Virtual Reality Jobs in the Midlands

Virtual Reality (VR)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 301 304
Rank change year-on-year +60 +3 +32
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 2 24 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.029% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.099% 0.62% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2 21 4
10th Percentile £36,125 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £37,813 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £44,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -2.94%
75th Percentile £45,313 £62,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £47,375 - -
England median annual salary £41,750 £42,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.76% -39.29% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Virtual Reality falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,019 3,853 4,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.07% 33.00% 44.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 2,655 1,485
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £49,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +13.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in the Midlands

Virtual Reality
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Virtual Reality in the Midlands

Virtual Reality
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Reality within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands +41 1 £35,000 -17.65% 12
West Midlands +37 1 £47,500 -20.83% 11
Virtual Reality
England

Virtual Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (50.00%) WordPress
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Server Management
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Effects
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree