The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 109 - 114
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 9 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.522% - 0.108%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.671% - 0.153%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 2
Average salary £33,000 - £46,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 - £44,800
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 - £47,200
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1342 1322 1304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 77.84% 76.42% 70.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1161 1159 1018
Average salary £37,500 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.06% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
South West

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bristol Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Game Development across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Game Development Salary Histogram

Game Development
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 10 (100.00%) Games
2 9 (90.00%) C++
3 8 (80.00%) Windows
4 6 (60.00%) Degree
5 5 (50.00%) Java
6 4 (40.00%) PHP
6 4 (40.00%) MFC
6 4 (40.00%) ATL
6 4 (40.00%) STL
6 4 (40.00%) Linux
6 4 (40.00%) OO
6 4 (40.00%) VC++
6 4 (40.00%) Python
6 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X
6 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (40.00%) Lua
6 4 (40.00%) Open Source
6 4 (40.00%) MSBuild
6 4 (40.00%) Web Application Development
6 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (20.00%) Time Management
8 1 (10.00%) HTML
8 1 (10.00%) HTML5
8 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
8 1 (10.00%) C#

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) MFC
1 4 (40.00%) ATL
1 4 (40.00%) STL
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML5
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MSBuild
General
1 10 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Developer
2 7 (70.00%) C++ Developer
3 4 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 4 (40.00%) C++ Software Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Games Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Junior Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Junior Games Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Junior
4 2 (20.00%) Graduate
5 1 (10.00%) Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) C++ Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (40.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) OO
1 4 (40.00%) Web Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) Java
3 4 (40.00%) PHP
3 4 (40.00%) VC++
3 4 (40.00%) Python
3 4 (40.00%) Lua
4 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft