Degree Contracts in Surrey

Academic Degree
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 +16
Contract jobs citing Degree 77 76 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 13.05% 10.90% 13.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.75% 41.53% 51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 53 58
10th Percentile £350 £289 £185
25th Percentile £425 £310 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +40.42%
75th Percentile £595 £615 £602
90th Percentile £658 £782 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 13
10th Percentile £16.41 - £21.00
25th Percentile £17.80 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £18.08 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.83% - -8.16%
75th Percentile £20.75 £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £58.92 £55.00 £48.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year +27.44% +3.65% +2.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 183 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 29.83% 26.26% 25.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 115 127
10th Percentile £339 £305 £234
25th Percentile £459 £500 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £517
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +12.19% +8.84%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £628
90th Percentile £705 £838 £680
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 13
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile £11.71 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.44% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £21.75 £61.91 £47.50
90th Percentile £56.00 £63.63 £48.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Surrey

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Surrey

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Surrey over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Surrey

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Surrey

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Surrey over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Surrey

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 23 May 2024. 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 +1 25 £500 - 5
Reigate - 10 £570 - 3
Sunbury-on-Thames +22 7 £773 +54.50% 3
Guildford +1 7 £375 -27.88% 34
Leatherhead -13 3 £183 -39.17% 5
Dorking 0 2 - -
Chertsey -5 2 - - 6
Epsom - 2 £563 - 8
Staines -4 1 - - 9
Woking - 1 - - 6
Degree
South East

