Game Development Contracts in the South East

Games Development
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Game Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.018% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £288 £300 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% -45.45% +56.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £10.24 - -
Median hourly rate £10.30 - -
75th Percentile £10.36 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £10.30 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year -75.76% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,729 5,219 6,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.98% 89.43% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 3,621 4,692
10th Percentile £238 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £406 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 221 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.15 £16.15
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in the South East

Game Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Game Development in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Game Development in the South East

Game Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Game Development in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Game Development in the South East

Game Development
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
Thames Valley - 1 - - 4
Game Development
England

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Games Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management