Virtual Reality Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Reality (VR)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 631 709
Rank change year-on-year +48 +78 -145
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 177 120 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.49% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 165 47 54
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £29,379
25th Percentile £31,500 £44,375 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +24.32% -2.63%
75th Percentile £57,500 £81,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £110,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £71,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -29.82% +18.75% +20.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,007 24,742 31,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.84% 41.06% 43.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15,226 11,258 15,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Virtual Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in the UK excluding London

Virtual Reality
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Reality in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Virtual Reality in the UK excluding London

Virtual Reality
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Reality in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Reality in the UK excluding London

Virtual Reality
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Reality within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +35 100 £36,000 -36.00% 12
Midlands +9 24 £44,000 +6.67% 9
South East +2 19 £68,750 +19.57% 6
Scotland -58 15 £75,000 -31.82% 6
West Midlands +9 14 £60,000 +71.43% 5
North of England +43 13 £41,235 -25.03% 6
North West +17 12 £41,235 -31.28% 3
East Midlands -5 10 £42,500 -10.53% 4
East of England +17 6 £37,500 - 7
North East -10 1 £27,500 -42.11% 2
Virtual Reality
UK

Virtual Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 88 (49.72%) Confluence
2 6 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.56%) IIS
3 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.82%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.26%) 3ds Max
2 4 (2.26%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.69%) SketchUp
4 2 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.13%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (1.13%) InDesign
5 1 (0.56%) Blender
5 1 (0.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (3.39%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.08%) GitHub
2 6 (3.39%) Power Automate
2 6 (3.39%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.39%) PowerApps
3 4 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.69%) Azure
5 2 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.56%) AWS
6 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.56%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.13%) Firewall
1 2 (1.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.39%) Power BI
2 3 (1.69%) Big Data
3 2 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 89 (50.28%) Git
1 89 (50.28%) Visual Studio
2 88 (49.72%) Bitbucket
2 88 (49.72%) JIRA
3 59 (33.33%) Sourcetree
General
1 110 (62.15%) Games
2 90 (50.85%) Presentation Skills
3 28 (15.82%) Social Skills
4 21 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.47%) Finance
6 14 (7.91%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.08%) Military
8 8 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.52%) Multimedia
9 7 (3.95%) Aviation
9 7 (3.95%) Law
10 5 (2.82%) Electronics
11 4 (2.26%) Marketing
12 3 (1.69%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.69%) Legal
13 2 (1.13%) Automotive
14 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 122 (68.93%) Developer
2 96 (54.24%) 3D Developer
3 92 (51.98%) Games Developer
4 88 (49.72%) Unity 3D Developer
5 40 (22.60%) Senior
6 30 (16.95%) Senior Developer
6 30 (16.95%) Senior Games Developer
7 15 (8.47%) Lead
8 12 (6.78%) Analyst
9 9 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (4.52%) Consultant
10 8 (4.52%) JavaScript Developer
11 5 (2.82%) Lead Developer
11 5 (2.82%) Software Engineer
12 4 (2.26%) Designer
12 4 (2.26%) Digital Transformation
12 4 (2.26%) IT Consultant
12 4 (2.26%) Lead Software Developer
12 4 (2.26%) Software Developer
12 4 (2.26%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (57.63%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 11 (6.21%) CSS
3 10 (5.65%) React
4 9 (5.08%) Node.js
5 8 (4.52%) WebGL
6 7 (3.95%) .NET
7 6 (3.39%) Unreal Engine
8 4 (2.26%) HTML
8 4 (2.26%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.56%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.56%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.56%) HTML5
9 1 (0.56%) jQuery
9 1 (0.56%) Kafka
9 1 (0.56%) Smart Contracts
9 1 (0.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 1 (0.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 57 (32.20%) Augmented Reality
2 15 (8.47%) IoT
3 9 (5.08%) Video\Live Streaming
4 8 (4.52%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.52%) Data Structures
4 8 (4.52%) Industry 4.0
5 7 (3.95%) Animation
5 7 (3.95%) Oculus
6 6 (3.39%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (3.39%) PMI
6 6 (3.39%) SCADA
7 3 (1.69%) 3D Printing
7 3 (1.69%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.69%) Robotics
7 3 (1.69%) Video Editing
8 2 (1.13%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.13%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.56%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.56%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (55.37%) Software Engineering
2 88 (49.72%) Design Patterns
2 88 (49.72%) Scrum
2 88 (49.72%) UML
2 88 (49.72%) Use Case
3 60 (33.90%) DevOps
4 26 (14.69%) Visualisation
5 24 (13.56%) Computer Science
6 21 (11.86%) Project Management
7 19 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (10.17%) Agile
8 18 (10.17%) Analytics
9 17 (9.60%) Data Visualisation
9 17 (9.60%) Mentoring
10 15 (8.47%) Artificial Intelligence
11 12 (6.78%) Game Development
12 11 (6.21%) Technical Leadership
13 10 (5.65%) Situational Awareness
14 9 (5.08%) Actionable Insight
14 9 (5.08%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 115 (64.97%) C#
2 15 (8.47%) Java
3 13 (7.34%) JavaScript
3 13 (7.34%) SQL
4 10 (5.65%) C++
4 10 (5.65%) Python
5 9 (5.08%) C
5 9 (5.08%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.69%) PHP
7 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (61.58%) Degree
2 95 (53.67%) Security Cleared
3 92 (51.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 90 (50.85%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.39%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.13%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.13%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (1.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (3.39%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.82%) Firmware
2 2 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 100 (56.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.39%) Oracle
3 4 (2.26%) Adobe
3 4 (2.26%) SAP