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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 63 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 17 25 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.20% 1.88% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 2.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £650 £900 £650
% change year-on-year -27.78% +38.46% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -

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 1,268 1,068 1,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.55% 80.30% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 428 896
10th Percentile £195 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £557 £608
90th Percentile £684 £650 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 231 373
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59.00 £63.93 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £77.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

Synthetic Environment
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Synthetic Environment relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Synthetic Environment job vacancy trend 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 30 October 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 -16 17 - - 15
Synthetic Environment
England

Synthetic Environment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

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