Games Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 51 81 81
Rank change year-on-year
+30 0
Contract jobs citing Games 19 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.275% 0.269% 0.384%
As % of the General category 6.109% 0.688% 1.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
Average daily rate £250 - £130
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 - £106
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 - £346
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.92% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £7.50 £7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +44.44%
Search 2 Games jobs in Reading
All of the General Category
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 311 436 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 37.25% 39.10% 25.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 131 103
Average daily rate £326 £314 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.74% -10.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £220 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £524 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 12
Average hourly rate £15.00 £11.38 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.86% +3.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Games
Berkshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Games across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Games Daily Rate Histogram

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (36.36%) C#
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
1 8 (36.36%) MS Excel
1 8 (36.36%) Publishing
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 7 (31.82%) Visual Studio
2 7 (31.82%) CSS
3 6 (27.27%) IIS
3 6 (27.27%) HTML
3 6 (27.27%) MS Visio
3 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 6 (27.27%) jQuery
3 6 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
4 5 (22.73%) REST
4 5 (22.73%) Marketing
4 5 (22.73%) WCF
4 5 (22.73%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 5 (22.73%) C++
4 5 (22.73%) Web Services
5 4 (18.18%) CMS
5 4 (18.18%) Web Development
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 4 (18.18%) Automated Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Windows Azure
5 4 (18.18%) Load Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 7 (31.82%) CSS
2 6 (27.27%) HTML
2 6 (27.27%) jQuery
3 5 (22.73%) REST
3 5 (22.73%) WCF
3 5 (22.73%) Web Services
4 3 (13.64%) COM
5 1 (4.545%) HTML5
5 1 (4.545%) MDX
5 1 (4.545%) Zend Framework
5 1 (4.545%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) IIS
2 4 (18.18%) CMS
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Azure
3 1 (4.545%) WordPress
3 1 (4.545%) Drupal
3 1 (4.545%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 6 (27.27%) MS Visio
3 5 (22.73%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (4.545%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (4.545%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (4.545%) SPSS
4 1 (4.545%) MS Office
4 1 (4.545%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) NAS
1 1 (4.545%) DHCP
1 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.545%) DNS
1 1 (4.545%) SAN
1 1 (4.545%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.091%) Data Mining
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.545%) OLAP
3 1 (4.545%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Publishing
2 5 (22.73%) Marketing
3 2 (9.091%) Finance
4 1 (4.545%) Music
4 1 (4.545%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Software Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 6 (27.27%) Software Development Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Development Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Developer
4 1 (4.545%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 1 (4.545%) 3D Software Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Server Support
4 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Designer
4 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Web Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.545%) Software Developer
4 1 (4.545%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.64%) Statistics
4 2 (9.091%) Online Games
4 2 (9.091%) Kinect
5 1 (4.545%) Digital Media
5 1 (4.545%) New Media
5 1 (4.545%) Graphic Design
5 1 (4.545%) Animation
5 1 (4.545%) BBC
5 1 (4.545%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
2 4 (18.18%) Web Development
2 4 (18.18%) Automated Testing
2 4 (18.18%) Load Testing
2 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy
2 4 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (13.64%) Project Management
3 3 (13.64%) E-Commerce
4 2 (9.091%) Code Coverage
4 2 (9.091%) Performance Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (9.091%) Software Architecture
4 2 (9.091%) Process Architecture
4 2 (9.091%) Game Development
5 1 (4.545%) Capacity Management
5 1 (4.545%) Analytics
5 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.545%) Predictive Analytics
5 1 (4.545%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) C#
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
2 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
2 5 (22.73%) C++
3 2 (9.091%) C
4 1 (4.545%) Lua
4 1 (4.545%) PHP
4 1 (4.545%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) NLBS
1 1 (4.545%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.545%) Zend
2 1 (4.545%) Sony
2 1 (4.545%) Yahoo!
Business Intelligence Analyst
Reading, Thames Valley
Our client is a leading AAA Games Studio and they are currently seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst to join their Business and Strategy Team, to have responsibility for...
Volt
Rate: £5000.00 - £55000.00 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
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