Games Contracts in the North West

Gaming
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 142 136
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 -37
Contract jobs citing Games 4 18 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.56% 1.13%
As % of the General category 0.27% 1.09% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 18 46
10th Percentile £178 £261 £372
25th Percentile £232 £373 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £415 £460
Median % change year-on-year -22.29% -9.78% +13.58%
75th Percentile £412 £447 £525
90th Percentile £465 £500 £544
England median daily rate £419 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -15.35% -1.00% +17.65%

All General Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,480 1,657 2,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.56% 51.86% 50.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 906 1,141 1,433
10th Percentile £300 £305 £213
25th Percentile £395 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £573
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 82 116
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.88 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.50 £19.28 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36.95 £38.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £52.90 £53.45
England median hourly rate £30.00 £33.91 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.53% +58.27% -4.78%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the North West

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Games in the North West

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in the North West

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Games in the North West

Games
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Manchester -1 2 £323 -22.29% 49
Merseyside - 2 - - 16
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lecturer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Games Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Online Gambling
1 1 (25.00%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO