Mixed Reality Contract Job Trends

Mixed Reality
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mixed Reality in contract job vacancies. 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 588 548 600
Rank change year-on-year -40 +52 +190
Contract jobs citing Mixed Reality 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.023% 0.019% 0.022%
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 excluding London median daily rate £700 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,893 10,776 13,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.68% 32.03% 31.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,074 6,440 9,113
10th Percentile £278 £266 £263
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £628 £656 £668
90th Percentile £738 £775 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 633 331 511
10th Percentile £13.96 £17.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £23.15 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.21 £33.54 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.87% -19.18% +25.76%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.28% -26.97% +67.92%

Mixed Reality
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Mixed Reality job vacancy trend in the UK

Mixed Reality
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mixed Reality

Mixed Reality
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Mixed Reality in the UK

Mixed Reality
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mixed Reality

Mixed Reality
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

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 UK 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
England -39 3 £425 - 3
London -9 2 £375 -11.76%
South East - 1 £700 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £700 - 3

Mixed Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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