Virtual Reality Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Virtual Reality (VR)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.075% - 0.093%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% - 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £27,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £70,000 - £27,500
% change year-on-year - - -50.00%

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 294 109 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 22.12% 35.50% 30.13%
Number of salaries quoted 239 63 258
10th Percentile £33,950 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,446 £43,625 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +26.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £74,992 £70,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £80,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Reality relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Virtual Reality job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Virtual Reality
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Virtual Reality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) InVision
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
1 1 (100.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Asana
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Framer.js
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) SFIA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe