Games Contracts in the City of London

Gaming
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 150 160
Rank change year-on-year +27 +10 -33
Contract jobs citing Games 3 28 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.77% 0.76%
As % of the General category 0.21% 1.24% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 25 29
10th Percentile £173 £353 £404
25th Percentile £244 £475 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £593 £638
Median % change year-on-year -36.71% -7.06% +18.60%
75th Percentile £494 £625 £644
90th Percentile £558 £631 -
Central London median daily rate £600 £593 £638
% change year-on-year +1.27% -7.06% +18.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £47.50

All General Skills
City of London

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,463 2,267 2,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.17% 62.21% 57.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,042 1,596 1,777
10th Percentile £340 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £693 £738 £680
90th Percentile £811 £825 £777
Central London median daily rate £563 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 27
10th Percentile £19.53 £15.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.61 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £27.38 £53.75 £60.25
90th Percentile £52.60 £58.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -23.08% +127.50%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in the City of London

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe XD
1 1 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
1 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Games Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) UI Designer
1 1 (33.33%) UI/UX Designer
1 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Affiliate Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Affiliate Network
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Development
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Acquisition
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Fraud Detection
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Generation
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (33.33%) UX Design
1 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Workday