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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 498 592
Rank change year-on-year +13 +94 +133
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 18 35 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.10% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% 0.12% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £675
25th Percentile £625 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.73%
75th Percentile £675 - £838
90th Percentile - - £875
UK median daily rate £650 - £775
% change year-on-year - - +12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 32 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - £87.88 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +10.64%

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 25,197 28,779 40,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.72% 85.84% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,128 18,858 28,367
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £419 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,394 1,701 1,412
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.16 £18.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%
75th Percentile £51.21 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.11 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +62.40%

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 2 August 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 -2 14 - - 14
London - 3 £650 - 5
South West +20 1 - - 11
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 14 (77.78%) Ethernet
1 14 (77.78%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Eclipse
1 15 (83.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (83.33%) Presentation Skills
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (77.78%) Military
3 2 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) C# Software Engineer
1 15 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Data Scientist
4 1 (5.56%) Synthetic Environment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (77.78%) Node.js
1 14 (77.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Linux
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Validation
2 15 (83.33%) Digital Twin
2 15 (83.33%) Software Engineering
3 14 (77.78%) Verification and Validation
3 14 (77.78%) Visualisation
4 13 (72.22%) Agile
4 13 (72.22%) CI/CD
4 13 (72.22%) Continuous Delivery
4 13 (72.22%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (72.22%) TDD
4 13 (72.22%) Unit Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Data Science
5 3 (16.67%) Decision Intelligence
5 3 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 3 (16.67%) Storytelling
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (11.11%) Mathematical Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Model Validation
6 2 (11.11%) Predictive Modelling
7 1 (5.56%) Conceptual Models
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) C#
1 15 (83.33%) C++
2 14 (77.78%) JavaScript
3 3 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) PhD
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft