Virtual Reality Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Virtual Reality (VR)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies in the North 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 1 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 170 193
Rank change year-on-year -6 +23 +54
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.048% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 0.17% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £138 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 - £375
75th Percentile £153 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £51.25
% change year-on-year -16.67% +17.07% +3.80%

All Generic Skills
North 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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,405 1,174 1,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.28% 28.13% 28.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 906 684 937
10th Percentile £278 £284 £255
25th Percentile £375 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £713 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 76 59
10th Percentile £16.33 £12.15 £15.86
25th Percentile £19.70 £13.87 £17.23
Median hourly rate £35.25 £18.19 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.79% -39.37% +49.51%
75th Percentile £60.94 £41.88 £46.53
90th Percentile £77.13 £57.75 £63.60
England median hourly rate £32.71 £52.50 £45.41
% change year-on-year -37.70% +15.61% +74.65%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Virtual Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in the North of England

Virtual Reality
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Virtual Reality
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Virtual Reality
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 September 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
Yorkshire -7 6 £145 - 1
Virtual Reality
England

Virtual Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 6 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 6 (100.00%) Support Technician
1 6 (100.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) HTC Vive
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft