Virtual Reality Jobs

Virtual Reality (VR)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 716 717 632
Rank change year-on-year +1 -85 +82
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 126 170 821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.51% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 107 81 129
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £33,400
25th Percentile £34,375 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,990 £67,500 £56,400
Median % change year-on-year -25.94% +19.68% +10.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £96,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £87,000 £115,000 £109,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Reality in the UK

Virtual Reality
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Reality within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England -11 111 £47,500 -28.45% 26
UK excluding London -11 109 £47,500 -13.64% 25
South West -1 39 £40,000 -27.27% 8
Work from Home +15 33 £55,000 -25.42% 19
Midlands -6 29 £44,000 +17.33% 2
West Midlands +2 16 £47,500 +35.71% 2
London +27 14 £100,000 +9.59% 7
North of England +13 14 £41,235 -21.46% 6
East Midlands -18 13 £42,500 -2.86%
Scotland -41 12 £60,000 -45.45% 4
North West - 11 £41,235 - 4
South East 0 10 £70,000 +21.74% 2
East of England -2 5 £100,000 - 2
North East -16 3 £85,000 +61.90%

Virtual 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 23 (18.25%) Confluence
2 6 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.79%) IIS
3 1 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.38%) AutoCAD
1 3 (2.38%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.59%) 3ds Max
2 2 (1.59%) Maya
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.59%) NUKE
3 1 (0.79%) Blender
3 1 (0.79%) Revit
3 1 (0.79%) Sketch
3 1 (0.79%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.56%) Azure
2 6 (4.76%) Power Automate
2 6 (4.76%) Power Platform
2 6 (4.76%) PowerApps
3 5 (3.97%) GitHub
4 3 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.59%) AWS
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.79%) Figma
6 1 (0.79%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.79%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.38%) Firewall
1 3 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.76%) Power BI
2 3 (2.38%) Big Data
2 3 (2.38%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (2.38%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.38%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.59%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.79%) DTS
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (19.84%) Visual Studio
2 24 (19.05%) Git
3 23 (18.25%) Bitbucket
3 23 (18.25%) JIRA
3 23 (18.25%) Sourcetree
4 2 (1.59%) GitLab
4 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 51 (40.48%) Games
2 25 (19.84%) Presentation Skills
3 22 (17.46%) Social Skills
4 12 (9.52%) Finance
4 12 (9.52%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.35%) Military
6 7 (5.56%) Electronics
6 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.76%) Aviation
7 6 (4.76%) Law
8 5 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.17%) Legal
9 4 (3.17%) Multimedia
10 3 (2.38%) Automotive
10 3 (2.38%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.59%) Marketing
12 1 (0.79%) Advertising
12 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (61.90%) Developer
2 28 (22.22%) Lead
3 27 (21.43%) 3D Developer
3 27 (21.43%) Games Developer
4 23 (18.25%) Unity 3D Developer
5 20 (15.87%) Lead Developer
6 18 (14.29%) Senior
7 13 (10.32%) Senior Developer
8 12 (9.52%) Senior Games Developer
9 8 (6.35%) Junior
10 7 (5.56%) Software Engineer
11 6 (4.76%) .NET Developer
11 6 (4.76%) Analyst
11 6 (4.76%) Junior Developer
11 6 (4.76%) Project Manager
11 6 (4.76%) Software Developer
12 4 (3.17%) Consultant
12 4 (3.17%) Digital Transformation
12 4 (3.17%) IT Consultant
12 4 (3.17%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (45.24%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 21 (16.67%) Unreal Engine
3 14 (11.11%) .NET
4 13 (10.32%) React
5 7 (5.56%) CSS
6 5 (3.97%) Node.js
6 5 (3.97%) V-Ray
7 4 (3.17%) Blazor
7 4 (3.17%) HTML
7 4 (3.17%) Vue
7 4 (3.17%) WebGL
8 3 (2.38%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.59%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.79%) HTML5
10 1 (0.79%) Kafka
10 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.79%) React Native
10 1 (0.79%) Smart Contracts
10 1 (0.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 65 (51.59%) Augmented Reality
2 13 (10.32%) IoT
3 11 (8.73%) Mobile App
4 10 (7.94%) e-Learning
5 8 (6.35%) Industry 4.0
6 7 (5.56%) Oculus
7 6 (4.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (4.76%) PMI
7 6 (4.76%) Robotics
7 6 (4.76%) SCADA
7 6 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.97%) Algorithms
8 5 (3.97%) Animation
9 4 (3.17%) Data Structures
10 3 (2.38%) Blockchain
11 2 (1.59%) Video\Live Streaming
12 1 (0.79%) CUDA
12 1 (0.79%) Graphic Design
12 1 (0.79%) Motion Graphics
12 1 (0.79%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Android
2 1 (0.79%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.98%) Software Engineering
2 26 (20.63%) DevOps
3 25 (19.84%) Computer Science
3 25 (19.84%) Use Case
4 23 (18.25%) Design Patterns
4 23 (18.25%) Scrum
4 23 (18.25%) UML
5 18 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 16 (12.70%) Project Management
7 15 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.11%) Visualisation
9 13 (10.32%) Game Development
9 13 (10.32%) Mentoring
10 12 (9.52%) Agile
10 12 (9.52%) Analytics
11 9 (7.14%) Data Analytics
11 9 (7.14%) Machine Learning
12 8 (6.35%) Six Sigma
12 8 (6.35%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (5.56%) Digital Twin
Programming Languages
1 66 (52.38%) C#
2 17 (13.49%) JavaScript
3 13 (10.32%) C++
4 10 (7.94%) C
4 10 (7.94%) Python
5 8 (6.35%) Java
6 7 (5.56%) SQL
7 5 (3.97%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.59%) PHP
9 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (37.30%) Degree
2 29 (23.02%) Security Cleared
3 26 (20.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (19.84%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.76%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.59%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (1.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (0.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (5.56%) Firmware
2 3 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.56%) Oracle
3 4 (3.17%) SAP
4 3 (2.38%) Adobe
5 2 (1.59%) Perforce
6 1 (0.79%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.79%) Google