Augmented Reality Jobs

Augmented Reality (AR)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Augmented Reality in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Augmented Reality over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 728 742
Rank change year-on-year +56 +14 +22
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Augmented Reality 50 94 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.33% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 40 70 49
10th Percentile £25,000 £39,720 £34,150
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,313 £40,538
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +26.32% -5.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,062 28,149 30,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.44% 32.40% 41.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,999 15,881 19,584
10th Percentile £29,250 £30,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.16% +2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Augmented Reality
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Augmented Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Augmented Reality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Augmented Reality over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Augmented Reality in the UK

Augmented Reality
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Augmented Reality within the UK over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +36 37 £65,000 +8.33% 51
England +41 28 £45,000 -18.18% 115
Work from Home +35 20 £26,000 -56.67% 38
Scotland +86 16 £65,000 +8.33%
North of England +11 12 £26,000 -36.95% 9
North West -5 9 £26,000 -36.95% 4
London +72 7 £55,000 +22.22% 86
South East +8 6 £75,000 +7.14% 28
Yorkshire +24 3 £80,000 - 2
Midlands +25 2 £47,500 - 2
West Midlands +25 2 £47,500 - 2
South West +65 1 £35,000 -33.33% 5

Augmented Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (8.00%) CMS
1 4 (8.00%) WordPress
2 3 (6.00%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (8.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (4.00%) Revit
3 1 (2.00%) 3ds Max
3 1 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) PaaS
1 4 (8.00%) SaaS
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) GIS
2 1 (2.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Git
1 1 (2.00%) GitLab
General
1 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Finance
3 5 (10.00%) Games
4 1 (2.00%) Automotive
4 1 (2.00%) French Language
4 1 (2.00%) German Language
4 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) Developer
2 17 (34.00%) Senior
3 16 (32.00%) Mobile Developer
3 16 (32.00%) Senior Developer
3 16 (32.00%) Senior Mobile Developer
4 10 (20.00%) Android Developer
4 10 (20.00%) iOS Android Developer
4 10 (20.00%) iOS Developer
4 10 (20.00%) Senior Android Developer
4 10 (20.00%) Senior iOS Android Developer
4 10 (20.00%) Senior iOS Developer
5 9 (18.00%) Consultant
6 8 (16.00%) Recruitment Consultant
6 8 (16.00%) Recruitment Resourcer
6 8 (16.00%) Resourcer
6 8 (16.00%) Sales Consultant
6 8 (16.00%) Trainee
6 8 (16.00%) Trainee Consultant
6 8 (16.00%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
6 8 (16.00%) Trainee Resourcer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (8.00%) HTML
2 4 (8.00%) HTML5
2 4 (8.00%) Middleware
3 2 (4.00%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (2.00%) .NET
4 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.00%) DirectX
4 1 (2.00%) jQuery
4 1 (2.00%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (54.00%) Virtual Reality
2 16 (32.00%) Virtual Team
3 9 (18.00%) Onboarding
4 6 (12.00%) Social Media
5 5 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (8.00%) Animation
6 4 (8.00%) Digital Media
6 4 (8.00%) Graphic Design
6 4 (8.00%) Photography
7 3 (6.00%) Life Science
7 3 (6.00%) Robotics
8 2 (4.00%) Blog
8 2 (4.00%) Driving Licence
9 1 (2.00%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (2.00%) e-Learning
9 1 (2.00%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (2.00%) Infotainment
9 1 (2.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.00%) Android
2 11 (22.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.00%) Linux
4 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 16 (32.00%) Mobile Development
3 10 (20.00%) Android Development
3 10 (20.00%) iOS Development
4 8 (16.00%) Agile
4 8 (16.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (10.00%) DevOps
6 4 (8.00%) Analytics
6 4 (8.00%) Anomaly Detection
6 4 (8.00%) Business Analysis
6 4 (8.00%) Content Management
6 4 (8.00%) Data Analytics
6 4 (8.00%) ERP
6 4 (8.00%) Financial Modelling
6 4 (8.00%) IT Governance
6 4 (8.00%) Machine Learning
6 4 (8.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (8.00%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (8.00%) Time Management
6 4 (8.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) C
1 2 (4.00%) C#
1 2 (4.00%) C++
1 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (4.00%) Python
2 1 (2.00%) Go
2 1 (2.00%) Java
2 1 (2.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (2.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (28.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.00%) RIBA
3 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) Adobe
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) Google
2 4 (8.00%) Twitter
2 4 (8.00%) YouTube
3 2 (4.00%) Autodesk
3 2 (4.00%) ESRI
4 1 (2.00%) QNX