Synthesia Contract Job Trends

Synthesia
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Synthesia products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Synthesia over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Synthesia.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 523 579
Rank change year-on-year -101 +56 -
Contract jobs citing Synthesia 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.003% 0.007%
As % of the Vendors category 0.030% 0.007% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £288 - -
25th Percentile £344 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £475
75th Percentile £438 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 - -

All Vendors
UK

Synthesia falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,812 13,893 18,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.93% 47.48% 42.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,650 8,712 11,457
10th Percentile £313 £289 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.04% -1.87%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 562 1,086
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.86 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.11 £14.43
Median hourly rate £31.09 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.53% +17.56% -49.44%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +13.73% +12.47% -46.25%

Synthesia
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Synthesia relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Synthesia job vacancy trend in the UK

Synthesia
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Synthesia.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Synthesia

Synthesia
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Synthesia over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Synthesia in the UK

Synthesia
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Synthesia within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Scotland - 3 £250 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £250 - 1
London -52 2 £413 - 2
England -98 2 £413 - 2
Work from Home - 2 £425 - 1

Synthesia
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
1 3 (50.00%) Vyond
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Games
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Developer
2 2 (33.33%) IT Trainer
2 2 (33.33%) Trainer
3 1 (16.67%) Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Learning Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Instructional Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) e-Learning
2 3 (50.00%) Learning Management System
2 3 (50.00%) SCORM
3 2 (33.33%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) Infographics
1 3 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Instructional Design
2 2 (33.33%) Storyboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Adobe
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle