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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 42 44
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +3
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Public Sector 11 14 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 3.32% 2.45% 4.20%
As % of the General category 5.70% 4.33% 7.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 20
10th Percentile £391 £380 -
25th Percentile £425 £460 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £510 £563
Median % change year-on-year +1.57% -9.33% -2.17%
75th Percentile £665 £663 £672
90th Percentile £825 £672 £672
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £498
% change year-on-year - +5.53% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £32.77 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% - -
South East median hourly rate £22.07 £61.33 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.01% +2.22% +200.00%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 193 323 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 58.31% 56.47% 59.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 237 352
10th Percentile £204 £203 £221
25th Percentile £275 £300 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £405 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -
75th Percentile £548 £550 £675
90th Percentile £661 £663 £788
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 13
10th Percentile £13.50 £18.35 £14.83
25th Percentile £15.38 £27.12 £29.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% - -
75th Percentile £32.77 £70.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £53.75 £72.00 £56.00
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +137.53%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Surrey over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Surrey

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Public Sector

Public Sector
DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Camberley - 1 - - 2
Guildford - 1 £500 - 6
Reigate - 1 £950 - 2
Staines - 1 £388 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
1 1 (9.09%) IaaS
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 4 (36.36%) Local Government
2 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Data Insight Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Field Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) ICT Officer
2 1 (9.09%) ICT Support Officer
2 1 (9.09%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Insight Data Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Integration Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Migration Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Integration Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CCTV
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
1 1 (9.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) API Management
3 2 (18.18%) Coaching
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) User Stories
4 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Postgraduate
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Citrix
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
1 1 (9.09%) SAP
1 1 (9.09%) VMware