Synthetic Data Contract Job Trends in England

Synthetic Data
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Synthetic Data in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Synthetic Data over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Data 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.036% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £368 - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile £555 - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,451 8,726 11,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.63% 32.89% 31.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,316 5,260 7,882
10th Percentile £275 £267 £252
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £632 £675 £665
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 248 707
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £17.57
Median hourly rate £30.30 £37.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% +6.43% +55.66%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.90 £83.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.56% - +56.18%

Synthetic Data
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Synthetic Data job vacancy trend in England

Synthetic Data
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Synthetic Data.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Synthetic Data

Synthetic Data
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Synthetic Data in England over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Synthetic Data in England

Synthetic Data
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
South East - 7 £500 - 3
London - 3 £463 - 7
South West - 1 - -
Synthetic Data
UK

Synthetic Data
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 9 (75.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 2 (16.67%) OCI
Development Applications
1 9 (75.00%) GitLab
1 9 (75.00%) JIRA
2 2 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) QA Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (33.33%) QA Leader
2 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Senior QA Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (16.67%) ADO
2 2 (16.67%) LangChain
2 2 (16.67%) Ollama
2 2 (16.67%) scikit-learn
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 9 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (75.00%) Data Management
2 9 (75.00%) Data Privacy
2 9 (75.00%) Data Strategy
2 9 (75.00%) DevOps
2 9 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 9 (75.00%) ERP
2 9 (75.00%) QA Automation
2 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (75.00%) User Experience
2 9 (75.00%) Validation
3 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (66.67%) Test Planning
3 8 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (25.00%) AI
4 3 (25.00%) LLM
5 2 (16.67%) CRM
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) PL/SQL
1 9 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) OCA
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle Certification
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) GDPR
1 9 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle