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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in contract IT jobs within the Milton Keynes region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7467
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.193 %0.234 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£308
% change on same period last year+14.72 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.96£21.35
% change on same period last year+40.35 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads519427
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.692 %0.432 %
Daily rates quoted15681
Average minimum daily rate£334£369
Average daily rate£347£392
% change on same period last year-11.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted3831
Average minimum hourly rate£24.90£18.90
Average hourly rate£25.53£19.87
% change on same period last year+28.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.17£20.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.78£27.25
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Games BuckinghamshireGames
Buckinghamshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Milton Keynes Games Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Games across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

18 (88.89 %)Degree
26 (66.67 %)Finance
26 (66.67 %)Java
34 (44.44 %)MySQL
34 (44.44 %)Intel
34 (44.44 %)Red Hat
34 (44.44 %)PHP
34 (44.44 %)Linux
34 (44.44 %)Apache
34 (44.44 %)Tomcat
34 (44.44 %)VMware
34 (44.44 %)Computer Science
34 (44.44 %)Time Management
43 (33.33 %)Flash
43 (33.33 %)Adobe
52 (22.22 %)ActionScript
52 (22.22 %)J2EE
52 (22.22 %)Adobe Flex
52 (22.22 %)Online Games
61 (11.11 %)Multimedia
61 (11.11 %)E-Learning
61 (11.11 %)Lingo
61 (11.11 %)Electric
61 (11.11 %)HTML
61 (11.11 %)Photoshop
61 (11.11 %)XML

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (22.22 %)J2EE
12 (22.22 %)Adobe Flex
21 (11.11 %)HTML
21 (11.11 %)XML
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (44.44 %)Apache
14 (44.44 %)Tomcat
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)Photoshop
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)MySQL
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (33.33 %)Flash
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (66.67 %)Finance
22 (22.22 %)Online Games
31 (11.11 %)Electric
31 (11.11 %)Multimedia
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (55.56 %)Developer
24 (44.44 %)Systems Administrator
24 (44.44 %)Administrator
24 (44.44 %)Linux Systems Administrator
24 (44.44 %)Linux Administrator
32 (22.22 %)Java Developer
32 (22.22 %)Web Developer
41 (11.11 %)J2EE Developer
41 (11.11 %)Multimedia Developer
41 (11.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (44.44 %)Computer Science
21 (11.11 %)E-Learning
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (44.44 %)Linux
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)Time Management
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)Java
24 (44.44 %)PHP
32 (22.22 %)ActionScript
41 (11.11 %)Lingo
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (88.89 %)Degree
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Intel
14 (44.44 %)Red Hat
14 (44.44 %)VMware
23 (33.33 %)Adobe
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