Synthetic Environment Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Synthetic Environment
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Synthetic Environment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 352 321
Rank change year-on-year -98 -31 +98
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 16 20 48
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.13% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% 0.15% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £639 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £643 - -
75th Percentile £646 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £643 £650 -
% change year-on-year -1.15% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 33
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.81 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% - -0.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - £85.75
UK median hourly rate £60.81 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -6.45% - -0.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,490 13,555 14,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.01% 89.08% 82.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,016 8,132 8,610
10th Percentile £300 £238 £250
25th Percentile £408 £368 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £653 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,536 1,384 1,282
10th Percentile £13.74 £13.85 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £16.95 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.50 £22.63 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.80% -47.37% +12.13%
75th Percentile £68.00 £43.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.88
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.35% +3.33%

Synthetic Environment
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Synthetic Environment relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Synthetic Environment job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Synthetic Environment
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Synthetic Environment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Synthetic Environment

Synthetic Environment
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Synthetic Environment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Synthetic Environment

Synthetic Environment
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 September 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 West -30 9 - - 10
East of England -34 4 - - 13
South East - 3 £643 - 16
Synthetic Environment
UK

Synthetic Environment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (6.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Ethernet
1 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
2 3 (18.75%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Eclipse
1 5 (31.25%) Visual Studio
2 3 (18.75%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (6.25%) GitLab
4 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (50.00%) Military
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Project Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Python Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Testing Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Testing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) Node.js
1 5 (31.25%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Linux
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
2 7 (43.75%) Validation
2 7 (43.75%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Delivery
4 5 (31.25%) Digital Twin
4 5 (31.25%) TDD
4 5 (31.25%) Unit Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Visualisation
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Physics
5 3 (18.75%) Requirements Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) Requirements Management
5 3 (18.75%) Service Management
5 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
5 3 (18.75%) System Integration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C#
1 5 (31.25%) C++
1 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) C
2 3 (18.75%) Java
2 3 (18.75%) Lua
2 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Docker
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) IBM
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) HP