The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games 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 Online Games over the 3 months to 19 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Gaming
Rank 232 249 248
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -1
Permanent jobs citing Online Games 92 74 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.766% 0.562% 0.557%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.795% 1.432% 1.273%
Number of salaries quoted 90 72 81
Average salary £47,500 £48,750 £44,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.56% +9.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £30,250 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
5125 5168 6914
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 42.68% 39.24% 43.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4390 4750 6213
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Online Games
London

Online Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Online Games Jobs Demand Trend

Online Games
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Online Games across the City of London region.

City of London Online Games Salary Trend

Online Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Online Games across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Online Games Salary Histogram

Online Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Online 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 Online Games.

1 159 (100.00%) Games
2 63 (39.62%) JavaScript
3 59 (37.11%) Agile Software Development
4 57 (35.85%) Java
5 50 (31.45%) OO
6 42 (26.42%) Linux
7 41 (25.79%) HTML
8 39 (24.53%) PHP
9 35 (22.01%) MySQL
10 34 (21.38%) Degree
11 32 (20.13%) Social Network
12 30 (18.87%) Scrum
13 25 (15.72%) ActionScript
13 25 (15.72%) Flash
13 25 (15.72%) HTTP
14 23 (14.47%) CSS
15 22 (13.84%) SQL
15 22 (13.84%) QA
15 22 (13.84%) Open Source
16 21 (13.21%) REST
16 21 (13.21%) Spring
16 21 (13.21%) Web Services
16 21 (13.21%) OOP
17 20 (12.58%) TDD
17 20 (12.58%) Selenium
17 20 (12.58%) HTML5
18 19 (11.95%) Computer Science
18 19 (11.95%) Git (software)
18 19 (11.95%) C++
18 19 (11.95%) Hibernate

