Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in contract IT jobs within the South Yorkshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-48
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads09
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.663 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£170
Average daily rate-£185
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£314£354
% change on same period last year-11.25 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£45.00
Average hourly rate-£45.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.82£20.17
% change on same period last year-16.61 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads78193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.207 %
Daily rates quoted1728
Average minimum daily rate£286£223
Average daily rate£319£245
% change on same period last year+30.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£266
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£378
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted3056
Average minimum hourly rate£25.73£27.29
Average hourly rate£26.40£28.64
% change on same period last year-7.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.07£29.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£26.62
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Games YorkshireGames
Yorkshire

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Games Hourly Rate Trend

Games
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)VB6
11 (100.00 %)Online Games
11 (100.00 %)Online Gambling

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Online Games
11 (100.00 %)Online Gambling
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %)VB6