Games Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 186 198 220
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +22
Contract jobs citing Games 220 249 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.016% 0.924% 0.817%
As % of the General category 1.966% 1.741% 1.380%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 139 153
Average daily rate £375 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £230 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.92% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Average hourly rate £27.75 £15.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.19% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +44.44%
Search 183 Games jobs in London
All of the General Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 11189 14306 18401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 51.66% 53.11% 59.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7786 9753 12494
Average daily rate £500 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 223 292
Average hourly rate £22.50 £21.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -8.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.95 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.52 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Games
England

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

London Games Hourly Rate Histogram

Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +20 48 £325 -7.14%
Harrow - 3 £320 -
Hammersmith -2 2 £425 +33.85%
Hounslow - 2 £425 -
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 121 (27.69%) JavaScript
2 102 (23.34%) Java
3 97 (22.20%) Agile Software Development
4 96 (21.97%) CSS
5 93 (21.28%) Online Games
6 82 (18.76%) HTML
7 81 (18.54%) TDD
8 73 (16.70%) HTML5
9 65 (14.87%) Mobile App
10 60 (13.73%) Scrum
11 58 (13.27%) E-Commerce
12 54 (12.36%) OO
13 53 (12.13%) Continuous Integration
14 51 (11.67%) BDD
15 50 (11.44%) C#
16 49 (11.21%) CSS3
17 46 (10.53%) Apple iOS
17 46 (10.53%) C++
17 46 (10.53%) jQuery
18 45 (10.30%) Web Services
19 43 (9.840%) Finance
19 43 (9.840%) Spring
20 42 (9.611%) SQL
21 41 (9.382%) Ruby
21 41 (9.382%) Android
22 38 (8.696%) Computer Science
22 38 (8.696%) JSON
23 35 (8.009%) Web Development
24 33 (7.551%) .NET
25 32 (7.323%) Windows

