The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Nottinghamshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 40 35 28
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -7
Contract jobs citing Games 2 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.571% 0.714% 2.894%
As % of the General category 1.869% 3.226% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
Average daily rate £525 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -41.17%
All of the General Category
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
107 62 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 30.57% 22.14% 23.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 26 44
Average daily rate £388 £338 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -6.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £630 £706
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 3
Average hourly rate £29.25 £14.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+108.92% -65.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.48 £14.00 £14.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £14.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Games
East Midlands

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottingham -3 2 £525 - 4
Games
East Midlands

Games
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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