Virtual Reality Contracts

Virtual Reality (VR)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 651 789
Rank change year-on-year +103 +138 -147
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 36 45 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.079% 0.065%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.24% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 28
10th Percentile £301 £163 £325
25th Percentile £325 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% -1.39% +5.88%
75th Percentile £556 £595 £609
90th Percentile £585 £644 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £394 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -1.56% - -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile £48.75 - £41.55
25th Percentile £52.81 £25.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £61.25 £26.50 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.13% -51.38% +10.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £43.63 £57.50
90th Percentile - £53.45 £62.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - £56.00
% change year-on-year - - -22.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,884 19,058 29,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.28% 33.27% 33.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,300 13,119 20,342
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 896 629 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.41 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -18.51% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.96 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +36.36% +3.53% -11.46%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual 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 Virtual Reality within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +101 34 £422 -5.01% 86
London +86 19 £525 +31.25% 34
UK excluding London +49 6 £394 -1.56% 58
North of England +33 5 £394 +5.00% 7
Yorkshire +20 3 - - 1
Work from Home +91 2 £400 -23.15% 40
North East - 2 £394 - 4
East of England +12 1 - - 8

Virtual 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 (13.89%) Maya
2 4 (11.11%) Blender
2 4 (11.11%) Photoshop
3 3 (8.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (8.33%) Sketch
4 2 (5.56%) 3ds Max
5 1 (2.78%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (2.78%) Adobe XD
5 1 (2.78%) AutoCAD
5 1 (2.78%) Houdini
5 1 (2.78%) InVision
5 1 (2.78%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) SaaS
2 4 (11.11%) WhatsApp
3 2 (5.56%) Azure
3 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.56%) Figma
4 1 (2.78%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.78%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 16 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Games
3 2 (5.56%) Marketing
3 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Advertising
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Automotive
4 1 (2.78%) Electronics
4 1 (2.78%) Finance
4 1 (2.78%) Legal
4 1 (2.78%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Developer
2 6 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Architect
4 4 (11.11%) Coordinator
4 4 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
4 4 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) C++ Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Designer
6 2 (5.56%) Games Designer
6 2 (5.56%) Python Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Report Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Senior
6 2 (5.56%) UI Designer
6 2 (5.56%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (5.56%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.78%) Augmented Reality Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Sales Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Technology Director
7 1 (2.78%) Virtual Reality Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 6 (16.67%) Unreal Engine
3 3 (8.33%) WebGL
4 2 (5.56%) Sass
5 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.78%) CSS
5 1 (2.78%) Framer.js
5 1 (2.78%) HTML
5 1 (2.78%) jQuery
5 1 (2.78%) Node.js
5 1 (2.78%) React
5 1 (2.78%) Redux
5 1 (2.78%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (72.22%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (13.89%) Animation
4 4 (11.11%) Onboarding
5 3 (8.33%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.78%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.78%) ASIC
6 1 (2.78%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.78%) HoloLens
6 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.78%) Mobile Games
6 1 (2.78%) Oculus
6 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.78%) Verilog
6 1 (2.78%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Android
1 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 7 (19.44%) Presales
4 6 (16.67%) Time Management
4 6 (16.67%) Value Proposition
5 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
5 5 (13.89%) Prototyping
6 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 4 (11.11%) Computer Vision
6 4 (11.11%) Quality Management
6 4 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (11.11%) SDLC
6 4 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (11.11%) User Experience
7 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.33%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (8.33%) Customer Value Proposition
7 3 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (8.33%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) C++
2 5 (13.89%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) Bash
3 2 (5.56%) C#
3 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.56%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.78%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (2.78%) Tcl
4 1 (2.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Adobe
1 4 (11.11%) Facebook
1 4 (11.11%) Instagram
2 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) Cadence
3 1 (2.78%) Google
3 1 (2.78%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (2.78%) Perforce