Mixed Reality Contract Job Trends in England

Mixed Reality
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mixed Reality in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mixed Reality over the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 503 551
Rank change year-on-year -39 +48 +182
Contract jobs citing Mixed Reality 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.027% 0.022% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £308 - -
25th Percentile £338 £418 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -8.11% -26.00%
75th Percentile £594 £433 £479
90th Percentile £673 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £463
% change year-on-year - -8.11% -26.00%

All Generic Skills
England

Mixed 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,243 9,251 11,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.36% 32.43% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,098 5,596 7,916
10th Percentile £285 £276 £263
25th Percentile £408 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £502 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.31% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 269 471
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.60 £20.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% -12.94% +25.67%
75th Percentile £62.29 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.44 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.54 £41.50
% change year-on-year -18.87% -19.18% +25.76%

Mixed Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Mixed Reality job vacancy trend in England

Mixed Reality
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mixed Reality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mixed Reality

Mixed Reality
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mixed Reality in England over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mixed Reality in England

Mixed Reality
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mixed Reality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mixed Reality

Mixed Reality
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mixed Reality within the England region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
London -9 2 £375 -11.76%
South East - 1 £700 - 2
Mixed Reality
UK

Mixed Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 2 (66.67%) Bazel
3 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Android Development
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Game Development
3 1 (33.33%) Observability
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware