Unreal Engine Contracts with Work from Home Options

Unreal Engine
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Unreal Engine skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 445 596
Rank change year-on-year +112 +151 -138
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 17 23 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.092% 0.057%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% 0.36% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 16
10th Percentile £271 £206 £225
25th Percentile £288 £256 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £365 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.09% -21.08% +19.35%
75th Percentile £375 £444 £606
90th Percentile £465 £500 £700
UK median daily rate £339 £400 £463
% change year-on-year -15.22% -13.51% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £39.92 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.83% - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £38.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +10.39% -18.95% +3.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Unreal 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 WFH option and 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 3,628 6,313 13,029
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.11% 25.22% 29.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,541 4,697 9,602
10th Percentile £335 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +12.82%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £642
90th Percentile £788 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 81 124
10th Percentile £24.45 £22.50 £21.30
25th Percentile - £43.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

Unreal Engine
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unreal Engine as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Unreal Engine trend for jobs with a WFH option

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unreal Engine.

Unreal Engine daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Unreal Engine daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Unreal Engine
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Unreal Engine.

Unreal Engine hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Unreal Engine
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (35.29%) Maya
2 4 (23.53%) 3ds Max
2 4 (23.53%) Blender
3 2 (11.76%) NUKE
3 2 (11.76%) Photoshop
4 1 (5.88%) Houdini
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Metadata
General
1 11 (64.71%) Games
2 2 (11.76%) Automotive
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Maya Artist
3 2 (11.76%) C++ Developer
4 1 (5.88%) 3D Developer
4 1 (5.88%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.88%) C++ Games Developer
4 1 (5.88%) C++ Games Programmer
4 1 (5.88%) C++ Programmer
4 1 (5.88%) C++/C# Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Games Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Games Programmer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Programmer
4 1 (5.88%) Python Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Writer
4 1 (5.88%) UI Programmer
4 1 (5.88%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) FFmpeg
2 3 (17.65%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 2 (11.76%) V-Ray
4 1 (5.88%) FastAPI
4 1 (5.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Animation
2 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.88%) Interactive Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Visual Effects
2 2 (11.76%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (5.88%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (5.88%) Android Development
3 1 (5.88%) Content Management
3 1 (5.88%) DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (5.88%) Project Management
3 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.88%) User Experience
3 1 (5.88%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C++
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) NVIDIA
1 1 (5.88%) Perforce