The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 115 126 77
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -49
Permanent jobs citing Games 28 27 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.064% 0.940% 2.649%
As % of the General category 3.933% 3.024% 8.004%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 69
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £31,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £60,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
712 893 987
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 27.05% 31.10% 33.10%
Number of salaries quoted 578 759 873
Average salary £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,450
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
East of England

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge -2 19 £37,500 -3.84%
Peterborough +4 8 £35,000 +52.17%
Games
East of England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 22 (57.89%) C++
1 22 (57.89%) Degree
2 21 (55.26%) C
3 14 (36.84%) Java
4 12 (31.58%) C#
5 11 (28.95%) HTML
5 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
5 11 (28.95%) CSS
5 11 (28.95%) ISEB
5 11 (28.95%) Software Testing
5 11 (28.95%) ISTQB
5 11 (28.95%) QA
5 11 (28.95%) Performance Testing
5 11 (28.95%) User Stories
6 10 (26.32%) Windows
7 9 (23.68%) Computer Science
8 8 (21.05%) Mathematics
8 8 (21.05%) Physics
8 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
9 7 (18.42%) 3D Graphics
10 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
10 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
10 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
11 4 (10.53%) Marketing
12 3 (7.895%) Game Development
12 3 (7.895%) Twitter
13 2 (5.263%) Online Games
13 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Storage
13 2 (5.263%) Mobile Marketing
13 2 (5.263%) Fibre Channel

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 11 (28.95%) HTML
1 11 (28.95%) CSS
2 1 (2.632%) .NET
2 1 (2.632%) Cocoa
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.263%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (5.263%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (5.263%) iSCSI
2 2 (5.263%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (5.263%) SAN
2 2 (5.263%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Xcode
General
1 4 (10.53%) Marketing
2 2 (5.263%) Finance
3 1 (2.632%) Legal
3 1 (2.632%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) QA Engineer
2 9 (23.68%) Developer
3 6 (15.79%) C++ Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Software Consultant
4 5 (13.16%) Consultant
5 2 (5.263%) Marketing Manager
5 2 (5.263%) UNIX Administrator
5 2 (5.263%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.263%) Test Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (5.263%) Administrator
6 1 (2.632%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.632%) Programmer
6 1 (2.632%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.632%) Graduate
6 1 (2.632%) .NET Developer
6 1 (2.632%) Games Developer
6 1 (2.632%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.632%) C# Developer
6 1 (2.632%) C++ Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Computer Science
2 8 (21.05%) Mathematics
2 8 (21.05%) Physics
3 7 (18.42%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (5.263%) Online Games
4 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (5.263%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (5.263%) Mobile Games
5 1 (2.632%) Animation
5 1 (2.632%) iPhone
5 1 (2.632%) Social Media
5 1 (2.632%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
2 2 (5.263%) Debian
2 2 (5.263%) UNIX
2 2 (5.263%) Linux
3 1 (2.632%) Android
3 1 (2.632%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Software Testing
1 11 (28.95%) Performance Testing
1 11 (28.95%) User Stories
2 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
3 3 (7.895%) Game Development
4 2 (5.263%) Mobile Marketing
4 2 (5.263%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.263%) Creative Marketing
4 2 (5.263%) Information Security
5 1 (2.632%) OOP
5 1 (2.632%) OO
5 1 (2.632%) Scrum
5 1 (2.632%) TDD
5 1 (2.632%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.632%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.632%) Business Development
5 1 (2.632%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.632%) Product Marketing
5 1 (2.632%) Brand Management
5 1 (2.632%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (57.89%) C++
2 21 (55.26%) C
3 14 (36.84%) Java
4 12 (31.58%) C#
5 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.263%) Python
7 1 (2.632%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 22 (57.89%) Degree
2 11 (28.95%) ISEB
2 11 (28.95%) ISTQB
3 2 (5.263%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.895%) Twitter
3 2 (5.263%) HP
3 2 (5.263%) Cisco
3 2 (5.263%) Juniper
4 1 (2.632%) Progress
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