Games Designer Contracts

Game Designer
UK

The median Game Designer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 692 842
Rank change year-on-year +117 +150 -143
Contract jobs requiring a Games Designer 10 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.002% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.002% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 7
10th Percentile £265 - £225
25th Percentile £402 £263 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £275 £300
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -8.33% -29.41%
75th Percentile £594 £288 £431
90th Percentile £600 - £488
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Games Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Games Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Games Designer in the UK

Games Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games Designer.

Daily rate trend for Games Designer in the UK

Games Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games Designer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Games Designer in the UK

Games Designer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games Designer within the UK 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
England +112 10 £450 +63.64% 10
London +95 8 £575 +109.09% 2
UK excluding London - 2 £418 - 8
East Midlands - 2 £418 - 1
Midlands - 2 £418 - 6
Work from Home - 1 £600 - 4

Games Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Games Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Games Designer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Games
2 9 (90.00%) UX Design
2 9 (90.00%) User Experience
3 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 3 (30.00%) Psychology
5 3 (30.00%) Adobe
5 3 (30.00%) Unreal Engine
5 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
5 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Adobe XD
5 3 (30.00%) Sketch
5 3 (30.00%) Figma
6 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
6 2 (20.00%) User Research
6 2 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Vision
6 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (20.00%) Data Science
6 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) HTML
6 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
6 2 (20.00%) Web Development
6 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (20.00%) Axure RP

Games Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (30.00%) Adobe XD
1 3 (30.00%) Sketch
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Games
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (30.00%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile Games
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) User Experience
1 9 (90.00%) UX Design
2 3 (30.00%) Psychology
2 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Vision
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Data Science
3 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (20.00%) User Research
3 2 (20.00%) Web Application Development
3 2 (20.00%) Web Development
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe