Synthetic Environment Contracts with Work from Home Options

Synthetic Environment
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Synthetic Environment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Synthetic Environment over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 439 577
Rank change year-on-year +91 +138 -
Contract jobs citing Synthetic Environment 1 20 49
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.083% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.092% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £900 £635
Median % change year-on-year - +41.73% -
UK median daily rate - £750 £675
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Synthetic Environment is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Synthetic Environment
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Synthetic Environment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Synthetic Environment trend for jobs with a WFH option

Synthetic Environment
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Synthetic Environment.

Synthetic Environment daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Synthetic Environment
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Synthetic Environment.

Synthetic Environment hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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