Public Sector Contracts in Surrey

Public Sector
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 32 35
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +17
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 17 24 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 5.70% 4.09% 5.01%
As % of the General category 10.63% 7.74% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 18
10th Percentile £179 £285 -
25th Percentile £195 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £453
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -6.08% -7.18%
75th Percentile £500 £480 £575
90th Percentile £640 £539 £725
South East median daily rate £538 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £24.34 - £18.31
25th Percentile £24.57 £52.50 £18.59
Median hourly rate £25.84 £55.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -53.02% +183.87% -
75th Percentile £27.98 £57.50 £19.84
90th Percentile £28.74 - £19.94
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £58.30 £29.00
% change year-on-year -57.12% +101.03% +45.00%

All General Skills
Surrey

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 160 310 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 53.69% 52.81% 55.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 218 268
10th Percentile £178 £248 £229
25th Percentile £250 £353 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £504
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.75% -4.91%
75th Percentile £538 £595 £638
90th Percentile £621 £688 £750
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 34 29
10th Percentile £14.94 £12.42 £39.90
25th Percentile £20.00 £13.59 £42.50
Median hourly rate £24.83 £19.43 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.82% -56.83% -
75th Percentile £28.31 £41.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £53.75 £48.50 £63.04
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Surrey

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Surrey

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Surrey

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Surrey

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Woking 0 2 £460 - 48
Camberley - 2 - - 3
Guildford - 1 £500 - 49
Reigate - 1 £950 - 1
Tadworth - 1 - -
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (5.88%) Amazon S3
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) Maven
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Electronics
2 8 (47.06%) Manufacturing
2 8 (47.06%) Marketing
2 8 (47.06%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Audit Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Developer
2 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Project Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Technician
3 1 (5.88%) Data Technician
3 1 (5.88%) Delivery Director
3 1 (5.88%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
3 1 (5.88%) Integration Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Java Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Java GUI Developer
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Integration Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Server Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) React
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.88%) CSS
2 1 (5.88%) Google Maps API
2 1 (5.88%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (5.88%) Java EE
2 1 (5.88%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth2
2 1 (5.88%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) NHS
2 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) CCTV
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) Digital Marketing
1 8 (47.06%) Programme Management
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) API Management
3 2 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.76%) IT Audit
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) API Development
4 1 (5.88%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (5.88%) Break/Fix
4 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
4 1 (5.88%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Front End Development
4 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Java
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) DBS Check
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Postgraduate
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PMO
1 1 (5.88%) QA
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Dell
2 2 (11.76%) HP
2 2 (11.76%) IBM
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
3 1 (5.88%) NEC