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Game Development Jobs in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 18 June 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 292 307 332
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +25
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 27 9 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.222% 0.069% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.285% 0.090% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 27 9 2
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +21.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £30,400 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £53,000 £40,600
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-22.50% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 9475 10022 11961
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 77.91% 76.30% 75.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8154 9133 10675
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
London

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Game Development across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London Game Development Salary Histogram

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 68 (100.00%) Games
2 31 (45.59%) C++
3 30 (44.12%) OO
4 25 (36.76%) Flash
5 23 (33.82%) Java
6 21 (30.88%) Apple iOS
7 20 (29.41%) HTTP
7 20 (29.41%) Android
8 19 (27.94%) Git (software)
8 19 (27.94%) Social Gaming
8 19 (27.94%) Facebook
9 18 (26.47%) Google Maps API
9 18 (26.47%) Google
10 17 (25.00%) Maven
10 17 (25.00%) iPad
11 16 (23.53%) OpenGL
11 16 (23.53%) MVC
12 15 (22.06%) Finance
12 15 (22.06%) Adobe
12 15 (22.06%) Social Media
12 15 (22.06%) REST
13 14 (20.59%) Ajax
13 14 (20.59%) JSON
13 14 (20.59%) Unit Testing
13 14 (20.59%) Apache Flex
13 14 (20.59%) Adobe AIR
13 14 (20.59%) BlazeDS
13 14 (20.59%) Flash Builder
13 14 (20.59%) FlexUnit
14 12 (17.65%) Objective-C

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 25 (36.76%) Flash
2 18 (26.47%) Google Maps API
3 16 (23.53%) OpenGL
4 15 (22.06%) REST
5 14 (20.59%) BlazeDS
5 14 (20.59%) Ajax
5 14 (20.59%) JSON
5 14 (20.59%) Apache Flex
5 14 (20.59%) Adobe AIR
6 8 (11.76%) CSS
7 7 (10.29%) HTML
7 7 (10.29%) XML
7 7 (10.29%) Cocoa
7 7 (10.29%) HTML5
7 7 (10.29%) Cocoa Touch
8 6 (8.824%) iOS SDK
9 5 (7.353%) CSS3
9 5 (7.353%) Web Services
10 4 (5.882%) .NET
10 4 (5.882%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.412%) Amazon EC2
1 3 (4.412%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (1.471%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 4 (5.882%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.471%) Maya
2 1 (1.471%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.471%) InDesign
2 1 (1.471%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 20 (29.41%) HTTP
2 3 (4.412%) DNS
3 1 (1.471%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.471%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.471%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.471%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 19 (27.94%) Git (software)
2 17 (25.00%) Maven
3 14 (20.59%) Flash Builder
3 14 (20.59%) FlexUnit
4 2 (2.941%) Subversion
4 2 (2.941%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.471%) Xcode
General
1 68 (100.00%) Games
2 15 (22.06%) Finance
3 3 (4.412%) Marketing
4 1 (1.471%) Advertising
4 1 (1.471%) Banking
4 1 (1.471%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (80.88%) Developer
2 14 (20.59%) Games Developer
2 14 (20.59%) iOS Developer
3 13 (19.12%) Flex Developer
3 13 (19.12%) Junior
4 12 (17.65%) Junior Developer
5 11 (16.18%) Android Developer
6 9 (13.24%) Senior Developer
7 5 (7.353%) Programmer
7 5 (7.353%) Flash Developer
7 5 (7.353%) C++ Developer
7 5 (7.353%) Flash Games Developer
7 5 (7.353%) C++ Games Developer
7 5 (7.353%) Senior Android Developer
8 3 (4.412%) Web Manager
8 3 (4.412%) JavaScript Developer
8 3 (4.412%) Senior Programmer
8 3 (4.412%) C++ Software Engineer
8 3 (4.412%) Systems Manager
8 3 (4.412%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.94%) Social Gaming
2 17 (25.00%) iPad
3 15 (22.06%) Social Media
4 12 (17.65%) Online Games
5 6 (8.824%) Online Gambling
5 6 (8.824%) Computer Science
5 6 (8.824%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (7.353%) Blackberry
6 5 (7.353%) Animation
6 5 (7.353%) Flash Games
7 4 (5.882%) Mathematics
7 4 (5.882%) Physics
7 4 (5.882%) Mobile Games
8 3 (4.412%) Social Network
8 3 (4.412%) iPhone
9 2 (2.941%) 3D Graphics
9 2 (2.941%) Fixed Income
9 2 (2.941%) Mobile App
10 1 (1.471%) Machine Learning
10 1 (1.471%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 21 (30.88%) Apple iOS
2 20 (29.41%) Android
3 6 (8.824%) Linux
4 4 (5.882%) Windows
5 3 (4.412%) Mac OS X Server
6 2 (2.941%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.12%) OO
2 16 (23.53%) MVC
3 14 (20.59%) Unit Testing
4 12 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (17.65%) Memory Management
5 8 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (8.824%) Analytics
7 5 (7.353%) Scrum
8 3 (4.412%) Business Continuity
8 3 (4.412%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (4.412%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.412%) Automated Testing
9 2 (2.941%) Software Engineering
9 2 (2.941%) Web Development
9 2 (2.941%) User Stories
9 2 (2.941%) High Availability
9 2 (2.941%) Web Application Development
9 2 (2.941%) OOP
9 2 (2.941%) Multithreading
9 2 (2.941%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 31 (45.59%) C++
2 23 (33.82%) Java
3 12 (17.65%) ActionScript
3 12 (17.65%) Objective-C
4 11 (16.18%) JavaScript
5 9 (13.24%) ActionScript 3.0
6 5 (7.353%) C#
7 3 (4.412%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (2.941%) Ruby
8 2 (2.941%) Python
8 2 (2.941%) PHP
8 2 (2.941%) SQL
9 1 (1.471%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (5.882%) Degree
2 1 (1.471%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (1.471%) MBA
Vendors
1 19 (27.94%) Facebook
2 18 (26.47%) Google
3 15 (22.06%) Adobe
4 6 (8.824%) Twitter
5 3 (4.412%) Brocade
5 3 (4.412%) Juniper
5 3 (4.412%) Cisco
6 2 (2.941%) Apple
7 1 (1.471%) Sony
Game Engine Programmer - C++/Concurrent/Agile/Greenfield/Engine
City, London
Skills: C++, Concurrent Development, Low Latency, Complex Development, OpenGL, My client is a household name in the gaming community, recognised internationally as being the best in games development.
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + shares
Posted: 15 June 2013
Software Development Engineer in Test
City, London
Do you enjoy games development or have experience in 3D graphics?... The following skills/qualifications would be highly advantageous (but not essential): Computer Science or Engineering Degree or...
Vertex Solutions
Salary: £28000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Software Development Engineer in Test
City, London
Do you enjoy games development or have experience in 3D graphics?... The following skills/qualifications would be highly advantageous (but not essential): Computer Science or Engineering Degree or...
Vertex Solutions
Salary: £20000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Software Test Engineer
City of London
MUST HAVE: *Excellent verbal and written communication skills *Demonstrable C / C++ skills and structured programming techniques *Experience of writing test cases for APIs and console applications *Experience testing...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 18 June 2013
Mobile Apps Developer
City, London
Ideally we are looking for somebody who has used cross development tools to develop apps for iOS and Android... Exposure to JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery. Experience of...
Technical Talent
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
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