Synthetic Environment Contracts in the East of England

Synthetic Environment
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Synthetic Environment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Synthetic Environment over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 104 103
Rank change year-on-year +27 -1 +19
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 5 8 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.53% 0.42% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.49% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £65
England median daily rate - - £600
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 15
10th Percentile £62.38 - -
25th Percentile £64.06 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £65.19 - £65.75
90th Percentile £65.53 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +23.81%

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 837 1,644 1,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.23% 86.12% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 703 1,064
10th Percentile £225 £207 £200
25th Percentile £400 £339 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 607 340
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Synthetic Environment in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Synthetic Environment in the East of England

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 1 May 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 +25 5 - - 5
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 4 (80.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Node.js
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Twin
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) TDD
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 3 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (60.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft