The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Game Development 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South East 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
Games Development
Rank 204 237 248
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +11
Contract jobs citing Game Development 20 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.257% 0.020% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.378% 0.030% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £275 - £153
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 - £127
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 - £179
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £213
% change year-on-year
- +64.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-23.52% +183.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Game Development
England

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Game Development Daily Rate Trend

Game Development
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Game Development Daily Rate Histogram

Game Development
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Game Development across the South East region.

South East Game Development Hourly 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Surrey - 12 - -
Berkshire +19 5 - -
Kent - 4 £255 -
Game Development
England

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 30 (100.00%) Games
2 22 (73.33%) C++
3 13 (43.33%) C#
4 11 (36.67%) SQL
5 10 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 9 (30.00%) Automated Testing
6 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 9 (30.00%) Visual Studio
7 8 (26.67%) Python
7 8 (26.67%) C
7 8 (26.67%) Scrum
7 8 (26.67%) Degree
8 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
9 6 (20.00%) MS Visio
9 6 (20.00%) Data Mining
9 6 (20.00%) IIS
9 6 (20.00%) Windows
9 6 (20.00%) Code Coverage
9 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
9 6 (20.00%) Software Architecture
9 6 (20.00%) Process Architecture
9 6 (20.00%) Kinect
9 6 (20.00%) Test Strategy
10 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (16.67%) REST
10 5 (16.67%) Web Services
10 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
10 5 (16.67%) WCF
10 5 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (13.33%) Software Engineering

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 5 (16.67%) REST
1 5 (16.67%) Web Services
1 5 (16.67%) WCF
2 3 (10.00%) .NET
3 2 (6.667%) Cocoa
3 2 (6.667%) Middleware
3 2 (6.667%) Cocoa Touch
4 1 (3.333%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) IIS
2 3 (10.00%) Windows Azure
3 2 (6.667%) Google App Engine
4 1 (3.333%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 6 (20.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (6.667%) Maya
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Data Mining
2 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (10.00%) MSBuild
3 2 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (3.333%) Ant
General
1 30 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (3.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Programmer
2 9 (30.00%) Development Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Developer
4 5 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Software Development Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Games Programmer
6 3 (10.00%) C++ Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Test Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Software Test Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Programmer
7 2 (6.667%) C++ Programmer
7 2 (6.667%) Audio Engineer
7 2 (6.667%) Audio Programmer
7 2 (6.667%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Build Engineer
7 2 (6.667%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Mobile Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (3.333%) C++ Games Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 6 (20.00%) Kinect
3 4 (13.33%) Streaming Video
3 4 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (13.33%) Animation
3 4 (13.33%) Visualisation
4 2 (6.667%) Physics
4 2 (6.667%) iPhone
4 2 (6.667%) Blackberry
4 2 (6.667%) Mobile Games
4 2 (6.667%) iPad
4 2 (6.667%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.333%) Online Games
5 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Windows 8
3 2 (6.667%) Android
3 2 (6.667%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Automated Testing
2 8 (26.67%) Scrum
3 6 (20.00%) Code Coverage
3 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (20.00%) Software Architecture
3 6 (20.00%) Process Architecture
3 6 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (13.33%) Software Engineering
5 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
5 4 (13.33%) Regression Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Analytics
6 3 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (6.667%) MVC
7 2 (6.667%) Load Testing
7 2 (6.667%) User Stories
8 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (3.333%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) C++
2 13 (43.33%) C#
3 11 (36.67%) SQL
4 8 (26.67%) Python
4 8 (26.67%) C
5 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 2 (6.667%) Objective-C
6 2 (6.667%) Lua
7 1 (3.333%) HLSL
7 1 (3.333%) GLSL
7 1 (3.333%) PHP
7 1 (3.333%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.333%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (6.667%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.667%) Google
2 2 (6.667%) Autodesk
3 1 (3.333%) Perforce