Games Contracts in London

Gaming
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 380 334
Rank change year-on-year +52 -46 -9
Contract jobs citing Games 66 122 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.37% 0.45% 0.76%
As % of the General category 0.59% 0.71% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 95 231
10th Percentile £263 £263 £388
25th Percentile £325 £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £555 £611 £644
90th Percentile £658 £656 £700
England median daily rate £419 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -15.35% -1.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £37.45 - £22.97
25th Percentile £39.25 - £36.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £60.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +31.87% +49.18%
75th Percentile £45.75 £67.50 £71.81
90th Percentile £47.55 £72.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £39.92 £60.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -33.47% +31.87% +49.18%

All General Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,195 17,145 23,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.20% 63.40% 59.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,991 12,398 16,744
10th Percentile £336 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £801 £825 £794
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 220 297
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.59 £19.76
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.50 £32.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% -9.86% +29.09%
75th Percentile £43.75 £58.19 £49.75
90th Percentile £65.45 £70.00 £64.53
England median hourly rate £30.00 £33.91 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.53% +58.27% -4.78%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in London

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Games in London

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in London

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in London.

Hourly rate trend for Games in London

Games
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Central London +15 6 £600 +1.27% 25
West London +17 3 £60 - 18
East London - 2 £540 - 12
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Apache
2 1 (1.52%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) 3ds Max
1 2 (3.03%) Blender
1 2 (3.03%) Maya
2 1 (1.52%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.58%) Figma
1 5 (7.58%) SaaS
2 4 (6.06%) AWS
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.03%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.52%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (1.52%) Amazon MSK
5 1 (1.52%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (1.52%) Azure
5 1 (1.52%) dbt
5 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.52%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.52%) Serverless
5 1 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.52%) Unqork
5 1 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Internet
1 2 (3.03%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.52%) MySQL
1 1 (1.52%) Power BI
1 1 (1.52%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Cypress.io
1 1 (1.52%) Git
1 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 22 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.64%) Marketing
3 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Back Office
5 2 (3.03%) Finance
5 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Retail
6 1 (1.52%) Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (1.52%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.52%) French Language
6 1 (1.52%) German Language
6 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (22.73%) Designer
2 12 (18.18%) Developer
3 9 (13.64%) Lead
4 7 (10.61%) Games Designer
4 7 (10.61%) Senior
4 7 (10.61%) UX Designer
5 6 (9.09%) Software Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Senior Designer
7 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.06%) UI Designer
8 3 (4.55%) C++ Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Games Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Python Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Rust Software Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Senior Games Designer
8 3 (4.55%) Technical Manager
8 3 (4.55%) Technical Writer
8 3 (4.55%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (21.21%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 14 (21.21%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (6.06%) CSS
2 4 (6.06%) FFmpeg
2 4 (6.06%) HTML
3 2 (3.03%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (3.03%) React
3 2 (3.03%) REST
3 2 (3.03%) Visualforce
3 2 (3.03%) WebGL
4 1 (1.52%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.52%) HTML5
4 1 (1.52%) Kafka
4 1 (1.52%) Node.js
4 1 (1.52%) NumPy
4 1 (1.52%) Playwright
4 1 (1.52%) React Native
4 1 (1.52%) Redux
4 1 (1.52%) SciPy
4 1 (1.52%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Mobile Games
2 7 (10.61%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (9.09%) Virtual Reality
4 5 (7.58%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (4.55%) Animation
5 3 (4.55%) e-Learning
5 3 (4.55%) Learning Management System
5 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.55%) Social Media
6 2 (3.03%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.03%) Digital Media
6 2 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.52%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (1.52%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.52%) HTC Vive
7 1 (1.52%) Online Games
7 1 (1.52%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.58%) Android
2 3 (4.55%) Apple iOS
2 3 (4.55%) Windows
3 1 (1.52%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.70%) Mentoring
1 13 (19.70%) User Experience
2 12 (18.18%) UX Design
3 10 (15.15%) Agile
4 9 (13.64%) Game Development
4 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.61%) Computer Science
5 7 (10.61%) Data Protection
6 6 (9.09%) Project Management
6 6 (9.09%) Prototyping
6 6 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 6 (9.09%) Software Engineering
7 5 (7.58%) Web Development
8 4 (6.06%) Android Development
8 4 (6.06%) Change Management
8 4 (6.06%) Computer Vision
8 4 (6.06%) Data Science
8 4 (6.06%) Scrum
8 4 (6.06%) User Stories
8 4 (6.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.12%) Python
2 6 (9.09%) C++
2 6 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.58%) C#
3 5 (7.58%) SQL
4 3 (4.55%) Rust
4 3 (4.55%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.03%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.52%) Java
6 1 (1.52%) PHP
6 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.03%) PMP
4 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) QA
2 4 (6.06%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (6.06%) Oracle
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (1.52%) Adobe
4 1 (1.52%) Apple
4 1 (1.52%) Databricks
4 1 (1.52%) Google
4 1 (1.52%) Instagram
4 1 (1.52%) SAP
4 1 (1.52%) TikTok
4 1 (1.52%) VMware
4 1 (1.52%) Workday