Unreal Engine Contracts in England

Unreal Engine
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unreal Engine skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 632 743
Rank change year-on-year +119 +111 -165
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 28 36 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.070% 0.042%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.37% 0.30% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 16
10th Percentile £288 £222 £173
25th Percentile £291 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +28.38%
75th Percentile £513 £444 £606
90th Percentile £540 £550 £725
UK median daily rate £350 £400 £525
% change year-on-year -12.50% -23.81% +43.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £37.72 - -
25th Percentile - £25.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £39.92 £38.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.69% -18.95% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £39.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.50 £51.70 -
UK median hourly rate £39.92 £38.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +3.69% -18.95% +3.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Unreal 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 7,467 11,952 19,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.05% 23.28% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,323 8,833 14,680
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £572 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £750
UK median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.45% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 132 226
10th Percentile £20.79 £25.75 £21.50
25th Percentile £37.63 £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%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unreal Engine as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine in England.

Daily rate trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unreal Engine in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal 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 Unreal Engine within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 +112 20 £350 -12.50% 24
Midlands +38 2 - - 3
West Midlands +35 2 - - 2
South East +20 2 - - 24
South West +16 2 £488 +62.50% 3
North of England +35 1 - - 15
East of England - 1 £300 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 6
Unreal Engine
UK

Unreal 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 12 (42.86%) Maya
2 9 (32.14%) Blender
3 7 (25.00%) 3ds Max
4 4 (14.29%) Photoshop
5 2 (7.14%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (7.14%) Houdini
5 2 (7.14%) NUKE
6 1 (3.57%) AutoCAD
6 1 (3.57%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Figma
1 1 (3.57%) GitHub
1 1 (3.57%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) VTune
General
1 19 (67.86%) Games
2 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Automotive
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Developer
2 4 (14.29%) Designer
2 4 (14.29%) Maya Artist
3 3 (10.71%) Games Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Games Designer
4 2 (7.14%) C++ Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Software Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Artist
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Writer
5 1 (3.57%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Games Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Games Programmer
5 1 (3.57%) Lead Designer
5 1 (3.57%) Programmer
5 1 (3.57%) Sage Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (53.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (14.29%) FFmpeg
3 2 (7.14%) DirectX
3 2 (7.14%) OpenGL
3 2 (7.14%) V-Ray
3 2 (7.14%) Vulkan
4 1 (3.57%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.57%) JSON
4 1 (3.57%) OpenGL ES
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
2 6 (21.43%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (14.29%) Animation
4 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 2 (7.14%) HTC Vive
5 1 (3.57%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (3.57%) CUDA
5 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.57%) Mixed Reality
5 1 (3.57%) Mobile Games
5 1 (3.57%) Ray Tracing
5 1 (3.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Prototyping
2 4 (14.29%) Android Development
2 4 (14.29%) Game Development
2 4 (14.29%) Visual Effects
3 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
3 3 (10.71%) Computer Vision
3 3 (10.71%) Psychology
3 3 (10.71%) User Experience
4 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
4 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.14%) UX Design
4 2 (7.14%) Web Development
5 1 (3.57%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (3.57%) Content Management
5 1 (3.57%) iOS Development
5 1 (3.57%) Physics
5 1 (3.57%) Project Management
5 1 (3.57%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) C++
2 2 (7.14%) C#
2 2 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (3.57%) C
3 1 (3.57%) GLSL
3 1 (3.57%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (3.57%) NVIDIA
2 1 (3.57%) Perforce
2 1 (3.57%) Sage