Synthetic Environment Contracts in England

Synthetic Environment
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 479 527 613
Rank change year-on-year +48 +86 +117
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 6 15 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.040% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.047% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £226
25th Percentile - - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - £810
UK median daily rate - - £600
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 28
10th Percentile £62.75 - £63.88
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile £65.45 £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Synthetic Environment
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Synthetic Environment in England

Synthetic Environment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Synthetic Environment in England.

Daily rate trend for Synthetic Environment in England

Synthetic Environment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Synthetic Environment in England

Synthetic Environment
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 Environment within the 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
East of England +27 5 - - 9
South West +44 1 - - 3
Synthetic Environment
UK

Synthetic Environment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 5 (83.33%) Ethernet
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 6 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) C# Software Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Node.js
1 5 (83.33%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Twin
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) TDD
2 5 (83.33%) Unit Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft