V-Ray Contract Job Trends

Chaos Group V-Ray
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring V-Ray skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 518 604
Rank change year-on-year -76 +86 -
Contract jobs citing V-Ray 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.006% 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.012% 0.028% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

V-Ray falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,621 7,054 9,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.30% 22.43% 20.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,738 4,472 6,586
10th Percentile £356 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £765 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 90 192
10th Percentile £35.00 £24.78 £25.78
25th Percentile £49.06 £38.31 £46.11
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.44 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.95 £77.32 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

V-Ray
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing V-Ray relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

V-Ray job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing V-Ray.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing V-Ray

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing V-Ray.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing V-Ray

V-Ray
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing V-Ray within the UK over the 6 months to 30 January 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
UK excluding London -60 1 £310 - 2
England -70 1 £310 - 2
South West - 1 £310 - 1

V-Ray
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Artist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Global Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Effects