Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Mobile Games' in contract IT jobs within the East of England region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mobile Games over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMobile Game
Location
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15 Oct 2008
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East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads15741999
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.243 %2.067 %
Daily rates quoted509749
Average minimum daily rate£356£344
Average daily rate£383£366
% change on same period last year+4.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£381
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
Hourly rates quoted184210
Average minimum hourly rate£26.37£27.33
Average hourly rate£27.90£29.45
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.43£31.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.97£26.66
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Mobile Games EnglandMobile Games
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Mobile Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mobile Games across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East of England Mobile Games Demand Trend

Mobile Games
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Mobile Games across the East of England region.

East of England Mobile Games Daily Rate Trend

Mobile Games
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Mobile 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 Mobile Games.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Games
25 (83.33 %)Telecoms
25 (83.33 %)CLDC
25 (83.33 %)J2ME
25 (83.33 %)Symbian
25 (83.33 %)Windows Mobile
25 (83.33 %)Multithreading
34 (66.67 %)Java
34 (66.67 %)MIDP
41 (16.67 %)Handset
41 (16.67 %)C#
41 (16.67 %)C++
41 (16.67 %)OpenGL
41 (16.67 %)DirectX

Mobile Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Mobile 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 Mobile Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)J2ME
15 (83.33 %)CLDC
24 (66.67 %)MIDP
31 (16.67 %)OpenGL
31 (16.67 %)DirectX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Games
25 (83.33 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Developer
24 (66.67 %)Applications Developer
33 (50.00 %)Java Developer
42 (33.33 %)Java Applications Developer
51 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
51 (16.67 %)C++ Software Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)Multithreading
21 (16.67 %)Handset
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
25 (83.33 %)Windows Mobile
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)C#
21 (16.67 %)C++
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Symbian