Games Contracts in Leicestershire

Gaming
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 36 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs citing Games 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 4.43% 0.57% -
As % of the General category 9.72% 1.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £200 - -
25th Percentile £304 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.62% - -
75th Percentile £435 £338 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £419 £363 -
% change year-on-year +15.45% - -

All General Skills
Leicestershire

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 72 80 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 45.57% 45.98% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 67 75
10th Percentile £198 £279 £281
25th Percentile £255 £363 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £322 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -5.56% +35.85%
75th Percentile £480 £500 £500
90th Percentile £631 £613 £545
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £450 £439
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.56% +15.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £13.55 £16.22 £14.46
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.05 £16.31
Median hourly rate £21.50 £21.41 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -26.80% +82.81%
75th Percentile £25.50 £35.00 £45.42
90th Percentile £27.45 £55.25 £46.67
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.25 £21.67 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.40% -3.69% +50.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Leicestershire

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Leicestershire.

Daily rate trend for Games in Leicestershire

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in Leicestershire

Games
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester - 6 £419 - 2
Games
East Midlands

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Photoshop
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe XD
2 2 (28.57%) Sketch
3 1 (14.29%) Maya
3 1 (14.29%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Figma
3 1 (14.29%) Discord
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Axure RP
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Designer
1 2 (28.57%) Games Designer
1 2 (28.57%) UI Designer
1 2 (28.57%) UI/UX Designer
1 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) React
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Web Development
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Pair Programming
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Debt
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) UX Design
3 2 (28.57%) Web Application Development
3 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
4 1 (14.29%) Content Writing
4 1 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (14.29%) Game Development
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe