The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Glasgow 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Game Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.111% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.162% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £240
% change year-on-year
+10.71% +45.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-23.52% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
617 544 539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 68.63% 66.83% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 257 322
Average daily rate £340 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.74% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £249 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 23 13
Average hourly rate £9.25 £16.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.18% -46.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Game Development
Scotland

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Games Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Glasgow, Scotland
I am currently recruiting for a Games Developer on behalf of my Client who are a consultancy based in Glasgow City Centre. The initial contract will be for...
Computer Futures
Posted: 31 May 2013