The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile Games in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mobile Games over the 3 months to 23 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 Miscellaneous category for the West Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mobile Game
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile Games 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £350 -
% change year-on-year
-13.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
279 367 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.11% 16.32% 16.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 165 124
Average daily rate £325 £301 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.15% +0.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 34 41
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.63 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.42% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.85 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Mobile Games
England

Mobile Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Mobile Games Jobs Demand Trend

Mobile Games
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Mobile 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 Mobile Games.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development

Mobile Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Mobile 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 Mobile Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Games Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree