Games Contracts in the East Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games 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 Games over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our General 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 74 67 74
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +7
Contract jobs citing Games 9 13 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.718% 0.948% 0.717%
As % of the General category 2.278% 2.584% 1.919%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 8
Average daily rate £369 £181 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+103.44% -48.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £146 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £216 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.92% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +44.44%
Search 1 Games jobs in the East Midlands
All of the General Category
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 395 503 521
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 31.50% 36.69% 37.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 316 274
Average daily rate £425 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 29
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -6.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £9.73 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.85 £32.50 £105.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Games
England

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Games across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East Midlands Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Games across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Games across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Leicestershire -15 5 - -
Nottinghamshire -2 2 £525 -
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Games 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 Games.

1 6 (46.15%) C
1 6 (46.15%) C#
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
1 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
2 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
3 4 (30.77%) MS Visio
3 4 (30.77%) Data Mining
3 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
3 4 (30.77%) C++
3 4 (30.77%) Test Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Game Development
4 3 (23.08%) Automated Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
5 2 (15.38%) Software Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Process Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Load Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (15.38%) Code Coverage
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Azure

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Games 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
1 4 (30.77%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.692%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (7.692%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (7.692%) Maya
2 1 (7.692%) Photoshop
2 1 (7.692%) Adobe After Effects
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Data Mining
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (7.692%) OLTP
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
1 1 (7.692%) Marketing
1 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Development Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.692%) Developer
4 1 (7.692%) DBA
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) iPad Developer
4 1 (7.692%) iOS Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Graphic Artist
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.692%) Replication
3 1 (7.692%) iPad
3 1 (7.692%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (7.692%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
1 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
2 4 (30.77%) Test Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Game Development
3 3 (23.08%) Automated Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (15.38%) Software Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Process Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Load Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Code Coverage
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 1 (7.692%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
5 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C
1 6 (46.15%) C#
2 5 (38.46%) SQL
3 4 (30.77%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) XenApp
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) VMware
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix
2 1 (7.692%) Apple
2 1 (7.692%) Northgate
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