Games Contracts in the UK excluding London

Gaming
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 358 346
Rank change year-on-year +26 -12 -49
Contract jobs citing Games 54 98 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.42% 0.52%
As % of the General category 0.49% 0.74% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 85 134
10th Percentile £220 £210 £354
25th Percentile £342 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -10.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £453 £575 £549
90th Percentile £619 £738 £693
UK median daily rate £419 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -14.49% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £6.57 - -
25th Percentile £14.45 - -
Median hourly rate £21.10 - -
75th Percentile £51.84 - -
90th Percentile £63.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £39.92 £60.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -33.47% +37.54% +40.73%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,090 13,277 17,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.42% 56.49% 55.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,304 9,083 11,757
10th Percentile £205 £230 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,641 766 1,031
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +55.08% -4.10%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.68 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.74 £68.75 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Games in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Games in the UK excluding London

Games
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Midlands +35 19 £322 -1.08% 101
North of England +3 14 £500 +17.65% 142
East of England -14 14 £375 -36.87% 48
West Midlands +22 12 £225 -30.77% 72
Yorkshire +18 9 £575 +17.95% 45
East Midlands +25 7 £419 +15.59% 29
North West +10 5 £323 -22.29% 86
South West +16 3 £525 +90.91% 37
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1
South East +14 1 - - 129
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.56%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Photoshop
2 7 (12.96%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (9.26%) Adobe Premiere
3 5 (9.26%) Maya
3 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (5.56%) Blender
6 2 (3.70%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (3.70%) Adobe XD
6 2 (3.70%) NUKE
6 2 (3.70%) Sketch
7 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) AWS
2 4 (7.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 3 (5.56%) Azure
3 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.70%) Discord
4 2 (3.70%) Figma
4 2 (3.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.85%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.85%) Serverless
5 1 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.85%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Intranet
1 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (1.85%) MySQL
1 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.85%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Axure RP
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.85%) VTune
General
1 19 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.22%) Marketing
3 6 (11.11%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Advertising
5 2 (3.70%) Automotive
5 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Publishing
6 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) Lead
2 7 (12.96%) Test Leader
3 6 (11.11%) Analyst
4 4 (7.41%) Software Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Architect
5 3 (5.56%) Communications Officer
5 3 (5.56%) Developer
5 3 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Designer
6 2 (3.70%) Games Designer
6 2 (3.70%) Integration Architect
6 2 (3.70%) IT Technician
6 2 (3.70%) Lecturer
6 2 (3.70%) Salesforce Developer
6 2 (3.70%) Team Leader
6 2 (3.70%) UI Designer
6 2 (3.70%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (3.70%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.96%) Unreal Engine
2 5 (9.26%) React
3 4 (7.41%) HTML
4 2 (3.70%) CSS
4 2 (3.70%) Kafka
4 2 (3.70%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (3.70%) REST
4 2 (3.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (3.70%) Visualforce
4 2 (3.70%) V-Ray
5 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.85%) DirectX
5 1 (1.85%) Node.js
5 1 (1.85%) OpenGL
5 1 (1.85%) React Native
5 1 (1.85%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Video Editing
2 4 (7.41%) Motion Graphics
3 3 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (5.56%) Cyberattack
3 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.56%) Photography
3 3 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.70%) Social Media
4 2 (3.70%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) CUDA
5 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.85%) Online Gambling
5 1 (1.85%) Online Games
5 1 (1.85%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Linux
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.67%) Web Development
2 8 (14.81%) Agile
3 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.96%) Project Management
3 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
4 6 (11.11%) Test Management
4 6 (11.11%) Test Planning
5 5 (9.26%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (9.26%) Software Testing
6 4 (7.41%) Decision-Making
6 4 (7.41%) DevOps
6 4 (7.41%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (7.41%) Software Engineering
6 4 (7.41%) Test Automation
7 3 (5.56%) Change Management
7 3 (5.56%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) JavaScript
2 5 (9.26%) C#
2 5 (9.26%) SQL
3 4 (7.41%) C++
4 2 (3.70%) Apex Code
4 2 (3.70%) Python
5 1 (1.85%) Bash
5 1 (1.85%) C
5 1 (1.85%) GLSL
5 1 (1.85%) HLSL
5 1 (1.85%) PHP
5 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Ansible
1 1 (1.85%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.85%) Puppet
1 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (16.67%) Adobe
2 3 (5.56%) Darktrace
2 3 (5.56%) FireEye
2 3 (5.56%) LogRhythm
2 3 (5.56%) Splunk
2 3 (5.56%) Twitter
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.85%) Facebook
4 1 (1.85%) Google
4 1 (1.85%) Instagram
4 1 (1.85%) SAP
4 1 (1.85%) TikTok
4 1 (1.85%) YouTube