231 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £368 £513
Median % change year-on-year -43.54% -28.29% +2.50%
75th Percentile £318 £500 £595
90th Percentile £513 £525 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £476 £500
% change year-on-year +4.99% -4.75% -
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 - - £58.92
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year +48.02% -1.05% +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 147 93 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 27.95% 34.19% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 56 126
10th Percentile £204 £208 £331
25th Percentile £363 £390 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -9.09%
75th Percentile £577 £548 £638
90th Percentile £674 £623 £700
South East median daily rate £530 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 23
10th Percentile £26.75 £25.44 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £28.00 £11.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.25 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year +114.88% +69.94% -60.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £55.94 £21.75
90th Percentile £85.40 £62.50 £56.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £55.88 £57.35
% change year-on-year -1.57% -2.57% -3.54%

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 27 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 27 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 -15 3 £251 -21.48% 2
Godalming 0 1 £500 -
Redhill -10 1 £550 +10.00% 5
Leatherhead -11 1 £208 +6.41% 2
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 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Primavera
1 1 (3.23%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) SaaS
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.68%) Sauce Labs
4 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.23%) GCP
5 1 (3.23%) Google Gemini
5 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.23%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Network Security
2 2 (6.45%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) MySQL
1 5 (16.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Android Studio
1 3 (9.68%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (9.68%) Eclipse
1 3 (9.68%) Xcode
2 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Arabic Language
3 3 (9.68%) French Language
3 3 (9.68%) Legal
4 2 (6.45%) Billing
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Electronics
5 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Support Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Technical Support
2 6 (19.35%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Consultant
3 3 (9.68%) Graduate
3 3 (9.68%) IT Graduate
3 3 (9.68%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Principal Security Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Security Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) UX Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Developer
4 2 (6.45%) IT Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Sales Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Training Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Bid Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) Ajax
1 3 (9.68%) AngularJS
1 3 (9.68%) CSS
1 3 (9.68%) GraphQL
1 3 (9.68%) React
2 1 (3.23%) LangChain
2 1 (3.23%) LlamaIndex
2 1 (3.23%) MDX
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
2 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.68%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
2 7 (22.58%) Linux
3 6 (19.35%) Unix
4 3 (9.68%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Computer Science
2 13 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (19.35%) Information Security
3 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
4 5 (16.13%) ITIL
4 5 (16.13%) OO
4 5 (16.13%) OOP
5 4 (12.90%) AI
5 4 (12.90%) User Experience
6 3 (9.68%) Agile
6 3 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (9.68%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (9.68%) Data Strategy
6 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
6 3 (9.68%) Incident Management
6 3 (9.68%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (9.68%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (9.68%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) Python
2 6 (19.35%) Java
3 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
3 5 (16.13%) Perl
4 4 (12.90%) SQL
5 2 (6.45%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.23%) C#
6 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (9.68%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 3 (9.68%) NCSC
2 2 (6.45%) QA
3 1 (3.23%) GMP
3 1 (3.23%) GxP
3 1 (3.23%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) Oracle
3 3 (9.68%) SAP
3 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.68%) Splunk
4 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.23%) Adobe
5 1 (3.23%) Blue Prism
5 1 (3.23%) DocuSign
5 1 (3.23%) OpenAI