Games Contracts in Kent
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 24 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 Kent 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Games 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 2.091% - -
As % of the General category 5.556% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £280 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.92% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +44.44%
All of the General Category
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 108 103 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 37.63% 39.02% 25.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 64 36
Average daily rate £340 £255 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £138 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 13
Average hourly rate £27.59 £16.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+67.19% -5.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.80 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £29.25 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Games
South East

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Games across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (42.86%) Intranet
1 6 (42.86%) Java
1 6 (42.86%) Ruby on Rails
1 6 (42.86%) Ruby
1 6 (42.86%) Web Application Development
2 5 (35.71%) C#
3 4 (28.57%) Mobile Games
3 4 (28.57%) Game Development
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Azure
4 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
4 3 (21.43%) C
5 2 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 2 (14.29%) Lua
5 2 (14.29%) Google App Engine
5 2 (14.29%) Google
5 2 (14.29%) MSBuild
6 1 (7.143%) Test Strategy
6 1 (7.143%) Military
6 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
6 1 (7.143%) Load Testing
6 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (42.86%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
2 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (14.29%) MSBuild
General
1 1 (7.143%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Games Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Programmer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Programmer
3 2 (14.29%) Build Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Mobile Games
2 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Web Application Development
2 4 (28.57%) Game Development
3 1 (7.143%) Test Strategy
3 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Load Testing
3 1 (7.143%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Java
1 6 (42.86%) Ruby
2 5 (35.71%) C#
3 3 (21.43%) C
4 2 (14.29%) C++
4 2 (14.29%) Lua
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
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