The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Game Development 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £213
% change year-on-year
- +64.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +183.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 131 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.50% 47.99% 65.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 55 52
Average daily rate £450 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £645 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 59
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Game Development
England

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Game Development across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Midlands Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Process Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft