Degree Job Trends in Surrey

Academic Degree
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Degree 273 146 513
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 13.13% 14.47% 19.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.71% 35.87% 54.06%
Number of salaries quoted 109 96 288
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,125 £26,425
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,790 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +13.86% -14.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,250 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,020
% change year-on-year - +7.80% -3.28%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 465 407 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 22.37% 40.34% 36.85%
Number of salaries quoted 200 222 501
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £42,188 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,303 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.19% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £86,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +1.94% +0.29%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Degree job vacancy trend in Surrey

Degree
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Surrey

Degree
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Guildford -13 37 £65,000 - 25
Tadworth +3 14 - - 1
Egham - 13 £100,000 - 3
Redhill -1 12 £47,500 +18.75% 5
Staines -4 12 £33,500 -50.37% 2
Reigate - 9 £42,500 - 1
Cobham - 6 - -
Oxted - 6 £40,000 -
Chertsey - 5 £80,000 - 3
Warlingham 0 4 - -
Woking -18 4 £60,700 +34.89% 7
Horley - 4 £38,000 -
Caterham +7 3 - -
Camberley +6 3 £41,000 -45.33% 2
Epsom -3 3 £50,000 -23.08% 2
Weybridge -3 3 - - 1
Sunbury-on-Thames - 3 - - 1
Leatherhead -6 2 - - 5
Shepperton - 2 - -
Esher - 2 - -
Banstead - 2 - -
Betchworth - 2 - -
East Molesey - 2 - -
Thames Ditton - 2 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 2 - -
Whyteleafe - 2 - -
Addlestone -2 1 - -
Godstone - 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 8 (2.93%) CMS
2 6 (2.20%) WordPress
3 5 (1.83%) IIS
4 4 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.47%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.47%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.10%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 102 (37.36%) Cloud Computing
2 20 (7.33%) AWS
2 20 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (6.59%) Azure
4 12 (4.40%) SaaS
5 11 (4.03%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.30%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.93%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.56%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.20%) Canva
10 5 (1.83%) GCP
11 4 (1.47%) AWS Data Pipeline
11 4 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.47%) Prefect
12 3 (1.10%) GitHub
13 2 (0.73%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.73%) Datadog
13 2 (0.73%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 102 (37.36%) Internet
2 9 (3.30%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.56%) DNS
4 5 (1.83%) DHCP
5 2 (0.73%) HTTP
5 2 (0.73%) MQTT
5 2 (0.73%) Network Security
6 1 (0.37%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.37%) Broadband
6 1 (0.37%) VoIP
6 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.66%) MySQL
1 10 (3.66%) Spotfire
2 9 (3.30%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.56%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.83%) Big Data
4 5 (1.83%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.83%) Hadoop
4 5 (1.83%) Tableau
5 4 (1.47%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (1.47%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.73%) Redis
7 1 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (3.66%) Git
2 7 (2.56%) JIRA
3 6 (2.20%) Postman
3 6 (2.20%) Selenium
3 6 (2.20%) SoapUI
3 6 (2.20%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (2.20%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (2.20%) WebDriver
4 5 (1.83%) GitLab
5 3 (1.10%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.73%) MSI
7 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.37%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 164 (60.07%) Social Skills
2 104 (38.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 102 (37.36%) Banking
4 32 (11.72%) Pharmaceutical
5 26 (9.52%) Finance
6 23 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (8.42%) Marketing
7 12 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.03%) Electronics
9 5 (1.83%) Local Government
9 5 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.47%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.10%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.10%) Law
