The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our General 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 40 53 17
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -36
Contract jobs citing Games 3 3 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.683% 0.483% 6.433%
As % of the General category 1.875% 1.382% 16.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 23
Average daily rate £313 - £200
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 - £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 - £270
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.92% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £5.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +44.44%
All of the General Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
160 217 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.45% 34.94% 38.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 127 125
Average daily rate £375 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £233 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £501 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 3
Average hourly rate £37.00 £18.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% +42.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Games
West Midlands

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Birmingham Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Games across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Games 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 Games.

1 6 (60.00%) HTML
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
1 6 (60.00%) CSS
2 4 (40.00%) Web Services
2 4 (40.00%) XML
2 4 (40.00%) OOP
2 4 (40.00%) Flash
2 4 (40.00%) ActionScript
2 4 (40.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) Objective-C
2 4 (40.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 4 (40.00%) HTML5
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Game Development
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) C
4 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (20.00%) Data Mining
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) C++
4 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
5 1 (10.00%) UML
5 1 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (10.00%) NHS
5 1 (10.00%) MVC

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Games 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) HTML
1 6 (60.00%) CSS
2 4 (40.00%) Web Services
2 4 (40.00%) XML
2 4 (40.00%) Flash
2 4 (40.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) WebGL
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Mining
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Flash Developer
2 4 (40.00%) ActionScript Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Flash ActionScript Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Junior
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Games Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Games Developer
3 1 (10.00%) UI Programmer
3 1 (10.00%) NHS Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (10.00%) UI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile Games
2 1 (10.00%) Physics
2 1 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) OOP
2 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (20.00%) Game Development
3 1 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) MVC
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) ActionScript
2 4 (40.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) Objective-C
2 4 (40.00%) ActionScript 3.0
3 2 (20.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
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Posted: 24 May 2013