Virtual Reality Contracts in Central London

Virtual Reality (VR)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 175 189
Rank change year-on-year +45 +14 -26
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 7 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.29% 0.055% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.94% 0.15% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £414
25th Percentile - £525 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £438
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +25.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile - £575 £466
90th Percentile - - £471
London median daily rate £525 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +31.25% -11.11% +7.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £41.45
25th Percentile - - £43.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - £75.95
London median hourly rate £53.75 £26.50 £49.38
% change year-on-year +102.83% -46.33% -

All Generic Skills
Central London

Virtual Reality falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 744 1,302 1,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 30.76% 35.49% 35.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 884 1,144
10th Percentile £300 £313 £400
25th Percentile £440 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +8.70% -2.54%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile £838 £850 £813
London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 30
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.14 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.38 £35.00 £30.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.42 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.53% -22.05% +140.00%
75th Percentile £25.50 £80.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £36.30 £88.30 £62.83
London median hourly rate £27.92 £34.81 £42.02
% change year-on-year -19.79% -17.16% +20.47%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in Central London

Virtual Reality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Reality in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Reality in Central London

Virtual Reality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Reality in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Reality in Central London

Virtual Reality
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Reality within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +44 7 £600 +9.09%
Virtual Reality
London

Virtual Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
1 1 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
General
1 7 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
1 6 (85.71%) VB Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Games Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Agile
1 1 (14.29%) User Experience
1 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (14.29%) UX Design
1 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe