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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in contract IT jobs within the Newcastle 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£310£360
% change on same period last year-13.91 %
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£28.09£17.68
% change on same period last year+58.82 %
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Newcastle
Matching contract IT job ads5581
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.081 %
Daily rates quoted1726
Average minimum daily rate£330£357
Average daily rate£335£366
% change on same period last year-8.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£380
% change on same period last year+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted63
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£63.67
Average hourly rate£32.50£68.67
% change on same period last year-52.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£73.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.04£26.85
% change on same period last year+4.41 %
Games Tyne and WearGames
Tyne and Wear

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 Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Newcastle Games Demand Trend

Games
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

13 (100.00 %)C#
22 (66.67 %).NET Framework
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)Transact-SQL
22 (66.67 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)ASP
31 (33.33 %)Windows
31 (33.33 %)OO
31 (33.33 %)OOD
31 (33.33 %)Animation
31 (33.33 %)Physics
31 (33.33 %)Software Engineering
31 (33.33 %)C++
31 (33.33 %)RPG

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %).NET
12 (66.67 %)ASP
12 (66.67 %).NET Framework
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Animation
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
12 (66.67 %)C# Developer
12 (66.67 %)ASP Developer
21 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Senior Software Engineer
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Physics
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)OO
11 (33.33 %)OOD
11 (33.33 %)Software Engineering
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)Transact-SQL
31 (33.33 %)C++
31 (33.33 %)RPG