Games Designer Contracts in the East Midlands

Game Designer
England > East Midlands

The median Game Designer daily rate in the East Midlands is £418 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Games Designer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £402 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 - -
75th Percentile £434 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £434 £275 £350
% change year-on-year +57.82% -21.43% -17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 719 982 1,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 94.06% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 754 986
10th Percentile £166 £213 £179
25th Percentile £260 £325 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £504
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 62 94
10th Percentile £11.81 £11.80 £9.59
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £13.56
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.36 £17.29
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +17.74% +17.64%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £24.38
90th Percentile £51.91 £64.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Games Designer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games Designer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire - 2 £418 -
Games Designer
England

Games Designer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Games Designer 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 East Midlands region featuring Games Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills

Games Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe