Virtual Reality Developer Contracts

Virtual Reality Developer (VR Developer)
UK

The median Virtual Reality Developer (VR Developer) daily rate in the UK is £431 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 716 852
Rank change year-on-year +135 +136 -151
Contract jobs requiring a Virtual Reality Developer 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.004% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £314 £399
25th Percentile £396 £316 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £338 £513
Median % change year-on-year +27.56% -34.15% +79.04%
75th Percentile £465 £366 £584
90th Percentile - £371 £616
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,410 56,464 84,709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,305 39,470 59,485
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.70% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,664 1,570 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%

Virtual Reality Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Virtual Reality Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality Developer in the UK

Virtual Reality Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Reality Developer in the UK

Virtual Reality Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Reality Developer in the UK

Virtual Reality Developer
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Reality Developer within the UK 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
England +110 1 £431 +27.56%

Virtual Reality Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Virtual Reality Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Virtual Reality Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Developer Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python