Unity (Game Engine) Contracts in England

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unity (Game Engine) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 647 755
Rank change year-on-year +123 +108 -190
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 24 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.064% 0.041% 0.035%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% 0.18% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 15
10th Percentile £263 £267 £255
25th Percentile £300 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £403 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% -19.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £530 £475 £575
90th Percentile £610 £523 £715
UK median daily rate £313 £378 £513
% change year-on-year -17.22% -26.34% +28.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £37.45 - -
25th Percentile £39.25 £58.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £59.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +25.26% +14.96%
75th Percentile £61.38 £60.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.55 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £59.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +25.26% +4.40%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Unity (Game Engine) is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks 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 technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,519 11,770 19,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.20% 23.21% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,357 8,702 14,416
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £428 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +0.09% +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £760
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 141 216
10th Percentile £21.35 £25.75 £21.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £45.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unity (Game Engine) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England.

Daily rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
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 Unity (Game Engine) within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +110 18 £339 -10.76% 18
South East - 4 £600 - 6
West Midlands +28 1 - - 3
Midlands +26 1 - - 6
East of England - 1 £300 - 3
Unity (Game Engine)
UK

Unity (Game Engine)
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 5 (20.83%) Maya
2 4 (16.67%) Blender
3 3 (12.50%) 3ds Max
4 2 (8.33%) Houdini
5 1 (4.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (4.17%) AutoCAD
5 1 (4.17%) Photoshop
5 1 (4.17%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Figma
1 1 (4.17%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) VTune
General
1 17 (70.83%) Games
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Electronics
4 2 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Designer
2 4 (16.67%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Games Designer
3 3 (12.50%) Graphics Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Python Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Designer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Games Designer
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Writer
4 2 (8.33%) Android Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) C++ Android Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Technical Artist
5 1 (4.17%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) C++/C# Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Documentation Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Documentation Writer
5 1 (4.17%) Graphics Programmer
5 1 (4.17%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) UI Developer
5 1 (4.17%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (66.67%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (16.67%) DirectX
2 4 (16.67%) OpenGL
2 4 (16.67%) Vulkan
3 3 (12.50%) OpenGL ES
4 1 (4.17%) FastAPI
4 1 (4.17%) JSON
4 1 (4.17%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (29.17%) Animation
2 7 (29.17%) Virtual Reality
3 3 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 3 (12.50%) Mixed Reality
3 3 (12.50%) Mobile Games
4 2 (8.33%) HTC Vive
5 1 (4.17%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.17%) HoloLens
5 1 (4.17%) Oculus
5 1 (4.17%) Ray Tracing
5 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) User Experience
2 7 (29.17%) Game Development
3 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 5 (20.83%) Android Development
5 4 (16.67%) UX Design
6 3 (12.50%) Linear Algebra
6 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.50%) Psychology
6 3 (12.50%) Web Development
7 2 (8.33%) 3D Modelling
7 2 (8.33%) Computer Vision
7 2 (8.33%) Data Science
7 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
7 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
7 2 (8.33%) Physics
7 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (8.33%) Project Management
7 2 (8.33%) User Research
8 1 (4.17%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C#
2 6 (25.00%) C++
3 3 (12.50%) GLSL
3 3 (12.50%) HLSL
3 3 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (8.33%) Java
4 2 (8.33%) Kotlin
5 1 (4.17%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Adobe
1 1 (4.17%) NVIDIA
1 1 (4.17%) Perforce