Virtual Reality Contracts in England

Virtual Reality (VR)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 507 611 739
Rank change year-on-year +104 +128 -165
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 35 42 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.083% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 23
10th Percentile £302 £163 £307
25th Percentile £325 £311 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £595 £531
90th Percentile £587 £618 £628
UK median daily rate £447 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +11.63% -5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £48.25 - £42.05
25th Percentile £51.25 £25.75 £44.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.50 £49.38
Median % change year-on-year +126.42% -46.33% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £43.63 £62.02
90th Percentile - £53.45 £75.79
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £26.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year +126.42% -51.38% +10.38%

All Generic Skills
England

Virtual Reality is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,455 16,976 24,059
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.80% 33.65% 33.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,499 11,794 17,099
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 824 591 644
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.16 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -16.60% +2.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Virtual Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Reality in England.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Reality in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Reality in England.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Reality in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
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 Virtual Reality within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
London +96 22 £525 +31.25% 19
North of England +37 4 £394 +5.00% 6
Yorkshire +28 2 - - 2
North East - 2 £394 - 3
East of England +10 1 - - 9
Virtual Reality
UK

Virtual Reality
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:

Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Maya
2 4 (11.43%) Blender
2 4 (11.43%) Photoshop
3 3 (8.57%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (8.57%) Sketch
4 2 (5.71%) 3ds Max
4 2 (5.71%) Houdini
5 1 (2.86%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (2.86%) Adobe XD
5 1 (2.86%) AutoCAD
5 1 (2.86%) InVision
5 1 (2.86%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) SaaS
2 4 (11.43%) WhatsApp
3 3 (8.57%) Figma
4 2 (5.71%) Azure
4 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.86%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Games
3 2 (5.71%) Marketing
3 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Advertising
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Automotive
4 1 (2.86%) Electronics
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
4 1 (2.86%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Developer
2 5 (14.29%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Coordinator
3 4 (11.43%) Project Coordinator
3 4 (11.43%) Software Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Designer
4 3 (8.57%) Python Developer
5 2 (5.71%) C++ Developer
5 2 (5.71%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Games Designer
5 2 (5.71%) Report Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) UI Designer
5 2 (5.71%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (5.71%) UX Designer
6 1 (2.86%) Creative Director
6 1 (2.86%) Solutions Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Account Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 6 (17.14%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (5.71%) Sass
2 2 (5.71%) WebGL
3 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.86%) CSS
3 1 (2.86%) Framer.js
3 1 (2.86%) HTML
3 1 (2.86%) jQuery
3 1 (2.86%) Node.js
3 1 (2.86%) React
3 1 (2.86%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 25 (71.43%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (11.43%) Animation
3 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.71%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.86%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.86%) ASIC
5 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.86%) HoloLens
5 1 (2.86%) Mixed Reality
5 1 (2.86%) Mobile Games
5 1 (2.86%) Oculus
5 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.86%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Android
1 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.00%) Presales
2 7 (20.00%) User Experience
3 6 (17.14%) Prototyping
3 6 (17.14%) Software Engineering
3 6 (17.14%) Time Management
3 6 (17.14%) Value Proposition
4 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 5 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.43%) Computer Vision
5 4 (11.43%) Quality Management
5 4 (11.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (11.43%) SDLC
5 4 (11.43%) Systems Analysis
6 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
6 3 (8.57%) Customer Value Proposition
6 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.57%) Storytelling
6 3 (8.57%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) C++
1 6 (17.14%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) Bash
2 2 (5.71%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.71%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.86%) C#
3 1 (2.86%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (2.86%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Adobe
1 4 (11.43%) Facebook
1 4 (11.43%) Instagram
2 2 (5.71%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.86%) Cadence
3 1 (2.86%) Google
3 1 (2.86%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (2.86%) Perforce