The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games 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 terms in our General category for the Nottingham 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
Gaming
Rank 35 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Games 2 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.699% - 2.609%
As % of the General category 2.532% - 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £525 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £325 £260
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-56.25% +77.77%
All of the General Category
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
79 52 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 27.62% 23.01% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 18
Average daily rate £400 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £675 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 £14.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+96.42% +21.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Games
Nottinghamshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Nottingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Nottingham Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

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

Nottingham Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Nottingham region.

Nottingham Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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.

1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Northgate
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) OLTP
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) OLTP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DBA
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) VMware
1 1 (25.00%) Northgate
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix