The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 29 21 27
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +6
Contract jobs citing Games 4 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.869% 3.463% 1.869%
As % of the General category 5.556% 13.33% 5.970%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £228
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -41.17%
All of the General Category
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
72 60 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 33.64% 25.97% 31.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 29 32
Average daily rate £425 £330 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -9.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £192 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £413 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 7
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +21.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.38 £17.70 £15.43
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £40.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Games
East Midlands

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (40.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Game Development
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Development Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Load Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft