Mixed Reality Contracts

Mixed Reality
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mixed Reality in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mixed Reality over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 - 841
Rank change year-on-year - - -123
Contract jobs citing Mixed Reality 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.023% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £630
25th Percentile £575 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.71%
75th Percentile £625 - £701
90th Percentile - - £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Mixed 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,045 18,435 29,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.87% 33.19% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,307 12,697 20,403
10th Percentile £275 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £446 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 605 684
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61.40 £58.75 £50.77
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%

Mixed Reality
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mixed Reality in the UK

Mixed Reality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mixed Reality.

Daily rate trend for Mixed Reality in the UK

Mixed Reality
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mixed Reality within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
South East - 3 £600 - 2
England - 3 £600 - 4
UK excluding London - 3 £600 - 2

Mixed 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Graphics Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Android Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) C++ Android Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) DirectX
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
1 3 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (100.00%) Vulkan
2 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Animation
1 3 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Linear Algebra
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Android Development
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) GLSL
2 2 (66.67%) HLSL
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree