Games Contracts in West London

Gaming
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 61 49
Rank change year-on-year +19 -12 -2
Contract jobs citing Games 3 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 0.83% 0.69% 2.35%
As % of the General category 1.52% 1.53% 4.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £60 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile - - £750
90th Percentile - - £790
London median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
London median hourly rate £42.50 £60.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -29.17% +37.54% +43.03%

All General Skills
West 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 West London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 198 262 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 54.55% 45.49% 53.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 169 205
10th Percentile £189 £298 £268
25th Percentile £250 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.19% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £650 £623
90th Percentile £627 £700 £683
London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 28 15
10th Percentile £16.25 £25.88 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.86 £31.25 £19.36
Median hourly rate £30.16 £61.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.56% +183.72% -18.87%
75th Percentile £46.50 £75.00 £38.13
90th Percentile £60.00 £84.00 £41.51
London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.71 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.70% -15.44% +33.83%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for Games in West London

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Games in West London

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in West London.

Hourly rate trend for Games in West London

Games
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Hounslow -3 3 £60 - 7
Games
London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
1 3 (100.00%) Games Designer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Games Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Psychology
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design