The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 23 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 Maidenhead 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Games 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 2.564% - -
As % of the General category 8.000% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £463 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
- +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-30.76% +44.44%
All of the General Category
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
25 48 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 32.05% 61.54% 54.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 26
Average daily rate £350 £410 £105
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.63% +290.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £302 £89
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £410 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £34.00 £20.00 £39.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -49.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Games
Berkshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Maidenhead Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Retail

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Games Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Games Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Maidenhead
Rank Group currently requires a Development Team Lead (C#, WCF, MVC) in their HQ based in Maidenhead... We are looking for someone that is an expert with the...
The Rank Group
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013