The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Online Games over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Gaming
Rank 109 110 94
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -16
Contract jobs citing Online Games 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.212% 0.174% 0.112%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.010% 1.238% 0.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £398 £90 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+341.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £295 £300
% change year-on-year
+33.89% -1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
396 323 360
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 20.99% 14.04% 20.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 172 148
Average daily rate £313 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £203 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £461 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 30
Average hourly rate £14.50 £21.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +8.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.09 £11.00 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £29.70 £47.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Online Games
England

Online Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Online Games Jobs Demand Trend

Online Games
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Online Games across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Online Games Daily Rate Trend

Online Games
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Online Games within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
West Yorkshire +1 4 £398 +341.66%
Online Games
England

Online Games
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Online 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 Online Games.

1 4 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) RDF
2 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (50.00%) Big Data
2 2 (50.00%) Talend
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Online Gambling
3 1 (25.00%) Online Betting

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Online 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 Online Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (50.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 4 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Online Gambling
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ETL
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) RDF
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Talend