Virtual Reality Contracts in London

Virtual Reality (VR)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual 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 373 455 575
Rank change year-on-year +82 +120 -108
Contract jobs citing Virtual Reality 27 27 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.11% 0.075%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.30% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 13
10th Percentile £230 £163 £335
25th Percentile £375 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -11.11% +7.46%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £519
90th Percentile £587 £596 £680
England median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.76% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £47.38 - £41.06
25th Percentile £49.06 £25.75 £42.97
Median hourly rate £53.75 £26.50 £49.38
Median % change year-on-year +102.83% -46.33% -
75th Percentile £59.06 £43.63 £75.66
90th Percentile £61.13 £53.45 £83.86
England median hourly rate £60.00 £26.50 £49.38
% change year-on-year +126.42% -46.33% -

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,844 9,036 14,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.05% 35.93% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,106 6,567 10,276
10th Percentile £315 £364 £400
25th Percentile £450 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £725
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 104 201
10th Percentile £15.45 £18.28 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £34.81 £42.02
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% -17.16% +20.47%
75th Percentile £50.38 £60.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Virtual Reality
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Reality in London

Virtual Reality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Reality in London

Virtual Reality
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Reality in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Reality in London

Virtual Reality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Reality in London

Virtual Reality
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Reality in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Reality in London

Virtual Reality
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region 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
Central London +45 7 £600 +9.09% 1
Virtual Reality
England

Virtual Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (14.81%) Maya
2 3 (11.11%) Sketch
3 2 (7.41%) 3ds Max
3 2 (7.41%) NUKE
4 1 (3.70%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (3.70%) Adobe XD
4 1 (3.70%) AutoCAD
4 1 (3.70%) Autodesk Smoke
4 1 (3.70%) Blender
4 1 (3.70%) Houdini
4 1 (3.70%) InVision
4 1 (3.70%) Photoshop
4 1 (3.70%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) SaaS
2 2 (7.41%) Figma
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) SSH
General
1 15 (55.56%) Games
2 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Marketing
3 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Advertising
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Automotive
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) VB Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Designer
4 2 (7.41%) Games Designer
4 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Artist
4 2 (7.41%) UI Designer
4 2 (7.41%) UI/UX Designer
4 2 (7.41%) UX Designer
5 1 (3.70%) 3D Designer
5 1 (3.70%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Creative Director
5 1 (3.70%) Games Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Sales Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (44.44%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (14.81%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (7.41%) PyQt
3 2 (7.41%) PySide
3 2 (7.41%) WebGL
4 1 (3.70%) CSS
4 1 (3.70%) Framer.js
4 1 (3.70%) jQuery
4 1 (3.70%) Node.js
4 1 (3.70%) React
4 1 (3.70%) Redux
4 1 (3.70%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 24 (88.89%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (22.22%) Animation
2 6 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.41%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (3.70%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) HoloLens
4 1 (3.70%) Mobile Games
4 1 (3.70%) Oculus
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Android
2 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Presales
1 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Value Proposition
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
3 4 (14.81%) User Experience
4 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 3 (11.11%) Customer Value Proposition
4 3 (11.11%) Prototyping
5 2 (7.41%) 3D Animation
5 2 (7.41%) 3D Modelling
5 2 (7.41%) Computer Vision
5 2 (7.41%) Game Development
5 2 (7.41%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (7.41%) SDLC
5 2 (7.41%) Software Engineering
5 2 (7.41%) Texturing
5 2 (7.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (7.41%) UX Design
5 2 (7.41%) Visual Effects
5 2 (7.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) VB
2 4 (14.81%) Python
3 3 (11.11%) C++
4 1 (3.70%) Bash
4 1 (3.70%) C#
4 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) Adobe
1 1 (3.70%) Google
1 1 (3.70%) Perforce