Senior Contracts in Surrey

Senior
South East > Surrey

The median Senior daily rate in Surrey is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 13 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 23 52 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 8.55% 8.46% 7.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.85% 9.09% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 36 37
10th Percentile £435 £475 £320
25th Percentile £463 £488 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £548 £581 £700
90th Percentile £568 £700 £785
South East median daily rate £515 £525 £508
% change year-on-year -1.90% +3.45% -7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile - £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile - £72.50 -
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £58.30 £54.56
% change year-on-year +15.78% +6.85% +21.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Surrey with a recognized job title 260 572 703
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.65% 93.01% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 407 542
10th Percentile £195 £248 £199
25th Percentile £275 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £616 £638
90th Percentile £581 £696 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 64 32
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.58 £29.98
25th Percentile £24.75 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £40.98 £58.00 £62.53
90th Percentile £61.63 £76.86 £64.88
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £48.40 £50.00
% change year-on-year -32.85% -3.20% +150.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Surrey

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Surrey

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Surrey

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Surrey

Senior
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 Senior within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Redhill +4 8 £475 -9.52% 13
Guildford -1 5 £514 +0.29% 29
Reigate - 4 - - 5
Camberley -6 3 £514 -2.10% 2
Woking +1 1 - - 17
Leatherhead -4 1 £650 +30.00% 3
Staines - 1 - - 5
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 7 June 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
2 10 (43.48%) Software Engineering
3 9 (39.13%) C++
3 9 (39.13%) Linux
4 8 (34.78%) C#
4 8 (34.78%) Agile
4 8 (34.78%) Multithreading
4 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
4 8 (34.78%) User Experience
4 8 (34.78%) Multithreaded Programming
5 7 (30.43%) Git
5 7 (30.43%) Java
5 7 (30.43%) Python
6 6 (26.09%) OO
6 6 (26.09%) XML
6 6 (26.09%) Scrum
6 6 (26.09%) JSON
6 6 (26.09%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (26.09%) SOLID
6 6 (26.09%) Design Patterns
7 5 (21.74%) CI/CD
7 5 (21.74%) Front End Development
7 5 (21.74%) Degree
7 5 (21.74%) JIRA
7 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
7 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
7 5 (21.74%) REST
7 5 (21.74%) Jenkins
7 5 (21.74%) TypeScript

Senior Skill Set
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 (4.35%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.70%) Azure Stack
2 2 (8.70%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) CloudFront
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) NFC
1 4 (17.39%) PPP
2 1 (4.35%) LAN
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (4.35%) Couchbase
1 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Git
2 5 (21.74%) Jenkins
2 5 (21.74%) JIRA
3 4 (17.39%) Bitbucket
3 4 (17.39%) Eclipse
3 4 (17.39%) GoogleTest
3 4 (17.39%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (17.39%) TestRail
3 4 (17.39%) Valgrind
4 2 (8.70%) Cypress.io
4 2 (8.70%) GitLab
4 2 (8.70%) JMeter
4 2 (8.70%) Moq
4 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio
4 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) JSON
1 6 (26.09%) XML
2 5 (21.74%) REST
3 4 (17.39%) Web Services
4 3 (13.04%) AngularJS
4 3 (13.04%) CSS
4 3 (13.04%) HTML
4 3 (13.04%) Node.js
5 2 (8.70%) .NET
5 2 (8.70%) .NET Core
5 2 (8.70%) ASP.NET
5 2 (8.70%) RESTful
5 2 (8.70%) YAML
6 1 (4.35%) DirectX
6 1 (4.35%) Jest
6 1 (4.35%) Middleware
6 1 (4.35%) OpenGL
6 1 (4.35%) React
6 1 (4.35%) Sass
6 1 (4.35%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Smartcard
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Ubuntu
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Software Engineering
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Multithreaded Programming
2 8 (34.78%) Multithreading
2 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
2 8 (34.78%) User Experience
3 6 (26.09%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (26.09%) Design Patterns
3 6 (26.09%) OO
3 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Scrum
3 6 (26.09%) SOLID
4 5 (21.74%) CI/CD
4 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
4 5 (21.74%) Front End Development
5 4 (17.39%) Clean Code
5 4 (17.39%) Kanban
5 4 (17.39%) Memory Management
5 4 (17.39%) OOD
5 4 (17.39%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
2 9 (39.13%) C++
3 8 (34.78%) C#
4 7 (30.43%) Java
4 7 (30.43%) Python
5 5 (21.74%) TypeScript
6 4 (17.39%) ABAP
6 4 (17.39%) SQL
7 3 (13.04%) Perl
8 1 (4.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
1 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
1 2 (8.70%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Adobe
1 4 (17.39%) Google
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Atlassian
3 1 (4.35%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle