Augmented Reality Job Trends in the South East

Augmented Reality (AR)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Augmented Reality in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Augmented Reality over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 295 260
Rank change year-on-year +25 -35 +127
Permanent jobs citing Augmented Reality 5 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.048% 0.076% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.21% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £62,715 £44,250 £31,900
25th Percentile £64,913 £48,750 £40,538
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,200 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.33% -11.11% +35.00%
75th Percentile £72,863 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,685 £68,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year +15.79% -30.91% +14.58%

All Generic Skills
South East

Augmented 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,164 3,260 2,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.53% 35.26% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,604 1,413 1,701
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -2.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Augmented Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Augmented Reality job vacancy trend in the South East

Augmented Reality
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Augmented Reality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Augmented Reality in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Augmented Reality in the South East

Augmented Reality
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Augmented Reality within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +32 3 £75,900 +26.50% 2
Kent - 1 £62,500 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 - - 2
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
Augmented Reality
England

Augmented Reality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 3 (60.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (20.00%) Avionics
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Technologist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Acoustics
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Network Design
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Management
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (20.00%) Accounts Receivable
4 1 (20.00%) Business Development
4 1 (20.00%) Cash Management
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) LLM
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Physics
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) CFA
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle