The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Scotland 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
Games Development
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Game Development 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.080% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.116% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £240
% change year-on-year
+10.71% +45.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-23.52% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1731 1715 1874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 69.13% 63.78% 65.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 826 1002
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 62 44
Average hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £28.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% -15.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Game Development
UK

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Game Development across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the Scotland 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
Dundee - 1 - - 1
Game Development
UK

Game Development
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 5 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) C++
2 4 (80.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (40.00%) Mobile Games
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (40.00%) 3D Programming
4 2 (40.00%) ActionScript 3.0
4 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (40.00%) ActionScript
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
4 2 (40.00%) JNI
4 2 (40.00%) Flash
5 1 (20.00%) MVC
5 1 (20.00%) Web Development
5 1 (20.00%) OO
5 1 (20.00%) CSS
5 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (20.00%) CSS3
5 1 (20.00%) HTML5
5 1 (20.00%) Android

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) JNI
1 2 (40.00%) Flash
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) CSS3
2 1 (20.00%) HTML5
General
1 5 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Games Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Games Programmer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Programmer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Games Programmer
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Games
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) 3D Programming
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) ActionScript 3.0
2 2 (40.00%) ActionScript
2 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Glasgow, Scotland
I am currently recruiting for a Games Developer on behalf of my Client who are a consultancy based in Glasgow City Centre. The initial contract will be for...
Computer Futures
Posted: 31 May 2013
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