The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Guildford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 21 - 17
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Game Development 11 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 5.000% - 0.806%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.237% - 1.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £120
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £213
% change year-on-year
- +64.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +183.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
152 68 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 69.09% 60.18% 55.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 32 33
Average daily rate £425 £363 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% +11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £325 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Game Development
Surrey

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 15 (100.00%) Games
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (60.00%) C++
3 8 (53.33%) C#
3 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
4 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
4 7 (46.67%) Scrum
5 6 (40.00%) Code Coverage
5 6 (40.00%) MS Visio
5 6 (40.00%) Data Mining
5 6 (40.00%) Windows
5 6 (40.00%) Python
5 6 (40.00%) C
5 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
5 6 (40.00%) Degree
5 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 6 (40.00%) Software Architecture
5 6 (40.00%) Process Architecture
5 6 (40.00%) Kinect
5 6 (40.00%) Test Strategy
6 5 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
7 4 (26.67%) Regression Testing
7 4 (26.67%) Streaming Video
7 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
7 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
7 4 (26.67%) Visualisation
7 4 (26.67%) Windows 8
7 4 (26.67%) Analytics

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 2 (13.33%) Web Services
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
1 2 (13.33%) Cocoa
1 2 (13.33%) REST
1 2 (13.33%) WCF
1 2 (13.33%) Cocoa Touch
2 1 (6.667%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (6.667%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (40.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) Data Mining
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.667%) MSBuild
2 1 (6.667%) Ant
General
1 15 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Development Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Programmer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Mobile Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Audio Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Audio Programmer
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (6.667%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
2 6 (40.00%) Kinect
3 4 (26.67%) Streaming Video
3 4 (26.67%) Visualisation
4 2 (13.33%) Blackberry
4 2 (13.33%) iPhone
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (13.33%) iPad
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (6.667%) Online Games
5 1 (6.667%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 8
3 2 (13.33%) Android
3 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Scrum
2 6 (40.00%) Code Coverage
2 6 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (40.00%) Software Architecture
2 6 (40.00%) Process Architecture
2 6 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 5 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (26.67%) Regression Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
4 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
4 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) MVC
5 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) User Stories
5 2 (13.33%) Load Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Release Management
6 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) C++
2 8 (53.33%) C#
2 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 6 (40.00%) Python
3 6 (40.00%) C
4 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (13.33%) Objective-C
6 1 (6.667%) HLSL
6 1 (6.667%) PowerShell
6 1 (6.667%) Ruby
6 1 (6.667%) GLSL
6 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft