Augmented Reality Contracts

Augmented Reality (AR)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Augmented Reality in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Augmented Reality over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 675 812
Rank change year-on-year +108 +137 -197
Contract jobs citing Augmented Reality 31 37 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.062% 0.046%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 27
10th Percentile £311 £163 £300
25th Percentile £396 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +18.82% -
75th Percentile £578 £596 £581
90th Percentile £603 £638 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £488 £350
% change year-on-year +23.08% +39.29% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £48.75 - £44.45
25th Percentile £52.81 - £47.66
Median hourly rate £61.25 £60.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +10.09% +32.41%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £57.50
90th Percentile £71.88 - £65.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - -22.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

Augmented 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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,220 19,810 29,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.39% 33.29% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,485 13,626 20,449
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 910 637 726
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% +10.00% -16.67%

Augmented Reality
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Augmented Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Augmented Reality over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Augmented Reality over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Augmented Reality within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +128 29 £525 +5.00% 67
London +93 20 £525 +7.69% 31
UK excluding London +49 7 £600 +23.08% 41
South East - 4 £600 - 9
Work from Home +111 3 £475 -13.64% 19
North of England +31 2 - - 6
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
East of England +8 1 - - 7

Augmented Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (16.13%) Maya
2 4 (12.90%) Blender
2 4 (12.90%) Photoshop
3 3 (9.68%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (9.68%) Sketch
4 2 (6.45%) Houdini
5 1 (3.23%) 3ds Max
5 1 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (3.23%) Adobe XD
5 1 (3.23%) AutoCAD
5 1 (3.23%) InVision
5 1 (3.23%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) SaaS
2 3 (9.68%) Figma
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
3 1 (3.23%) GitHub
3 1 (3.23%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Git
General
1 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 11 (35.48%) Games
3 3 (9.68%) Electronics
4 2 (6.45%) Marketing
4 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Advertising
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Automotive
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Tech for Good
5 1 (3.23%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Software Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Architect
2 5 (16.13%) Developer
3 4 (12.90%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Designer
4 3 (9.68%) Graphics Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Android Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) C++ Android Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) C++ Developer
5 2 (6.45%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Games Designer
5 2 (6.45%) Python Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Python Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) UI Designer
5 2 (6.45%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (6.45%) UX Designer
6 1 (3.23%) IC Design Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Account Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (32.26%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 7 (22.58%) Unreal Engine
3 3 (9.68%) DirectX
3 3 (9.68%) OpenGL
3 3 (9.68%) OpenGL ES
3 3 (9.68%) Vulkan
4 2 (6.45%) Node.js
4 2 (6.45%) WebGL
5 1 (3.23%) CSS
5 1 (3.23%) Framer.js
5 1 (3.23%) jQuery
5 1 (3.23%) OpenAPI
5 1 (3.23%) React
5 1 (3.23%) Redux
5 1 (3.23%) REST
5 1 (3.23%) Sass
5 1 (3.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (87.10%) Virtual Reality
2 7 (22.58%) Animation
2 7 (22.58%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (12.90%) Mixed Reality
4 3 (9.68%) Algorithms
4 3 (9.68%) Smartphone
5 1 (3.23%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (3.23%) ASIC
5 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.23%) HoloLens
5 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.23%) Mobile Games
5 1 (3.23%) Oculus
5 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.23%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Android
2 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.81%) Software Engineering
2 8 (25.81%) User Experience
3 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
3 7 (22.58%) Presales
3 7 (22.58%) Prototyping
4 6 (19.35%) Value Proposition
5 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
6 4 (12.90%) Computer Vision
6 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (12.90%) SDLC
6 4 (12.90%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (9.68%) Customer Value Proposition
7 3 (9.68%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
7 3 (9.68%) Storytelling
7 3 (9.68%) UX Research
8 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
8 2 (6.45%) Creative Thinking
8 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) C++
2 7 (22.58%) Python
3 4 (12.90%) C#
4 2 (6.45%) Bash
4 2 (6.45%) GLSL
4 2 (6.45%) HLSL
4 2 (6.45%) Java
4 2 (6.45%) Kotlin
5 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.23%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (3.23%) Tcl
5 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (3.23%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Adobe
2 1 (3.23%) Cadence
2 1 (3.23%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) Mentor Graphics
2 1 (3.23%) Perforce