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Game Development Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 20 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 of England 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 112 126 123
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -3
Contract jobs citing Game Development 6 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.267% 0.302% 0.179%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.405% 0.467% 0.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £450 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £245
% change year-on-year
+21.42% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-23.52% -
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1481 1927 1862
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 65.94% 64.64% 66.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 918 840
Average daily rate £363 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £219 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 171 185
Average hourly rate £35.11 £32.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.03% +3.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £12.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £49.70 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Game Development across the East of England region.

East of England Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Game Development across the East of England region.

East of England Game Development Hourly Rate 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 of England region over the 3 months to 20 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire +5 4 £450 - 5
Suffolk - - - -
Game Development
England

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 9 (100.00%) Games
2 7 (77.78%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) Augmented Reality
3 6 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 6 (66.67%) Python
3 6 (66.67%) C
4 3 (33.33%) Objective-C
4 3 (33.33%) Wireless
4 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 3 (33.33%) Java
4 3 (33.33%) Android
5 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) QA
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (22.22%) Web Development
5 2 (22.22%) CSS
5 2 (22.22%) XML
5 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) Flash
5 2 (22.22%) HTML
5 2 (22.22%) XHTML
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Mac OS X
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) Telecoms

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) XML
1 2 (22.22%) Flash
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
1 2 (22.22%) XHTML
2 1 (11.11%) Cocoa
2 1 (11.11%) OpenGL
2 1 (11.11%) iOS SDK
2 1 (11.11%) Direct3D
2 1 (11.11%) OpenGL ES
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Xcode
General
1 9 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Web Development Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Web Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Development Manager
3 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS X
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Web Development
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Benchmarking
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) Python
2 6 (66.67%) C
3 3 (33.33%) Objective-C
3 3 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
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