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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in contract IT jobs within the Oxford 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3426
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.012 %
As % of the category below4.286 %14.81 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£210-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£220-
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£335
% change on same period last year-8.20 %
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£31.93£19.23
% change on same period last year+66.10 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads7081
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.080 %
Daily rates quoted3620
Average minimum daily rate£278£361
Average daily rate£294£392
% change on same period last year-25.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Hourly rates quoted69
Average minimum hourly rate£12.22£15.92
Average hourly rate£13.11£18.43
% change on same period last year-28.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00£20.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.14£27.27
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Games OxfordshireGames
Oxfordshire

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

Oxford Games Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Games across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oxford Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

15 (62.50 %)C++
24 (50.00 %)STL
33 (37.50 %)OO
33 (37.50 %)Flash
33 (37.50 %)OpenGL
33 (37.50 %)ActionScript
42 (25.00 %)3D Graphics
42 (25.00 %)Trolltech
51 (12.50 %)Animation
51 (12.50 %)Flash Games
51 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
51 (12.50 %)MFC
51 (12.50 %)C

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (50.00 %)STL
23 (37.50 %)OpenGL
31 (12.50 %)MFC
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)Flash
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)3D Graphics
21 (12.50 %)Animation
21 (12.50 %)Flash Games
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Developer
23 (37.50 %)Flash Developer
32 (25.00 %)ActionScript Developer
32 (25.00 %)Games Developer
41 (12.50 %)C++ Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Flash Developer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)OO
21 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C++
23 (37.50 %)ActionScript
31 (12.50 %)C
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Trolltech