The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Games over the 3 months to 24 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 Warwickshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 28 23 25
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Contract jobs citing Games 3 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.449% 1.639% 1.395%
As % of the General category 5.455% 5.882% 4.918%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £200 - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £263
% change year-on-year
-6.92% +23.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +44.44%
All of the General Category
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
55 68 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 26.57% 27.87% 28.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 8
Average daily rate £325 £300 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -21.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £201 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £401 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 9
Average hourly rate £26.50 £17.50 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.42% -43.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £16.85 £24.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £31.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Games
West Midlands

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Games Daily Rate Trend

Games
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Games across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Games Hourly 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leamington Spa - 2 - -
Games
West Midlands

Games
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 2 (28.57%) C++
1 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) German Language
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Game Development
2 1 (14.29%) Kinect
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) ActionScript
2 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
2 1 (14.29%) Flash
2 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
2 1 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Autodesk
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 1 (14.29%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
General
1 1 (14.29%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Developer
1 1 (14.29%) Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) Programmer
1 1 (14.29%) Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) Kinect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Game Development
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe
1 1 (14.29%) Autodesk