Games Contracts in Guildford
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games 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 terms in our General 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
Gaming
Rank 10 - 10
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Games 27 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 12.27% - 6.452%
As % of the General category 24.11% - 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
Average daily rate £213 - £150
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £258
% change year-on-year
- +26.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-56.25% +77.77%
All of the General Category
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 112 34 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 50.91% 30.09% 37.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 13 15
Average daily rate £325 £370 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.16% +60.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £250 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £440 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £37.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.90 £11.00 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.75 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Games
Surrey

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Guildford Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Games across the Guildford region.

Guildford Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Guildford Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region citing 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 Games.

1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (56.25%) C#
3 15 (46.88%) Game Development
4 12 (37.50%) C++
4 12 (37.50%) .NET
5 11 (34.38%) MS Excel
6 10 (31.25%) Python
7 9 (28.13%) Scrum
7 9 (28.13%) IIS
7 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
8 8 (25.00%) Degree
8 8 (25.00%) SQL
9 7 (21.88%) C
9 7 (21.88%) JavaScript
9 7 (21.88%) PHP
9 7 (21.88%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (18.75%) Test Automation
10 6 (18.75%) Software Architecture
10 6 (18.75%) Process Architecture
10 6 (18.75%) Automated Testing
10 6 (18.75%) MS Visio
10 6 (18.75%) Data Mining
10 6 (18.75%) Windows
10 6 (18.75%) Code Coverage
10 6 (18.75%) Test Strategy
10 6 (18.75%) Kinect
10 6 (18.75%) Analytics
11 5 (15.63%) Visual Studio
11 5 (15.63%) Release Management
11 5 (15.63%) Online Games

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region citing 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (37.50%) .NET
2 2 (6.250%) Web Services
2 2 (6.250%) Middleware
2 2 (6.250%) Cocoa
2 2 (6.250%) WCF
2 2 (6.250%) REST
2 2 (6.250%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (3.125%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 9 (28.13%) IIS
2 5 (15.63%) Amazon EC2
2 5 (15.63%) Windows Azure
3 1 (3.125%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (34.38%) MS Excel
2 6 (18.75%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Data Mining
2 3 (9.375%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.125%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Visual Studio
2 3 (9.375%) MSBuild
3 2 (6.250%) Ant
General
1 1 (3.125%) Publishing
1 1 (3.125%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Developer
2 6 (18.75%) Development Engineer
2 6 (18.75%) PHP Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Programmer
4 3 (9.375%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Audio Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Mobile Developer
5 2 (6.250%) Audio Programmer
5 2 (6.250%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Gameplay Programmer
6 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Senior Programmer
6 1 (3.125%) Build Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
2 6 (18.75%) Kinect
3 5 (15.63%) Online Games
4 4 (12.50%) Visualisation
4 4 (12.50%) Streaming Video
5 3 (9.375%) Animation
6 2 (6.250%) iPhone
6 2 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (6.250%) Mathematics
6 2 (6.250%) Blackberry
6 2 (6.250%) iPad
6 2 (6.250%) Mobile App
7 1 (3.125%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) Windows 8
3 2 (6.250%) Android
3 2 (6.250%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Game Development
2 9 (28.13%) Scrum
3 7 (21.88%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 6 (18.75%) Software Architecture
4 6 (18.75%) Process Architecture
4 6 (18.75%) Automated Testing
4 6 (18.75%) Code Coverage
4 6 (18.75%) Test Strategy
4 6 (18.75%) Analytics
5 5 (15.63%) Release Management
6 4 (12.50%) Software Engineering
6 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Regression Testing
7 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (6.250%) Load Testing
8 2 (6.250%) MVC
8 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.250%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 18 (56.25%) C#
2 12 (37.50%) C++
3 10 (31.25%) Python
4 8 (25.00%) SQL
5 7 (21.88%) C
5 7 (21.88%) JavaScript
5 7 (21.88%) PHP
6 3 (9.375%) Ruby
6 3 (9.375%) PowerShell
7 2 (6.250%) Objective-C
8 1 (3.125%) GLSL
8 1 (3.125%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.250%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) SCOM
2 1 (3.125%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
Business Intelligence Developer
Guildford, South East
Our client a Global technology company is seeking a Business Intelligence Developer to be based in Guildford for an initial 12 month contract.Job Description:* Contribute to technical...
Volt
Rate: £44000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
UI Designer,Guilford
Guildford, South East
12 Month ContractRate £150 - £200 a dayPreferred Sectors Web/games/media/technologyExpertise/Experience:*A minimum of 3 years experience as a UI design, with at least 2 released...
Rate: £150 - £250 per month
Posted: 21 May 2013
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