Synthetic Environment Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Synthetic Environment
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Synthetic Environment skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 65 112
Rank change year-on-year -9 +47 -4
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 17 31 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.31% 2.03% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 2.49% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £650 - £775
% change year-on-year - - +14.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 1
10th Percentile - £64.75 -
25th Percentile - - £65.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +0.77%
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - £67.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year - -0.76% +0.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Synthetic Environment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,160 1,247 1,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.44% 81.50% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 457 879
10th Percentile £200 £200 £225
25th Percentile £377 £306 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £628
90th Percentile £687 £638 £727
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 383 360
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.41 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -3.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.90 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Synthetic Environment
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Synthetic Environment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Synthetic Environment in the East of England

Synthetic Environment
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Synthetic Environment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Synthetic Environment

Synthetic Environment
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Synthetic Environment within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Hertfordshire -11 17 - - 10
Synthetic Environment
England

Synthetic Environment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 17 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 17 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 17 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (100.00%) Military
1 17 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 17 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 17 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 13 (76.47%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Synthetic Environment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (100.00%) Node.js
1 17 (100.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Linux
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 17 (100.00%) Validation
1 17 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 17 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 16 (94.12%) Agile
2 16 (94.12%) CI/CD
2 16 (94.12%) Continuous Delivery
2 16 (94.12%) Continuous Integration
2 16 (94.12%) Digital Twin
2 16 (94.12%) TDD
2 16 (94.12%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C#
1 17 (100.00%) C++
1 17 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft