Virtual Reality Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Virtual Reality (VR)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies in West Lothian. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 6.67% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6 4 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 40.00% 16.67% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile - - £68
25th Percentile £54 £425 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year -87.41% -4.44% +4.05%
75th Percentile £138 £435 £488
90th Percentile £288 - £519
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.23
25th Percentile - - £25.69
Median hourly rate - - £33.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +125.00%
75th Percentile - - £41.19
90th Percentile - - £45.28
Scotland median hourly rate £24.45 £24.15 £18.75
% change year-on-year +1.24% +28.80% -10.71%

Virtual Reality
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

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 West Lothian region over the 6 months to 11 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
Livingston - 1 - - 1
Virtual Reality
Scotland

Virtual Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple