The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 20 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 Bath region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 15 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 3.856% - -
As % of the General category 9.494% - -
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 0
Average salary £23,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
158 68 111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 40.62% 32.54% 54.68%
Number of salaries quoted 149 67 106
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,750 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £90,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Somerset

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 9 (31.03%) Game Development
2 7 (24.14%) .NET
2 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET
2 7 (24.14%) Mobile App
3 6 (20.69%) HTML
3 6 (20.69%) JavaScript
4 5 (17.24%) SQL
4 5 (17.24%) Java
4 5 (17.24%) MySQL
4 5 (17.24%) Flash
4 5 (17.24%) Hibernate
4 5 (17.24%) Servlets
4 5 (17.24%) JUnit
4 5 (17.24%) Spring
4 5 (17.24%) jQuery
5 4 (13.79%) 3D Modelling
5 4 (13.79%) Augmented Reality
5 4 (13.79%) Social Gaming
5 4 (13.79%) Marketing
5 4 (13.79%) Animation
5 4 (13.79%) Maya
5 4 (13.79%) 3ds Max
5 4 (13.79%) SolidWorks
5 4 (13.79%) CAD
5 4 (13.79%) AutoCAD
5 4 (13.79%) CAE
6 3 (10.34%) CSS
7 2 (6.897%) Android
7 2 (6.897%) HTML5
7 2 (6.897%) Automated Testing

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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.

Application Development
1 7 (24.14%) .NET
1 7 (24.14%) ASP.NET
2 6 (20.69%) HTML
3 5 (17.24%) Flash
3 5 (17.24%) Hibernate
3 5 (17.24%) jQuery
3 5 (17.24%) Servlets
3 5 (17.24%) Spring
4 3 (10.34%) CSS
5 2 (6.897%) HTML5
5 2 (6.897%) WinForms
6 1 (3.448%) SOAP
6 1 (3.448%) Web Services
6 1 (3.448%) JSON
6 1 (3.448%) WCF
6 1 (3.448%) LINQ
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) AutoCAD
1 4 (13.79%) Maya
1 4 (13.79%) 3ds Max
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) MySQL
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) JUnit
General
1 4 (13.79%) Marketing
2 1 (3.448%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Developer
2 9 (31.03%) Graduate
2 9 (31.03%) Graduate Developer
3 8 (27.59%) Games Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Java Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Flash Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Junior
5 4 (13.79%) Junior Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Junior Flash Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Animator
5 4 (13.79%) CAD Designer
5 4 (13.79%) Design Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Designer
5 4 (13.79%) 3D Animator
6 3 (10.34%) Front-End Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Front-End Web Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Java Web Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Web Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Consultant
7 2 (6.897%) Principal Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Mobile App
2 4 (13.79%) Social Gaming
2 4 (13.79%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (13.79%) Animation
3 1 (3.448%) Flash Games
3 1 (3.448%) Online Games
3 1 (3.448%) iPhone
3 1 (3.448%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.897%) Android
1 2 (6.897%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Game Development
2 4 (13.79%) 3D Modelling
2 4 (13.79%) CAD
2 4 (13.79%) CAE
3 2 (6.897%) Scrum
3 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (6.897%) Automated Testing
4 1 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (3.448%) TDD
4 1 (3.448%) Web Design
4 1 (3.448%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) Java
3 2 (6.897%) C
3 2 (6.897%) C#
3 2 (6.897%) C++
4 1 (3.448%) Delphi
4 1 (3.448%) ActionScript
4 1 (3.448%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) SolidWorks
2 1 (3.448%) Facebook
2 1 (3.448%) Twitter