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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Mobile Games' in contract IT jobs within the 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMobile Game
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank553642
Rank change on same period last yearUp+89
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.016 %0.007 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£294-
Average daily rate£347-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
England
Matching contract IT job ads3129144261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled44.06 %44.73 %
Daily rates quoted1207216200
Average minimum daily rate£412£418
Average daily rate£441£446
% change on same period last year-1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£470£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted20952595
Average minimum hourly rate£25.91£24.65
Average hourly rate£27.65£26.48
% change on same period last year+4.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.40£28.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.08£26.78
% change on same period last year+4.82 %
Mobile Games UKMobile Games
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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 England region.

England Mobile Games Daily Rate Trend

Mobile Games
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mobile Games across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Mobile Games Daily Rate Histogram

Mobile Games
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mobile Games across the England region.

England Mobile Games Hourly Rate Trend

Mobile Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Games within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+714£354-
East of EnglandNew entry-1£325-
Mobile Games UKMobile Games
UK

Mobile Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

120 (100.00 %)Games
29 (45.00 %)Java
38 (40.00 %)J2ME
47 (35.00 %)Windows
56 (30.00 %)Multithreading
65 (25.00 %)CLDC
65 (25.00 %)Windows Mobile
65 (25.00 %)Telecoms
65 (25.00 %)Handset
65 (25.00 %)Symbian
74 (20.00 %)MIDP
82 (10.00 %)Email Marketing
82 (10.00 %)Marketing
82 (10.00 %)Software Testing
82 (10.00 %)Computer Science
82 (10.00 %)Government
82 (10.00 %)Internet
82 (10.00 %)CRM
82 (10.00 %)MS Visio
82 (10.00 %)SMS
82 (10.00 %)J2EE
91 (5.000 %)MFC
91 (5.000 %)Ant
91 (5.000 %)Photoshop
91 (5.000 %)XSLT
91 (5.000 %)SQL
91 (5.000 %)C#
91 (5.000 %)C++
91 (5.000 %)JBoss
91 (5.000 %)VC++

Mobile Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (40.00 %)J2ME
25 (25.00 %)CLDC
34 (20.00 %)MIDP
42 (10.00 %)J2EE
51 (5.000 %)MFC
51 (5.000 %)XSLT
51 (5.000 %)Swing
51 (5.000 %)XHTML
51 (5.000 %)OpenGL
51 (5.000 %)DirectX
51 (5.000 %)Hibernate
51 (5.000 %)Spring
51 (5.000 %)JSF
51 (5.000 %)Adobe Flex
51 (5.000 %)JBoss Seam
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.000 %)JBoss
11 (5.000 %)Tomcat
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.00 %)MS Visio
21 (5.000 %)ImageReady
21 (5.000 %)Photoshop
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.00 %)SMS
12 (10.00 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.000 %)Ant
11 (5.000 %)Flash
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (100.00 %)Games
25 (25.00 %)Telecoms
32 (10.00 %)Government
32 (10.00 %)Marketing
41 (5.000 %)Animation
41 (5.000 %)Online Games
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (40.00 %)Developer
24 (20.00 %)Applications Developer
24 (20.00 %)Java Developer
32 (10.00 %)Tester
32 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
32 (10.00 %)Java Applications Developer
32 (10.00 %)CRM Manager
41 (5.000 %)Java Swing Developer
41 (5.000 %)Games Producer
41 (5.000 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (5.000 %)QA Tester
41 (5.000 %)Flash Developer
41 (5.000 %)Games Tester
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (30.00 %)Multithreading
25 (25.00 %)Handset
32 (10.00 %)Computer Science
41 (5.000 %)Italian Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (35.00 %)Windows
25 (25.00 %)Windows Mobile
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.00 %)CRM
12 (10.00 %)Software Testing
12 (10.00 %)Email Marketing
21 (5.000 %)Project Management
21 (5.000 %)TDD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (45.00 %)Java
21 (5.000 %)SQL
21 (5.000 %)VC++
21 (5.000 %)C#
21 (5.000 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.000 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (25.00 %)Symbian