Games Programmer Contracts in Cambridge

Game Programmer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Game Programmer daily rate in Cambridge is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Games Programmer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £300 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 176 270 303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.47% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 183 190
10th Percentile £235 £185 £307
25th Percentile £350 £291 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £536
90th Percentile £644 £600 £588
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £450 £445
% change year-on-year - +1.12% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 17
10th Percentile £19.70 £15.80 £14.99
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.10% -19.61% +14.20%
75th Percentile £66.50 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £69.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% +14.81% -

Games Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Games Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Games Programmer in Cambridge

Games Programmer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Games Programmer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Games Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) VTune
1 1 (100.00%) GLSL
1 1 (100.00%) HLSL
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
1 1 (100.00%) Vulkan
1 1 (100.00%) Ray Tracing

Games Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) VTune
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Ray Tracing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) GLSL
1 1 (100.00%) HLSL