11 3 (1.10%) Retail
12 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Military
13 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 86 (31.50%) Lecturer
2 34 (12.45%) Software Engineer
3 28 (10.26%) Senior
4 22 (8.06%) Data Manager
4 22 (8.06%) Junior
5 21 (7.69%) Analyst
6 18 (6.59%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (5.49%) Python Engineer
7 15 (5.49%) Python Software Engineer
8 12 (4.40%) Applications Support
9 11 (4.03%) Lead
9 11 (4.03%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (3.30%) Senior Manager
11 8 (2.93%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (2.93%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 8 (2.93%) Applications Support Analyst
11 8 (2.93%) Developer
11 8 (2.93%) IT Support
11 8 (2.93%) Service Analyst
11 8 (2.93%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.23%) HTML
2 11 (4.03%) .NET
3 8 (2.93%) CSS
4 6 (2.20%) DirectX
4 6 (2.20%) Middleware
4 6 (2.20%) OpenGL
4 6 (2.20%) OpenGL ES
4 6 (2.20%) SOAP
4 6 (2.20%) Vulkan
5 5 (1.83%) Node.js
5 5 (1.83%) Play Framework
6 4 (1.47%) YAML
7 3 (1.10%) Jest
7 3 (1.10%) React
8 2 (0.73%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.73%) NestJS
8 2 (0.73%) NgRx
8 2 (0.73%) Playwright
8 2 (0.73%) Vue
8 2 (0.73%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 106 (38.83%) IoT
2 18 (6.59%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.40%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.93%) NHS
6 5 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.83%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.47%) Blog
7 4 (1.47%) Podcast
7 4 (1.47%) Social Media
8 3 (1.10%) Life Science
9 2 (0.73%) Acoustics
9 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.37%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.42%) Windows
2 10 (3.66%) Linux
2 10 (3.66%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.20%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Debian
4 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (49.82%) AI
2 123 (45.05%) Machine Learning
3 110 (40.29%) Cybersecurity
4 105 (38.46%) User Experience
5 104 (38.10%) Web Development
6 44 (16.12%) Computer Science
7 35 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (10.26%) Agile
8 28 (10.26%) Software Engineering
9 27 (9.89%) Digital Transformation Strategy
9 27 (9.89%) Mathematics
10 23 (8.42%) Project Management
10 23 (8.42%) Visualisation
11 20 (7.33%) Decision-Making
11 20 (7.33%) ITIL
12 19 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (5.86%) Analytics
13 16 (5.86%) Customer Service
13 16 (5.86%) Data Visualisation
13 16 (5.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 37 (13.55%) Python
2 27 (9.89%) C++
3 25 (9.16%) C#
4 24 (8.79%) SQL
5 19 (6.96%) Java
6 11 (4.03%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.30%) Scala
8 8 (2.93%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.83%) C
9 5 (1.83%) R
10 4 (1.47%) Bash
10 4 (1.47%) Julia
10 4 (1.47%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.10%) VBA
12 2 (0.73%) PHP
13 1 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 133 (48.72%) Master's Degree
2 123 (45.05%) PhD
3 102 (37.36%) Postgraduate
4 26 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (5.49%) Security Cleared
6 14 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.20%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.20%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.83%) MBA
10 4 (1.47%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.73%) CISSP
13 1 (0.37%) ACCA
13 1 (0.37%) HNC
13 1 (0.37%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.86%) SLA
2 10 (3.66%) Good Clinical Practice
3 7 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.20%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.20%) GDPR
5 4 (1.47%) GMP
5 4 (1.47%) QA
6 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.10%) PMO
6 3 (1.10%) WCAG
7 2 (0.73%) JTAG
8 1 (0.37%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.37%) GRC
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.47%) Firmware
3 3 (1.10%) Docker
4 2 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.93%) SCCM
3 4 (1.47%) Terraform
4 3 (1.10%) Argo
4 3 (1.10%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.73%) Grafana
5 2 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) CASB
Vendors
1 36 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.40%) ServiceNow
3 8 (2.93%) Palo Alto
3 8 (2.93%) Qualys
4 5 (1.83%) BT
4 5 (1.83%) Databricks
5 3 (1.10%) Google
6 2 (0.73%) Adobe
6 2 (0.73%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.73%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.37%) EMC
7 1 (0.37%) New Relic
7 1 (0.37%) VMware