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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 80 103
Rank change year-on-year -21 +23 +2
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 9 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.41% 0.79% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.88% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 9
10th Percentile £63.50 £63.13 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £65.38 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Process & 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 1,751 910 1,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.98% 90.10% 83.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 459 662
10th Percentile £196 £225 £201
25th Percentile £391 £377 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £442
Median % change year-on-year - +13.12% -7.43%
75th Percentile £592 £584 £575
90th Percentile £681 £675 £652
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 181 615
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.95 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.96 £38.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.42% -5.00% +88.50%
75th Percentile £68.54 £72.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%

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 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -18 9 - - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Ethernet
1 7 (77.78%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Eclipse
1 8 (88.89%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (77.78%) Military
2 6 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Law
5 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) C# Software Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Project Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) Node.js
1 7 (77.78%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
2 8 (88.89%) Continuous Delivery
2 8 (88.89%) Digital Twin
2 8 (88.89%) TDD
2 8 (88.89%) Unit Testing
3 7 (77.78%) Validation
3 7 (77.78%) Verification and Validation
3 7 (77.78%) Visualisation
4 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C#
1 8 (88.89%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft