The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our General category for the Staffordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 15 20 30
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +10
Contract jobs citing Games 5 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 5.882% 5.991% 4.110%
As % of the General category 16.67% 17.11% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 6
Average daily rate £330 £325 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% +44.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £258
% change year-on-year
- +26.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-56.25% +77.77%
All of the General Category
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
30 76 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 35.29% 35.02% 29.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 29
Average daily rate £250 £295 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.25% -9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £355 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
Average hourly rate £21.29 £29.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.58% -17.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Games
West Midlands

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Staffordshire Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Stoke-on-Trent +2 4 £330 +1.53%
Games
West Midlands

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (80.00%) N-Tier
2 4 (80.00%) SOA
2 4 (80.00%) VB.NET
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) XSLT
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) XHTML
2 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (80.00%) SEO
2 4 (80.00%) Document Management
2 4 (80.00%) Ajax
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Android
2 4 (80.00%) AccuRev
2 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) CSS3
2 4 (80.00%) Web Application Development
3 3 (60.00%) BlackBerry OS
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Mobile

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) XSLT
2 4 (80.00%) XHTML
2 4 (80.00%) Ajax
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
2 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 4 (80.00%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Web Developer
1 4 (80.00%) VB.NET Developer
1 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Developer
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Web Developer
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Developer
1 4 (80.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) N-Tier
1 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (60.00%) WURFL
3 1 (20.00%) Handset
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) BlackBerry OS
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Mobile
2 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (80.00%) SOA
2 4 (80.00%) SEO
2 4 (80.00%) Document Management
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Web Application Development
3 3 (60.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) VB.NET
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) AccuRev
2 1 (20.00%) Symbian