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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Bedford region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2629
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads166
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.003 %
As % of the category below16.16 %5.505 %
Salaries quoted165
Average minimum salary£30,313£32,600
Average salary£33,906£34,600
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Average maximum salary£37,500£36,600
UK excluding London average salary£37,621£37,183
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads99109
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.049 %
Salaries quoted9094
Average minimum salary£30,769£32,952
Average salary£33,215£35,159
% change on same period last year-5.52 %
Average maximum salary£35,661£37,365
UK excluding London average salary£41,437£41,995
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Games BedfordshireGames
Bedfordshire

Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bedford Games Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bedford Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

1124 (100.00 %)PHP
1124 (100.00 %)XML
1124 (100.00 %)AJAX
2119 (95.97 %)Marketing
3118 (95.16 %)Digital Marketing
3118 (95.16 %)BT
3118 (95.16 %)OOP
46 (4.839 %)Web 2.0
46 (4.839 %)XML-RPC
46 (4.839 %)XHTML
46 (4.839 %)CSS
46 (4.839 %)JavaScript
55 (4.032 %)E-Commerce
55 (4.032 %)CMS
55 (4.032 %)Content Management
55 (4.032 %)Web Development
55 (4.032 %)PHP5
55 (4.032 %)PHP4
61 (0.806 %)Blog
61 (0.806 %)HTML

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1124 (100.00 %)XML
1124 (100.00 %)AJAX
26 (4.839 %)XHTML
26 (4.839 %)XML-RPC
26 (4.839 %)CSS
31 (0.806 %)HTML
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (4.032 %)CMS
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1119 (95.97 %)Marketing
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1124 (100.00 %)Developer
2123 (99.19 %)PHP Developer
361 (49.19 %)Senior Developer
361 (49.19 %)Senior PHP Developer
46 (4.839 %)Web Developer
55 (4.032 %)PHP Web Developer
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (4.839 %)Web 2.0
21 (0.806 %)Blog
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1118 (95.16 %)OOP
1118 (95.16 %)Digital Marketing
25 (4.032 %)E-Commerce
25 (4.032 %)Content Management
25 (4.032 %)Web Development
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1124 (100.00 %)PHP
26 (4.839 %)JavaScript
35 (4.032 %)PHP5
35 (4.032 %)PHP4
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1118 (95.16 %)BT