Virtual Reality Job Trends in the North East

Virtual Reality (VR)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -31
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.058% - 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% - 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.90%
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £51,000 £26,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +96.15% -45.26% -17.39%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 793 322 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 23.16% 33.89% 23.20%
Number of salaries quoted 568 155 138
10th Percentile £32,125 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,599 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -12.88%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £67,125
90th Percentile £93,634 £72,750 £85,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.41%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Virtual Reality job vacancy trend in the North East

Virtual Reality
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Virtual Reality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Reality within the North East region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear - 2 £70,000 - 1
Virtual Reality
England

Virtual Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (100.00%) InVision
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
1 2 (100.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Asana
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Framer.js
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Psychology
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) SFIA
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe