Synthetic Data Contract Job Trends in Central London

Synthetic Data
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Synthetic Data in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Synthetic Data over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Data 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.096% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
London median daily rate £463 - -

All Generic Skills
Central London

Synthetic Data falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 765 657 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.89% 31.27% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 417 554
10th Percentile £350 £375 £288
25th Percentile £439 £465 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £695 £713
90th Percentile £788 £789 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -5.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 14
10th Percentile £19.27 - £14.03
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.40 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.11 £25.79 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.24% +22.81% -44.37%
75th Percentile £29.50 £26.19 £34.25
90th Percentile £41.79 - £49.20
London median hourly rate £27.86 £39.00 £28.88
% change year-on-year -28.58% +35.06% -14.62%

Synthetic Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Synthetic Data relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Synthetic Data job vacancy trend in Central London

Synthetic Data
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Synthetic Data within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 2 - - 3
Synthetic Data
London

Synthetic Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon SageMaker
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MLflow
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Google JAX
1 1 (50.00%) Hugging Face
1 1 (50.00%) JAX
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Experimental Design
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Safety Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PhD
2 1 (50.00%) MPhil
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST