Virtual Reality Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Virtual Reality (VR)
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £700 - -

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 336 230 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.86% 31.42% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 154 161
10th Percentile £326 £313 £350
25th Percentile £450 £443 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +2.42% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £646
90th Percentile £725 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 34
10th Percentile £16.31 £27.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £31.25 £21.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £51.96
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -37.45% +24.46%
75th Percentile £58.88 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.00 £71.25 £72.00
South East median hourly rate £26.44 £33.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.66% -28.95% +15.15%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Virtual Reality job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Virtual Reality
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Reality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Reality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. 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
Farnborough - 2 £700 -
Virtual Reality
South East

Virtual Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mixed Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware