The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 30 18 -
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -
Contract jobs citing Game Development 1 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.476% 3.756% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.730% 6.349% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £181 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £240
% change year-on-year
- +45.83%
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
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
137 126 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 65.24% 59.15% 66.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 41 50
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £205 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £413 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £8.50 £24.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.35 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Game Development
East Midlands

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Games
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Code Coverage
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Process Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Process Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Code Coverage
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft