Virtual Reality Contract Job Trends in the South East

Virtual Reality (VR)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.043% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £425 £425 £399
% change year-on-year - +6.65% -24.10%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,379 1,059 1,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 29.61% 33.53% 29.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 936 607 1,002
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £363 £384 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £486
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.97% -5.58%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £508 £547 £548
% change year-on-year -7.13% -0.09% -4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 39 122
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.68 £14.13
25th Percentile £15.72 £24.42 £22.77
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -26.32% +24.22%
75th Percentile £65.23 £62.24 £61.78
90th Percentile £87.80 £74.89 £76.53
England median hourly rate £31.18 £39.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -20.05% +20.00% +44.54%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Virtual Reality job vacancy trend in the South East

Virtual Reality
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Virtual Reality
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Virtual Reality
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Hampshire - 2 £700 - 1
Virtual Reality
England

Virtual Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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