Degree
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 8 (10.39%) Confluence
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.60%) IBM Domino
3 2 (2.60%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.30%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (1.30%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.30%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.69%) Azure
2 4 (5.19%) AWS
2 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.60%) Nutanix
3 2 (2.60%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.60%) SaaS
4 1 (1.30%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.30%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (1.30%) PaaS
4 1 (1.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.58%) TCP/IP
2 9 (11.69%) Firewall
3 8 (10.39%) SAN
4 5 (6.49%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (5.19%) SSL
6 3 (3.90%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (3.90%) DHCP
6 3 (3.90%) DNS
6 3 (3.90%) Internet
6 3 (3.90%) iSCSI
6 3 (3.90%) NAS
6 3 (3.90%) VLAN
6 3 (3.90%) VoIP
6 3 (3.90%) VPN
6 3 (3.90%) Wireless
7 2 (2.60%) VSAN
8 1 (1.30%) IPsec
8 1 (1.30%) Junos
8 1 (1.30%) NGFW
8 1 (1.30%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.60%) Big Data
2 2 (2.60%) Power BI
2 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.60%) Tableau
3 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.30%) QlikView
3 1 (1.30%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (1.30%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.30%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) JIRA
2 8 (10.39%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (7.79%) Git
3 6 (7.79%) Jenkins
4 4 (5.19%) Artifactory
4 4 (5.19%) Bitbucket
5 3 (3.90%) TestRail
6 1 (1.30%) GoogleTest
General
1 24 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.08%) Finance
3 16 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (16.88%) Marketing
6 8 (10.39%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (9.09%) Electronics
8 6 (7.79%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (5.19%) Local Government
9 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.90%) Automotive
10 3 (3.90%) Legal
10 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.60%) Back Office
11 2 (2.60%) Front Office
11 2 (2.60%) Retail
12 1 (1.30%) Law
12 1 (1.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (25.97%) Senior
2 13 (16.88%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (10.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 7 (9.09%) Architect
5 6 (7.79%) Analyst
5 6 (7.79%) DOORS Engineer
5 6 (7.79%) Integration Engineer
5 6 (7.79%) Project Manager
5 6 (7.79%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 6 (7.79%) Software Integration Engineer
5 6 (7.79%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Lead
6 5 (6.49%) Network Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.19%) Administrator
7 4 (5.19%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.19%) Software Development Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) .NET
1 5 (6.49%) XML
2 4 (5.19%) DirectX
2 4 (5.19%) OpenGL
2 4 (5.19%) OpenGL ES
2 4 (5.19%) RESTful
2 4 (5.19%) SOAP
2 4 (5.19%) Vulkan
3 3 (3.90%) ADO
3 3 (3.90%) PyTorch
3 3 (3.90%) TensorFlow
3 3 (3.90%) Web Services
4 2 (2.60%) HTML
4 2 (2.60%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.30%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.30%) HTML5
5 1 (1.30%) LightGBM
5 1 (1.30%) Statsmodels
5 1 (1.30%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.79%) Algorithms
3 5 (6.49%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.90%) Photography
5 2 (2.60%) Animation
5 2 (2.60%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (2.60%) IoT
5 2 (2.60%) Life Science
5 2 (2.60%) Mixed Reality
5 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.30%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.30%) NHS
6 1 (1.30%) PKI
6 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) Smartcard
6 1 (1.30%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 26 (33.77%) Linux
2 25 (32.47%) Windows
3 22 (28.57%) Unix
4 6 (7.79%) Android
5 5 (6.49%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.60%) Solaris
6 2 (2.60%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.96%) Computer Science
2 25 (32.47%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (29.87%) Agile
4 14 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 13 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (16.88%) ITIL
6 12 (15.58%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (15.58%) SDLC
7 11 (14.29%) Project Management
7 11 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 11 (14.29%) Scrum
7 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (14.29%) Test Strategy
8 10 (12.99%) Budgeting
8 10 (12.99%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (12.99%) Customer Service
8 10 (12.99%) Process Improvement
9 9 (11.69%) Requirements Gathering
9 9 (11.69%) Software Engineering
9 9 (11.69%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.38%) Python
2 15 (19.48%) C++
3 12 (15.58%) SQL
4 9 (11.69%) Java
5 5 (6.49%) Bash
5 5 (6.49%) Shell Script
6 4 (5.19%) C
6 4 (5.19%) C#
6 4 (5.19%) PL/SQL
6 4 (5.19%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.90%) Perl
7 3 (3.90%) VBScript
8 2 (2.60%) AWK
8 2 (2.60%) Bourne shell
8 2 (2.60%) GLSL
8 2 (2.60%) HLSL
8 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.60%) Korn
8 2 (2.60%) VB
8 2 (2.60%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (32.47%) Master's Degree
2 14 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (12.99%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (10.39%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (6.49%) ISTQB
5 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (5.19%) CCNA
6 4 (5.19%) PhD
6 4 (5.19%) RHCSA
7 3 (3.90%) CCNP
7 3 (3.90%) HNC
7 3 (3.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (3.90%) MCSE
7 3 (3.90%) NVQ Level 4
7 3 (3.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.60%) HND
8 2 (2.60%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 8 (10.39%) QA
3 4 (5.19%) SLA
4 3 (3.90%) PMO
5 2 (2.60%) GDPR
5 2 (2.60%) HL7
5 2 (2.60%) ISO 9001
5 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (9.09%) vSphere
3 6 (7.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (7.79%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (5.19%) Firmware
4 4 (5.19%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.19%) VirtualBox
5 2 (2.60%) KVM
5 2 (2.60%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Ansible
1 2 (2.60%) NetBackup
1 2 (2.60%) Oracle ZFS
1 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (2.60%) WSUS
1 2 (2.60%) yum
2 1 (1.30%) AppManager
2 1 (1.30%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (1.30%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 11 (14.29%) VMware
2 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
3 8 (10.39%) SAP
4 7 (9.09%) Oracle
5 5 (6.49%) Cisco
6 3 (3.90%) F5
6 3 (3.90%) Micro Focus
6 3 (3.90%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.60%) Adobe
7 2 (2.60%) Ariba
7 2 (2.60%) EMC
7 2 (2.60%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.60%) JDA
7 2 (2.60%) Veritas
8 1 (1.30%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (1.30%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.30%) Google
8 1 (1.30%) IBM
8 1 (1.30%) Juniper
8 1 (1.30%) Qualys