The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 19 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 East Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 82 78 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Game Development 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.078% 0.299% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.115% 0.460% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £240
% change year-on-year
+10.71% +45.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-23.52% -
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
868 869 989
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.81% 65.04% 66.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 444 495
Average daily rate £375 £375 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 45
Average hourly rate £29.50 £35.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% +34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.67 £16.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.10 £57.50 £49.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Game Development
England

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Leicestershire -6 1 - -
Game Development
England

Game Development
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
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