The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 General category for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Games 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
79 75 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 23.24% 18.20% 16.48%
Number of salaries quoted 63 46 39
Average salary £47,500 £58,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.80% +23.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Scotland

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Games.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java