The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank - - 38
Contract jobs citing Game Development 0 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - 1.224%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 2.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £180
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £240
% change year-on-year
- +45.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +183.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
301 381 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.49% 61.35% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 209 174
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £228 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £525 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 10
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £119.80 £34.40 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Game Development
West Midlands

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Game Development across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Game Development across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Game Development also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Game Development.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Games
2 1 (50.00%) C

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Game Development also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Games Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Games
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: 20 May 2013