Virtual Reality Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Reality (VR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Reality in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 567 571
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 -109
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Reality 35 73 328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.099% 0.19% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.50% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 26 50 49
10th Percentile £29,375 £40,875 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £92,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% +37.04% +28.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £130,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +30.00%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Virtual Reality is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,313 14,649 35,766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.90% 38.82% 47.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,290 10,927 17,359
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,263 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,865 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Virtual Reality
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Reality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Reality trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Reality
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Reality.

Virtual Reality salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Reality
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Virtual Reality over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Virtual Reality salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Reality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (2.86%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.86%) IIS
1 1 (2.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) GitHub
2 3 (8.57%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.71%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.86%) AWS
4 1 (2.86%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
1 2 (5.71%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.86%) Big Data
2 1 (2.86%) MySQL
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 6 (17.14%) Finance
1 6 (17.14%) Games
1 6 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 6 (17.14%) Multimedia
1 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Legal
4 2 (5.71%) Military
5 1 (2.86%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (60.00%) Developer
2 7 (20.00%) Lead
3 6 (17.14%) 3D Developer
3 6 (17.14%) JavaScript Developer
3 6 (17.14%) Software Developer
4 5 (14.29%) Junior
4 5 (14.29%) Lead Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Junior Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Lead Software Developer
6 3 (8.57%) Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Procurement Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (5.71%) Full Stack Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Junior Software Developer
7 2 (5.71%) PHP Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Research Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Software Team Leader
7 2 (5.71%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.71%) CSS
1 9 (25.71%) React
2 7 (20.00%) Node.js
3 6 (17.14%) WebGL
4 3 (8.57%) .NET
4 3 (8.57%) HTML
4 3 (8.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 3 (8.57%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
5 2 (5.71%) Vue
6 1 (2.86%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.86%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (2.86%) jQuery
6 1 (2.86%) Kafka
6 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
6 1 (2.86%) Smart Contracts
6 1 (2.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 20 (57.14%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 6 (17.14%) Data Structures
4 3 (8.57%) Blockchain
4 3 (8.57%) Client/Server
4 3 (8.57%) e-Learning
4 3 (8.57%) IoT
4 3 (8.57%) Over-the-Top Content
4 3 (8.57%) Robotics
5 1 (2.86%) CUDA
5 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Visualisation
2 7 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (17.14%) Agile
3 6 (17.14%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (17.14%) Data Visualisation
3 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
3 6 (17.14%) Open Source
3 6 (17.14%) Project Management
3 6 (17.14%) Synthetic Environment
4 5 (14.29%) SDLC
4 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.43%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (11.43%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (11.43%) Validation
5 4 (11.43%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (8.57%) Backlog Refinement
6 3 (8.57%) Data Analytics
6 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.57%) Digital Twin
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) C#
1 11 (31.43%) JavaScript
2 7 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 4 (11.43%) C
3 4 (11.43%) Python
4 3 (8.57%) PHP
5 2 (5.71%) SQL
6 1 (2.86%) Java
6 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.57%) Degree
4 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.86%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) Adobe