Synthetic Environment Contracts in Scotland

Synthetic Environment
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.060% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £750
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,530 1,787 2,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.56% 86.29% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 1,101 1,716
10th Percentile £250 £213 £260
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -4.63% -
75th Percentile £538 £556 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £633
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 88 60
10th Percentile £16.34 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.88 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.57 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +26.62% -56.60%
75th Percentile £25.42 £49.44 £37.19
90th Percentile £59.25 £61.28 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Synthetic Environment
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Edinburgh - 1 - - 5
Synthetic Environment
UK

Synthetic Environment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared