The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dundee region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 22 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 Dundee 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Game Development 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 10.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £213
% change year-on-year
- +64.70%
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
Dundee
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17 22 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 85.00% 51.16% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 0
Average daily rate £150 £230 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 4
Average hourly rate £9.20 £31.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.32% -4.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Game Development
Scotland

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) JNI
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) 3D Programming
2 1 (50.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) ActionScript
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Flash
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Games

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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 (50.00%) JNI
1 1 (50.00%) Flash
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Games Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Games Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Programming
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 1 (50.00%) ActionScript
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