The first table below looks at the demand for the Games Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the Dundee region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Game Programmer
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Games Programmer 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 4.762% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.263% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £325 £250
% change year-on-year
-30.76% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £22.50
All Job Titles
Dundee
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19 44 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 90.48% 100.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 3
Average daily rate £225 £218 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £108 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £275 £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 17 5
Average hourly rate £16.72 £31.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.06% -4.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Games Programmer
Scotland

Games Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee Games Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Games Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dundee Games Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Games Programmer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee region that cited Games Programmer in their job title 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 with Games Programmer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Games
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) JNI
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development

Games Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee region that cited Games Programmer in their job title 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 with Games Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) JNI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C