The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 June 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 Cambridge 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 28 41 36
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Contract jobs citing Game Development 4 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.246% 0.907% 1.365%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.139% 1.826% 2.235%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £245
% change year-on-year
+21.42% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-23.52% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 219 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 58.26% 49.66% 61.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 110 106
Average daily rate £350 £385 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £272 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 37 21
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £27.95 £23.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Game Development
Cambridgeshire

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Game Development Hourly Rate Trend

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Games
1 7 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) C
2 6 (85.71%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 3 (42.86%) Objective-C
3 3 (42.86%) Android
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) QA
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
4 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
5 1 (14.29%) OpenGL
5 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (14.29%) Cocoa
5 1 (14.29%) Xcode
5 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
5 1 (14.29%) Direct3D
5 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) OpenGL ES

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) OpenGL
1 1 (14.29%) Cocoa
1 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
1 1 (14.29%) Direct3D
1 1 (14.29%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Xcode
General
1 7 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) iOS Developer
3 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) C
2 6 (85.71%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA