Games Contracts in the South West

Gaming
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 164 166
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 -35
Contract jobs citing Games 4 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% 0.083% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.24% 0.17% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £253 £395
25th Percentile £488 £256 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £275 £538
Median % change year-on-year +90.91% -48.84% +13.16%
75th Percentile £563 £306 £659
90th Percentile - £318 £744
England median daily rate £419 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -15.35% -1.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £6.57 - -
Median hourly rate £7.85 - -
75th Percentile £22.07 - -
90th Percentile £29.83 - -
England median hourly rate £39.92 £60.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -33.47% +31.87% +49.18%

All General Skills
South West

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,638 1,792 1,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.61% 49.42% 51.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 1,321 1,330
10th Percentile £215 £275 £228
25th Percentile £410 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +11.79% +4.84%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 128 135
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £18.16 £37.50 £15.90
Median hourly rate £45.00 £60.35 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.43% +35.62% +11.25%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £55.32
90th Percentile £75.00 £87.58 £64.65
England median hourly rate £30.00 £33.91 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.53% +58.27% -4.78%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the South West

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Games in the South West

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Games in the South West

Games
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Games in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Games in the South West

Games
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorset - 2 - - 5
Bristol +22 1 £525 +90.91% 17
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 5
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Advertising
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RF Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RF Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) CUDA
1 1 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (25.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Python