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 96 (21.97%) CSS
2 82 (18.76%) HTML
3 73 (16.70%) HTML5
4 49 (11.21%) CSS3
5 46 (10.53%) jQuery
6 45 (10.30%) Web Services
7 43 (9.840%) Spring
8 38 (8.696%) JSON
9 33 (7.551%) .NET
10 30 (6.865%) Flash
10 30 (6.865%) J2EE
11 29 (6.636%) Ajax
12 28 (6.407%) RESTful
13 22 (5.034%) Hibernate
14 19 (4.348%) XML
15 16 (3.661%) Cocoa
15 16 (3.661%) Ruby on Rails
16 15 (3.432%) REST
17 11 (2.517%) Node.js
18 9 (2.059%) Mustache
Application Platforms
1 15 (3.432%) Windows Azure
2 14 (3.204%) CMS
3 12 (2.746%) Apache
4 11 (2.517%) Google App Engine
5 9 (2.059%) nginx
6 8 (1.831%) Amazon AWS
7 5 (1.144%) GlassFish
7 5 (1.144%) IIS
8 4 (0.915%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.686%) Adobe CQ
9 3 (0.686%) Drupal
9 3 (0.686%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.458%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.458%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.458%) SAS
10 2 (0.458%) MS Exchange
10 2 (0.458%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.458%) ESB
10 2 (0.458%) Liferay
11 1 (0.229%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 21 (4.805%) MS Excel
2 20 (4.577%) Photoshop
3 17 (3.890%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (2.517%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (1.831%) MS Office
6 5 (1.144%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.686%) OmniGraffle
7 3 (0.686%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (0.458%) Maya
8 2 (0.458%) MS Project
8 2 (0.458%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.458%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.229%) Fireworks
9 1 (0.229%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.229%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (0.915%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.458%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.204%) HTTP
2 9 (2.059%) Internet
3 7 (1.602%) Intranet
4 5 (1.144%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.144%) Firewall
5 3 (0.686%) Network Security
5 3 (0.686%) BSS
5 3 (0.686%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.686%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (0.686%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.458%) NetScreen
6 2 (0.458%) Wireless
6 2 (0.458%) SSL
6 2 (0.458%) DNS
6 2 (0.458%) SSH
6 2 (0.458%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (0.458%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.458%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.229%) VoIP
7 1 (0.229%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.178%) MySQL
2 17 (3.890%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.746%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.602%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (1.602%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.373%) CouchDB
6 5 (1.144%) Big Data
6 5 (1.144%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (0.915%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.915%) SQL Server 2012
7 4 (0.915%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.686%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.686%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (0.458%) DB2
9 2 (0.458%) OLAP
9 2 (0.458%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.458%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (0.458%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.458%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.458%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 21 (4.805%) Selenium
2 18 (4.119%) JIRA
2 18 (4.119%) Cucumber
3 17 (3.890%) Git (software)
4 15 (3.432%) Subversion
4 15 (3.432%) Visual Studio
5 13 (2.975%) WebDriver
6 12 (2.746%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (2.746%) MSBuild
7 11 (2.517%) Xcode
8 10 (2.288%) Maven
9 8 (1.831%) JUnit
10 5 (1.144%) Mockito
10 5 (1.144%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.144%) Jenkins
10 5 (1.144%) EasyMock
10 5 (1.144%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.915%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.686%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.686%) Firebug
General
1 43 (9.840%) Finance
2 30 (6.865%) Marketing
3 27 (6.178%) Retail
4 13 (2.975%) Publishing
5 9 (2.059%) Multimedia
5 9 (2.059%) Banking
6 8 (1.831%) Online Betting
7 6 (1.373%) Investment Banking
8 4 (0.915%) Advertising
8 4 (0.915%) Telecoms
8 4 (0.915%) Back Office
8 4 (0.915%) Music
9 2 (0.458%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.458%) Front Office
10 1 (0.229%) French Language
10 1 (0.229%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.229%) Billing
10 1 (0.229%) Electronics
10 1 (0.229%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.229%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 200 (45.77%) Developer
2 38 (8.696%) Java Developer
2 38 (8.696%) Analyst
3 34 (7.780%) Designer
4 28 (6.407%) Web Developer
5 27 (6.178%) Senior Developer
5 27 (6.178%) Project Manager
6 21 (4.805%) Business Analyst
7 18 (4.119%) Front-End Developer
8 17 (3.890%) iOS Developer
8 17 (3.890%) Architect
9 15 (3.432%) Mobile Developer
9 15 (3.432%) Senior Java Developer
9 15 (3.432%) Senior Designer
9 15 (3.432%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.204%) Programmer
10 14 (3.204%) Ruby on Rails Developer
10 14 (3.204%) JavaScript Developer
10 14 (3.204%) Android Developer
11 13 (2.975%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 93 (21.28%) Online Games
2 65 (14.87%) Mobile App
3 38 (8.696%) Computer Science
4 30 (6.865%) Social Media
5 27 (6.178%) Digital Media
6 20 (4.577%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (3.890%) New Media
8 14 (3.204%) Social Gaming
9 13 (2.975%) Mobile Games
10 12 (2.746%) iPhone
11 11 (2.517%) iPad
12 10 (2.288%) IPTV
13 9 (2.059%) Spread Betting
13 9 (2.059%) W3C
14 8 (1.831%) Interactive TV
14 8 (1.831%) Video on Demand
15 6 (1.373%) Streaming Video
15 6 (1.373%) Animation
15 6 (1.373%) Physics
16 5 (1.144%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 46 (10.53%) Apple iOS
2 41 (9.382%) Android
3 32 (7.323%) Windows
4 27 (6.178%) Linux
5 12 (2.746%) UNIX
6 7 (1.602%) Windows 8
7 3 (0.686%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.686%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.686%) Solaris
8 2 (0.458%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.229%) CentOS
9 1 (0.229%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.229%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.229%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.229%) Fedora
9 1 (0.229%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (22.20%) Agile Software Development
2 81 (18.54%) TDD
3 60 (13.73%) Scrum
4 58 (13.27%) E-Commerce
5 54 (12.36%) OO
6 53 (12.13%) Continuous Integration
7 51 (11.67%) BDD
8 35 (8.009%) Web Development
9 28 (6.407%) MVC
9 28 (6.407%) Game Development
10 22 (5.034%) Project Management
11 21 (4.805%) Analytics
12 20 (4.577%) Test Automation
12 20 (4.577%) Pair Programming
13 19 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (4.119%) OOP
14 18 (4.119%) Business Analysis
15 14 (3.204%) Software Engineering
16 13 (2.975%) Mobile Application Development
17 11 (2.517%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 121 (27.69%) JavaScript
2 102 (23.34%) Java
3 50 (11.44%) C#
4 46 (10.53%) C++
5 42 (9.611%) SQL
6 41 (9.382%) Ruby
7 27 (6.178%) Objective-C
8 23 (5.263%) ActionScript
9 21 (4.805%) PHP
10 16 (3.661%) Python
10 16 (3.661%) Lua
10 16 (3.661%) ActionScript 3.0
11 15 (3.432%) Perl
12 10 (2.288%) C
13 9 (2.059%) ActionScript 2.0
14 8 (1.831%) XAML
15 7 (1.602%) Scala
16 6 (1.373%) Bash shell
17 5 (1.144%) VBScript
18 4 (0.915%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (6.636%) Degree
2 5 (1.144%) ISEB
3 4 (0.915%) PMP
3 4 (0.915%) PMI Certification
3 4 (0.915%) ISTQB
4 3 (0.686%) CISSP
4 3 (0.686%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.458%) CCNP
5 2 (0.458%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.458%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.229%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.229%) MCITP
6 1 (0.229%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.229%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.229%) CCNA
6 1 (0.229%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.407%) QA
2 4 (0.915%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.686%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.686%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.059%) Varnish
2 5 (1.144%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.144%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.915%) vCloud
4 3 (0.686%) vSphere
5 2 (0.458%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.229%) XenApp
6 1 (0.229%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.229%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (0.686%) SCCM
2 2 (0.458%) WSUS
2 2 (0.458%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.458%) Puppet
3 1 (0.229%) HP Operations Orchestration
3 1 (0.229%) BladeLogic
3 1 (0.229%) Nagios
Vendors
1 28 (6.407%) Google
2 22 (5.034%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.034%) Adobe
3 21 (4.805%) Facebook
4 16 (3.661%) Twitter
5 13 (2.975%) Oracle
6 8 (1.831%) VMware
6 8 (1.831%) Sencha
7 5 (1.144%) Cisco
7 5 (1.144%) Sony
8 4 (0.915%) Citrix
8 4 (0.915%) Infoblox
9 3 (0.686%) Zend
9 3 (0.686%) Omniture
9 3 (0.686%) TIBCO
9 3 (0.686%) OpenTV
10 2 (0.458%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.458%) Perforce
10 2 (0.458%) JBoss
10 2 (0.458%) Business Objects
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