Virtual Reality Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Virtual Reality (VR)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 79 118
Rank change year-on-year -19 +39 -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 3 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.21% 0.63% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 2.26% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £383 £298 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £315 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -
75th Percentile £428 £333 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £325 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -23.53% +21.43% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £63.75 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -28.57% +51.35% -29.92%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Virtual Reality falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 489 354 638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.96% 27.68% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 162 349
10th Percentile £190 £232 £186
25th Percentile £363 £320 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £625 £586 £575
90th Percentile £700 £661 £675
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 43 84
10th Percentile £12.97 £27.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £15.55 £37.50 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £62.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.45% -0.80% +53.45%
75th Percentile £67.50 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £46.18 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.37% +3.78% +64.94%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Reality relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Virtual Reality job vacancy trend in the East of England

Virtual Reality
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Virtual Reality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Virtual Reality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire -10 3 £405 +28.57% 6
Virtual Reality
England

Virtual Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Multimedia
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Audio Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) FastAPI
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (66.67%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (66.67%) Motion Capture
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Inertial Measurement
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Bourne shell
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree