Game Development Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 471 517 525
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +8
Contract jobs citing Game Development 41 40 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.097% 0.075% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.136% 0.109% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 20
Average daily rate £275 £350 £198
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +77.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £165 £140
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £350 £251
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £213
% change year-on-year
- +64.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +183.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £42.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.50 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +183.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 30182 36546 37754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.34% 68.30% 68.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18435 21484 21848
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £595 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 936 1202 1371
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.12 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Game Development
UK

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Game Development across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Game Development Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Game Development Hourly Rate Trend

Game Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Game Development across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Game Development Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 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
South East +43 20 £275 -
London +5 9 £260 -20.00%
East of England +10 6 £438 +25.00%
North West - 4 - -
West Midlands +7 1 £200 -42.85%
East Midlands -5 1 - -
Game Development
UK

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 79 (100.00%) Games
2 55 (69.62%) C++
3 39 (49.37%) C#
4 26 (32.91%) C
5 24 (30.38%) SQL
6 21 (26.58%) Visual Studio
7 20 (25.32%) Microsoft
7 20 (25.32%) Computer Science
8 18 (22.78%) Test Automation
9 17 (21.52%) Degree
10 16 (20.25%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (18.99%) MSBuild
12 14 (17.72%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (17.72%) Lua
12 14 (17.72%) Python
12 14 (17.72%) MS Excel
13 13 (16.46%) MS Visio
13 13 (16.46%) Automated Testing
14 12 (15.19%) Google
14 12 (15.19%) Scrum
14 12 (15.19%) Windows Azure
14 12 (15.19%) Data Mining
15 11 (13.92%) Google App Engine
16 10 (12.66%) Software Architecture
16 10 (12.66%) Process Architecture
16 10 (12.66%) Test Strategy
16 10 (12.66%) Code Coverage
17 9 (11.39%) Windows
17 9 (11.39%) Objective-C
18 8 (10.13%) WCF

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 8 (10.13%) WCF
2 6 (7.595%) .NET
2 6 (7.595%) REST
3 5 (6.329%) HTML5
3 5 (6.329%) OpenGL
3 5 (6.329%) Web Services
4 3 (3.797%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (3.797%) Cocoa
5 2 (2.532%) Symfony
5 2 (2.532%) CodeIgniter
5 2 (2.532%) CakePHP
5 2 (2.532%) Middleware
5 2 (2.532%) Cocoa Touch
5 2 (2.532%) OpenGL ES
5 2 (2.532%) iOS SDK
6 1 (1.266%) CSS3
6 1 (1.266%) Node.js
6 1 (1.266%) Backbone.js
6 1 (1.266%) cocos2d
6 1 (1.266%) Direct3D
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.19%) Windows Azure
2 11 (13.92%) Google App Engine
3 6 (7.595%) IIS
4 1 (1.266%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 14 (17.72%) MS Excel
2 13 (16.46%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.532%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.797%) Wireless
2 1 (1.266%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.19%) Data Mining
2 3 (3.797%) MySQL
2 3 (3.797%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (26.58%) Visual Studio
2 15 (18.99%) MSBuild
3 14 (17.72%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (3.797%) Git (software)
4 3 (3.797%) NUnit
5 1 (1.266%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.266%) Ant
5 1 (1.266%) Xcode
General
1 79 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (5.063%) Marketing
3 2 (2.532%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.266%) Publishing
4 1 (1.266%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 27 (34.18%) Developer
2 17 (21.52%) Programmer
3 11 (13.92%) Build Engineer
4 10 (12.66%) Development Engineer
4 10 (12.66%) Software Engineer
4 10 (12.66%) Games Developer
5 7 (8.861%) C++ Developer
5 7 (8.861%) C++ Programmer
6 6 (7.595%) Software Development Engineer
6 6 (7.595%) Test Engineer
7 5 (6.329%) C++ Games Developer
7 5 (6.329%) C# Developer
8 4 (5.063%) Senior Programmer
8 4 (5.063%) Games Programmer
8 4 (5.063%) Mobile Developer
9 3 (3.797%) Gameplay Developer
9 3 (3.797%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.797%) C++/C# Developer
9 3 (3.797%) Software Test Engineer
10 2 (2.532%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.32%) Computer Science
2 16 (20.25%) Cloud Computing
3 8 (10.13%) Mobile Games
3 8 (10.13%) Augmented Reality
4 6 (7.595%) Kinect
5 5 (6.329%) iPhone
5 5 (6.329%) Animation
6 4 (5.063%) Visualisation
6 4 (5.063%) Online Games
6 4 (5.063%) Mathematics
6 4 (5.063%) Physics
6 4 (5.063%) 3D Graphics
6 4 (5.063%) Streaming Video
7 3 (3.797%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.532%) Blackberry
8 2 (2.532%) iPad
9 1 (1.266%) Social Gaming
9 1 (1.266%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.39%) Windows
2 6 (7.595%) Android
3 5 (6.329%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.063%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.532%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (2.532%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.532%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.532%) Linux
5 2 (2.532%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.266%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.78%) Test Automation
2 13 (16.46%) Automated Testing
3 12 (15.19%) Scrum
4 10 (12.66%) Software Architecture
4 10 (12.66%) Process Architecture
4 10 (12.66%) Test Strategy
4 10 (12.66%) Code Coverage
5 8 (10.13%) MVC
6 6 (7.595%) Regression Testing
7 5 (6.329%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (6.329%) Analytics
7 5 (6.329%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (5.063%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (5.063%) Data Analysis
8 4 (5.063%) Software Engineering
8 4 (5.063%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (5.063%) Kanban
8 4 (5.063%) 3D Modelling
9 3 (3.797%) Web Application Development
9 3 (3.797%) OO
Programming Languages
1 55 (69.62%) C++
2 39 (49.37%) C#
3 26 (32.91%) C
4 24 (30.38%) SQL
5 14 (17.72%) Lua
5 14 (17.72%) Python
6 9 (11.39%) Objective-C
7 8 (10.13%) Java
8 7 (8.861%) JavaScript
9 4 (5.063%) PHP
10 1 (1.266%) GLSL
10 1 (1.266%) HLSL
10 1 (1.266%) VB
10 1 (1.266%) ActionScript
10 1 (1.266%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.266%) VB6
10 1 (1.266%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (21.52%) Degree
2 3 (3.797%) MCP
2 3 (3.797%) MCAD
2 3 (3.797%) MCSD
2 3 (3.797%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.797%) MCTS
3 2 (2.532%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.532%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.266%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.19%) Google
3 5 (6.329%) Sony
4 2 (2.532%) Zend
4 2 (2.532%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.266%) Facebook
5 1 (1.266%) Twitter
5 1 (1.266%) Perforce
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