Unity (Game Engine) Contracts

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Unity (Game Engine) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 674 826
Rank change year-on-year +124 +152 -225
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 29 26 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.043% 0.038%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 21
10th Percentile £208 £268 £263
25th Percentile £263 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £375 £513
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -26.83% +28.13%
75th Percentile £529 £456 £700
90th Percentile £590 £508 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +60.00% -16.67% +31.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £37.45 - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £61.38 - £48.75
90th Percentile £72.55 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Unity (Game Engine) is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,938 13,979 24,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 23.31% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,209 10,212 17,679
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £764 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 155 243
10th Percentile £20.82 £30.30 £21.20
25th Percentile £39.94 £46.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.70 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +29.08% +8.89%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Unity (Game Engine) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine).

Daily rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine).

Hourly rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +118 24 £370 -2.10% 39
London +117 18 £339 -7.09% 17
Work from Home +107 8 £300 -20.00% 21
UK excluding London +68 6 £600 +60.00% 22
South East - 4 £600 - 4
West Midlands +31 1 - - 2
Midlands +28 1 - - 4
East of England - 1 £300 - 3

Unity (Game Engine)
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 5 (17.24%) Maya
2 4 (13.79%) Blender
3 3 (10.34%) 3ds Max
4 2 (6.90%) Houdini
5 1 (3.45%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (3.45%) AutoCAD
5 1 (3.45%) Photoshop
5 1 (3.45%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Figma
1 1 (3.45%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
1 1 (3.45%) VTune
General
1 22 (75.86%) Games
2 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Electronics
4 2 (6.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) Designer
3 4 (13.79%) Games Designer
4 3 (10.34%) Graphics Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Python Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Designer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Games Designer
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Writer
5 2 (6.90%) Android Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) C++ Android Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Artist
6 1 (3.45%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Writer
6 1 (3.45%) Graphics Programmer
6 1 (3.45%) Python Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) UI Developer
6 1 (3.45%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (55.17%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (13.79%) DirectX
2 4 (13.79%) OpenGL
2 4 (13.79%) Vulkan
3 3 (10.34%) OpenGL ES
4 1 (3.45%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.45%) JSON
4 1 (3.45%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Augmented Reality
2 8 (27.59%) Animation
2 8 (27.59%) Virtual Reality
3 3 (10.34%) Algorithms
3 3 (10.34%) Mixed Reality
3 3 (10.34%) Mobile Games
4 2 (6.90%) HTC Vive
5 1 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.45%) HoloLens
5 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.45%) Oculus
5 1 (3.45%) Ray Tracing
5 1 (3.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) User Experience
2 7 (24.14%) Game Development
3 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
3 6 (20.69%) Prototyping
4 5 (17.24%) Android Development
5 4 (13.79%) UX Design
6 3 (10.34%) Linear Algebra
6 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.34%) Psychology
6 3 (10.34%) Web Development
7 2 (6.90%) 3D Modelling
7 2 (6.90%) Computer Vision
7 2 (6.90%) Data Science
7 2 (6.90%) Machine Learning
7 2 (6.90%) Mathematics
7 2 (6.90%) Physics
7 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.90%) Project Management
7 2 (6.90%) User Research
8 1 (3.45%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) C#
2 6 (20.69%) C++
3 3 (10.34%) GLSL
3 3 (10.34%) HLSL
3 3 (10.34%) Python
4 2 (6.90%) Java
4 2 (6.90%) Kotlin
5 1 (3.45%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe
1 1 (3.45%) NVIDIA
1 1 (3.45%) Perforce