Game Development Contracts in England

Games Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 633 778
Rank change year-on-year +105 +145 -184
Contract jobs citing Game Development 10 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.030% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.033% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 5
10th Percentile £251 £208 £186
25th Percentile £261 £253 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -36.84% +18.75%
75th Percentile £300 £428 £575
90th Percentile £368 £466 -
UK median daily rate £275 £300 £488
% change year-on-year -8.33% -38.46% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £10.24 - -
Median hourly rate £10.30 - -
75th Percentile £10.36 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £10.30 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,926 45,112 64,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,947 31,664 45,849
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,598 1,761
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in England

Game Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Game Development in England.

Daily rate trend for Game Development in England

Game Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Game Development in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Game Development in England

Game Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Game Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for Game Development in England

Game Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
London +101 8 £275 -8.33% 13
South East - 1 - - 13
Game Development
UK

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) 3ds Max
2 1 (10.00%) Blender
2 1 (10.00%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) dbt
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 10 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Designer
2 2 (20.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Games Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Games Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Games Tester
3 1 (10.00%) HTML Developer
3 1 (10.00%) React Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Artist
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 2 (20.00%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) React
3 1 (10.00%) Three.js
3 1 (10.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Mobile Games
2 2 (20.00%) Animation
2 2 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (10.00%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (10.00%) Cybercrime
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) User Experience
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Physics
2 2 (20.00%) User Research
2 2 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (10.00%) C++
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks