Games Contracts in the North of England

Gaming
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 177 167
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 -29
Contract jobs citing Games 14 36 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.30% 0.63% 1.12%
As % of the General category 0.54% 1.14% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 35 79
10th Percentile £271 £276 £363
25th Percentile £419 £403 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +17.28%
75th Percentile £638 £511 £538
90th Percentile £675 £579 £645
England median daily rate £413 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.21 £60.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -31.32% +37.14% +48.68%

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,572 3,162 3,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.81% 55.40% 50.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,507 2,185 2,585
10th Percentile £256 £300 £206
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% +7.95%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £560
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 90 178
10th Percentile £12.13 £14.23 £11.20
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.95 £14.96
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +35.51% +1.72%
75th Percentile £33.00 £37.30 £31.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.02 £50.98
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the North of England

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Games in the North of England

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in the North of England

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Games in the North of England

Games
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Yorkshire +19 9 £575 +17.95% 45
North West +11 5 £323 -22.29% 82
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe After Effects
1 3 (21.43%) Blender
1 3 (21.43%) Maya
1 3 (21.43%) Photoshop
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Integration Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Lecturer
3 1 (7.14%) Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) Author
3 1 (7.14%) Games Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Project Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Author
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (7.14%) AngularJS
2 1 (7.14%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (14.29%) Sports Betting
3 1 (7.14%) Online Gambling
3 1 (7.14%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (21.43%) Interaction Design
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (14.29%) Web Development
4 1 (7.14%) API Integration
4 1 (7.14%) Business Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.14%) SDLC
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.14%) User Stories
4 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft