Virtual Reality (VR)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 692 760 687
Rank change year-on-year +68 -73 -27
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 203 235 593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.22% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 0.52% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 189 102 120
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +26.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £107,500 £85,313
90th Percentile £84,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.09% +21.05% +5.56%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,798 44,935 72,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 42.88% 47.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22,967 24,136 34,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,178 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +92 187 £42,500 -39.29% 63
UK excluding London +45 181 £42,500 -26.09% 50
South West +30 100 £36,000 -41.22% 14
Work from Home +20 42 £75,000 -7.69% 23
Midlands +15 27 £44,000 +6.67% 6
London +74 22 £85,000 -8.11% 18
South East +9 19 £68,750 +19.57% 8
Scotland -58 16 £75,000 -31.82% 8
West Midlands +24 14 £60,000 +71.43% 3
North of England +47 13 £41,235 -25.03% 6
East Midlands -6 13 £42,500 -10.53% 3
North West +18 12 £41,235 -31.28% 2
East of England +29 6 £37,500 - 8
North East -7 1 £27,500 -42.11% 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 88 (43.35%) Confluence
2 6 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.49%) IIS
3 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.90%) AutoCAD
2 10 (4.93%) Revit
3 5 (2.46%) Photoshop
4 4 (1.97%) 3ds Max
5 3 (1.48%) SketchUp
6 2 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.99%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.99%) InDesign
7 1 (0.49%) Blender
7 1 (0.49%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 10 (4.93%) GitHub
2 6 (2.96%) Power Automate
2 6 (2.96%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.96%) PowerApps
3 4 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.48%) AWS
4 3 (1.48%) Azure
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.49%) Figma
6 1 (0.49%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.49%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.99%) Firewall
1 2 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.96%) Power BI
2 3 (1.48%) Big Data
3 2 (0.99%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 91 (44.83%) JIRA
2 89 (43.84%) Git
2 89 (43.84%) Visual Studio
3 88 (43.35%) Bitbucket
4 59 (29.06%) Sourcetree
General
1 127 (62.56%) Games
2 90 (44.33%) Presentation Skills
3 31 (15.27%) Social Skills
4 21 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.88%) Finance
6 14 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.40%) Legal
8 10 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.43%) Military
9 9 (4.43%) Multimedia
10 7 (3.45%) Aviation
10 7 (3.45%) Law
11 5 (2.46%) Electronics
12 4 (1.97%) Marketing
12 4 (1.97%) Retail
13 3 (1.48%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.99%) Automotive
15 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 124 (61.08%) Developer
2 97 (47.78%) 3D Developer
3 92 (45.32%) Games Developer
4 88 (43.35%) Unity 3D Developer
5 43 (21.18%) Senior
6 30 (14.78%) Senior Developer
6 30 (14.78%) Senior Games Developer
7 20 (9.85%) Lead
8 17 (8.37%) Analyst
9 11 (5.42%) Senior Analyst
10 10 (4.93%) Head of IT
11 9 (4.43%) JavaScript Developer
12 8 (3.94%) Consultant
13 6 (2.96%) Software Manager
14 5 (2.46%) Lead Developer
14 5 (2.46%) Software Engineer
15 4 (1.97%) Development Manager
15 4 (1.97%) IT Consultant
15 4 (1.97%) Software Developer
15 4 (1.97%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (50.25%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 17 (8.37%) Unreal Engine
3 14 (6.90%) V-Ray
4 12 (5.91%) CSS
5 11 (5.42%) React
6 10 (4.93%) Node.js
7 9 (4.43%) WebGL
8 7 (3.45%) .NET
9 4 (1.97%) HTML
10 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.49%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.49%) HTML5
10 1 (0.49%) jQuery
10 1 (0.49%) Kafka
10 1 (0.49%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.49%) Smart Contracts
10 1 (0.49%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 1 (0.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 69 (33.99%) Augmented Reality
2 17 (8.37%) Oculus
3 15 (7.39%) IoT
4 12 (5.91%) e-Learning
5 10 (4.93%) Algorithms
5 10 (4.93%) HoloLens
5 10 (4.93%) HTC Vive
5 10 (4.93%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (4.43%) Data Structures
6 9 (4.43%) Video\Live Streaming
7 8 (3.94%) Industry 4.0
8 7 (3.45%) Animation
9 6 (2.96%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 6 (2.96%) Over-the-Top Content
9 6 (2.96%) PMI
9 6 (2.96%) SCADA
10 3 (1.48%) 3D Printing
10 3 (1.48%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.48%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (51.72%) Software Engineering
2 90 (44.33%) Scrum
3 88 (43.35%) Design Patterns
3 88 (43.35%) UML
3 88 (43.35%) Use Case
4 60 (29.56%) DevOps
5 30 (14.78%) Mentoring
6 28 (13.79%) Agile
7 27 (13.30%) Visualisation
8 25 (12.32%) Computer Science
9 21 (10.34%) Project Management
10 20 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (9.36%) Analytics
11 19 (9.36%) Artificial Intelligence
12 18 (8.87%) Data Visualisation
13 12 (5.91%) Game Development
13 12 (5.91%) Open Source
14 11 (5.42%) Project Delivery
14 11 (5.42%) Technical Leadership
15 10 (4.93%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 115 (56.65%) C#
2 15 (7.39%) Java
3 14 (6.90%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.40%) C++
4 13 (6.40%) SQL
5 11 (5.42%) Python
6 10 (4.93%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.43%) C
8 3 (1.48%) PHP
9 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (60.10%) Degree
2 97 (47.78%) Security Cleared
3 92 (45.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 90 (44.33%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.96%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.48%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.99%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (0.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.49%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 10 (4.93%) GDPR
3 8 (3.94%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.46%) Firmware
2 2 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.49%) Docker
Vendors
1 101 (49.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.90%) Adobe
3 10 (4.93%) Autodesk
4 6 (2.96%) Oracle
5 4 (1.97%) SAP
6 1 (0.49%) Google