Augmented Reality Contracts

Augmented Reality (AR)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Augmented Reality in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Augmented Reality over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 518 649
Rank change year-on-year -21 +131 +181
Contract jobs citing Augmented Reality 16 49 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.12% 0.067%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.41% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 24
10th Percentile £273 £299 £163
25th Percentile £358 £375 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £427
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.31% +6.69%
75th Percentile £678 £563 £595
90th Percentile £700 £610 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £600 £313
% change year-on-year +8.33% +92.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 1
Median hourly rate - £66.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.42% +10.09%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Generic Skills
UK

Augmented 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,471 12,030 17,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.82% 30.49% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,048 7,726 12,016
10th Percentile £303 £300 £305
25th Percentile £406 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £640 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £820 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 651 434
10th Percentile £15.02 £12.30 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.82 £17.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.50 £41.25 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.48% +15.38% +34.91%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £73.75 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £45.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +1.12% +106.98%

Augmented Reality
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Augmented Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Augmented Reality.

Daily rate trend for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Augmented Reality over the 6 months to 1 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Augmented Reality.

Hourly rate trend for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Augmented Reality within the UK over the 6 months to 1 August 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
England 0 15 £500 +7.47% 119
London +4 9 £500 - 86
UK excluding London -5 7 £650 +8.33% 41
South East +13 4 £688 +14.58% 19
Midlands - 2 £281 - 6
West Midlands - 2 £281 - 5
Work from Home +17 1 £243 -48.95% 50
Wales - 1 £273 -

Augmented Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (6.25%) Maya
1 1 (6.25%) Photoshop
1 1 (6.25%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) SAP CO
1 5 (31.25%) SAP FI
1 5 (31.25%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JUnit
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Games
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Polish Language
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
1 5 (31.25%) Developer
1 5 (31.25%) SAP Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Principal Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Android Developer
5 1 (6.25%) 3D Artist
5 1 (6.25%) Creative Strategist
5 1 (6.25%) Games Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Android NDK
1 4 (25.00%) Android SDK
1 4 (25.00%) iOS SDK
1 4 (25.00%) JNI
2 3 (18.75%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (6.25%) Bazel
3 1 (6.25%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (12.50%) Animation
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (6.25%) Learning Management System
4 1 (6.25%) Mixed Reality
4 1 (6.25%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Android
2 4 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 5 (31.25%) Accounts Receivable
2 5 (31.25%) Business Activity Monitoring
2 5 (31.25%) Cash Management
2 5 (31.25%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 5 (31.25%) Cost Control
2 5 (31.25%) Cost Management
2 5 (31.25%) Generative AI
2 5 (31.25%) Profit Centre Accounting
2 5 (31.25%) Resource Allocation
2 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (25.00%) Product Management
3 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Use Case
4 3 (18.75%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) C++
2 4 (25.00%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) Kotlin
3 2 (12.50%) C#
3 2 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (6.25%) PHP
4 1 (6.25%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft