Virtual Reality Jobs in England

Virtual Reality (VR)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 656 738 711
Rank change year-on-year +82 -27 -56
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 184 215 467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.53% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 170 90 110
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,075 £30,926
25th Percentile £31,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £100,000 £84,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £115,000 £109,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £71,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -29.82% +18.75% +26.32%

All Generic Skills
England

Virtual Reality is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,443 40,387 60,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.72% 43.32% 46.27%
Number of salaries quoted 20,757 21,802 30,475
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,422 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,650 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Virtual Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Reality in England.

Salary trend for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Reality in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Reality in England

Virtual Reality
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Reality within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +53 100 £36,000 -40.00% 14
Midlands +13 24 £44,000 +6.67% 6
London +62 22 £85,000 -8.11% 18
South East +11 19 £68,750 +19.57% 7
West Midlands +23 14 £60,000 +71.43% 3
North of England +54 13 £41,235 -25.03% 6
North West +23 12 £41,235 -31.28% 2
East Midlands -6 10 £42,500 -10.53% 3
East of England +18 6 £37,500 - 8
North East -9 1 £27,500 -42.11% 3
Virtual Reality
UK

Virtual Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 88 (47.83%) Confluence
2 6 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.54%) IIS
3 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (7.61%) AutoCAD
2 10 (5.43%) Revit
3 5 (2.72%) Photoshop
4 4 (2.17%) 3ds Max
5 3 (1.63%) SketchUp
6 2 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.09%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (1.09%) InDesign
7 1 (0.54%) Blender
7 1 (0.54%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 6 (3.26%) Power Automate
2 6 (3.26%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.26%) PowerApps
3 4 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.63%) AWS
4 3 (1.63%) Azure
5 2 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.54%) Figma
6 1 (0.54%) GitHub
6 1 (0.54%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.54%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) Firewall
1 2 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.26%) Power BI
2 3 (1.63%) Big Data
3 2 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.54%) MySQL
4 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 91 (49.46%) JIRA
2 89 (48.37%) Git
2 89 (48.37%) Visual Studio
3 88 (47.83%) Bitbucket
4 59 (32.07%) Sourcetree
General
1 127 (69.02%) Games
2 90 (48.91%) Presentation Skills
3 31 (16.85%) Social Skills
4 21 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.70%) Finance
6 14 (7.61%) Manufacturing
7 13 (7.07%) Legal
8 9 (4.89%) Military
9 7 (3.80%) Aviation
9 7 (3.80%) Law
10 5 (2.72%) Electronics
11 4 (2.17%) Marketing
12 3 (1.63%) Health Technology
13 2 (1.09%) Automotive
14 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.54%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 112 (60.87%) Developer
2 92 (50.00%) Games Developer
3 88 (47.83%) 3D Developer
3 88 (47.83%) Unity 3D Developer
4 42 (22.83%) Senior
5 30 (16.30%) Senior Developer
5 30 (16.30%) Senior Games Developer
6 19 (10.33%) Lead
7 14 (7.61%) Analyst
8 10 (5.43%) Head of IT
8 10 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.26%) Software Manager
10 5 (2.72%) Lead Developer
10 5 (2.72%) Software Engineer
11 4 (2.17%) Consultant
11 4 (2.17%) Development Manager
11 4 (2.17%) Software Developer
11 4 (2.17%) Software Development Manager
11 4 (2.17%) Software Team Leader
11 4 (2.17%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (55.43%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 17 (9.24%) Unreal Engine
3 14 (7.61%) V-Ray
4 7 (3.80%) .NET
5 4 (2.17%) HTML
6 3 (1.63%) CSS
7 2 (1.09%) React
8 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.54%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (0.54%) HTML5
8 1 (0.54%) jQuery
8 1 (0.54%) Kafka
8 1 (0.54%) Node.js
8 1 (0.54%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.54%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 1 (0.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 53 (28.80%) Augmented Reality
2 17 (9.24%) Oculus
3 12 (6.52%) e-Learning
4 10 (5.43%) HoloLens
4 10 (5.43%) HTC Vive
4 10 (5.43%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (4.89%) Video\Live Streaming
6 8 (4.35%) Industry 4.0
6 8 (4.35%) IoT
7 7 (3.80%) Animation
8 6 (3.26%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 6 (3.26%) Over-the-Top Content
8 6 (3.26%) PMI
8 6 (3.26%) SCADA
9 3 (1.63%) 3D Printing
9 3 (1.63%) Blockchain
9 3 (1.63%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.63%) Robotics
9 3 (1.63%) Video Editing
10 2 (1.09%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.43%) Windows
2 1 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (57.07%) Software Engineering
2 88 (47.83%) Design Patterns
2 88 (47.83%) Scrum
2 88 (47.83%) UML
2 88 (47.83%) Use Case
3 60 (32.61%) DevOps
4 30 (16.30%) Mentoring
5 25 (13.59%) Computer Science
6 21 (11.41%) Project Management
7 19 (10.33%) Analytics
7 19 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (9.78%) Agile
8 18 (9.78%) Visualisation
9 12 (6.52%) Game Development
10 11 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (5.43%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (5.43%) IT Strategy
11 10 (5.43%) Machine Learning
11 10 (5.43%) Software Testing
11 10 (5.43%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 115 (62.50%) C#
2 13 (7.07%) C++
2 13 (7.07%) SQL
3 11 (5.98%) Python
4 9 (4.89%) C
5 8 (4.35%) Java
6 5 (2.72%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.63%) PHP
8 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 120 (65.22%) Degree
2 97 (52.72%) Security Cleared
3 92 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 90 (48.91%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.26%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.63%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.09%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.54%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 10 (5.43%) GDPR
3 6 (3.26%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.72%) Firmware
2 2 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.54%) Docker
Vendors
1 100 (54.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.61%) Adobe
3 10 (5.43%) Autodesk
4 2 (1.09%) Oracle
5 1 (0.54%) Google