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Online 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 Online Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (25.79%) HTML
2 25 (15.72%) Flash
3 23 (14.47%) CSS
4 21 (13.21%) REST
4 21 (13.21%) Spring
4 21 (13.21%) Web Services
5 20 (12.58%) HTML5
6 19 (11.95%) Hibernate
7 17 (10.69%) jQuery
8 16 (10.06%) Ajax
9 14 (8.805%) EJB
10 12 (7.547%) Apache Flex
10 12 (7.547%) J2EE
10 12 (7.547%) CSS3
11 11 (6.918%) XML
12 9 (5.660%) SOAP
12 9 (5.660%) J2SE
12 9 (5.660%) JMS
12 9 (5.660%) EJB 3.0
13 8 (5.031%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 18 (11.32%) Apache
2 10 (6.289%) Amazon AWS
3 9 (5.660%) WebLogic
4 7 (4.403%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.629%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.629%) Flash Media Server
Applications
1 14 (8.805%) MS Project
2 11 (6.918%) Maya
3 9 (5.660%) Photoshop
4 5 (3.145%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.258%) MS Excel
6 1 (0.629%) Mingle
6 1 (0.629%) InDesign
Communications & Networking
1 25 (15.72%) HTTP
2 11 (6.918%) Internet
3 7 (4.403%) AMQP
4 2 (1.258%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.629%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.629%) MPLS
5 1 (0.629%) OSPF
5 1 (0.629%) BGP
5 1 (0.629%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.629%) LAN
5 1 (0.629%) VoIP
5 1 (0.629%) WAN
5 1 (0.629%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (22.01%) MySQL
2 10 (6.289%) RDBMS
2 10 (6.289%) NoSQL
3 8 (5.031%) Redis
4 5 (3.145%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.258%) Informix
5 2 (1.258%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (12.58%) Selenium
2 19 (11.95%) Git (software)
3 14 (8.805%) Cucumber
4 11 (6.918%) Maven
4 11 (6.918%) Subversion
5 9 (5.660%) Ant
6 8 (5.031%) JIRA
6 8 (5.031%) PHPUnit
7 6 (3.774%) FitNesse
7 6 (3.774%) RSpec
7 6 (3.774%) QuickTest Pro
8 5 (3.145%) SpecFlow
8 5 (3.145%) WebDriver
8 5 (3.145%) TeamCity
9 2 (1.258%) Xcode
9 2 (1.258%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.629%) JUnit
General
1 159 (100.00%) Games
2 16 (10.06%) Finance
3 13 (8.176%) Marketing
4 4 (2.516%) Retail
5 1 (0.629%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.629%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 94 (59.12%) Developer
2 30 (18.87%) Java Developer
3 22 (13.84%) PHP Developer
4 16 (10.06%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 14 (8.805%) Games Developer
6 13 (8.176%) Junior
6 13 (8.176%) Senior Developer
7 9 (5.660%) J2EE Developer
7 9 (5.660%) Junior Developer
7 9 (5.660%) C++ Developer
7 9 (5.660%) Software Developer
7 9 (5.660%) Web Developer
7 9 (5.660%) Java Software Developer
7 9 (5.660%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 8 (5.031%) Server Engineer
8 8 (5.031%) QA Engineer
8 8 (5.031%) Senior Java Developer
8 8 (5.031%) Front-End Developer
8 8 (5.031%) C++ Games Developer
9 7 (4.403%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.13%) Social Network
2 22 (13.84%) Open Source
3 19 (11.95%) Computer Science
4 18 (11.32%) Social Gaming
5 8 (5.031%) Smartphone
5 8 (5.031%) iPhone
6 7 (4.403%) Mobile Games
6 7 (4.403%) Online Gambling
7 6 (3.774%) Flash Games
7 6 (3.774%) Animation
7 6 (3.774%) 3D Graphics
8 5 (3.145%) Client/Server
9 4 (2.516%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.516%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.516%) Social Media
10 3 (1.887%) iPad
10 3 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.887%) Mathematics
11 2 (1.258%) Blackberry
12 1 (0.629%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (26.42%) Linux
2 10 (6.289%) UNIX
3 9 (5.660%) Apple iOS
4 7 (4.403%) Android
5 3 (1.887%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (37.11%) Agile Software Development
2 50 (31.45%) OO
3 30 (18.87%) Scrum
4 21 (13.21%) OOP
5 20 (12.58%) TDD
6 18 (11.32%) Multithreading
7 16 (10.06%) Automated Testing
8 15 (9.434%) Unit Testing
9 14 (8.805%) E-Commerce
10 12 (7.547%) Test Scripting
10 12 (7.547%) Continuous Integration
10 12 (7.547%) Game Development
11 11 (6.918%) Project Management
11 11 (6.918%) MVC
12 10 (6.289%) UML
12 10 (6.289%) BDD
13 9 (5.660%) Product Management
13 9 (5.660%) System Testing
14 8 (5.031%) Online Marketing
14 8 (5.031%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 63 (39.62%) JavaScript
2 57 (35.85%) Java
3 39 (24.53%) PHP
4 25 (15.72%) ActionScript
5 22 (13.84%) SQL
6 19 (11.95%) C++
7 15 (9.434%) C#
7 15 (9.434%) Ruby
8 12 (7.547%) PHP5
8 12 (7.547%) Lua
9 10 (6.289%) Python
10 8 (5.031%) AspectJ
10 8 (5.031%) Scala
11 7 (4.403%) ActionScript 3.0
11 7 (4.403%) Erlang
12 6 (3.774%) Objective-C
12 6 (3.774%) Shell Script
13 5 (3.145%) F#
14 4 (2.516%) ActionScript 2.0
15 2 (1.258%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (21.38%) Degree
2 1 (0.629%) CCIE
2 1 (0.629%) ISEB
2 1 (0.629%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (0.629%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.84%) QA
System Software
1 7 (4.403%) Xen
Vendors
1 18 (11.32%) Google
2 10 (6.289%) Facebook
3 9 (5.660%) JBoss
3 9 (5.660%) Oracle
3 9 (5.660%) BEA
4 6 (3.774%) Acunetix
5 5 (3.145%) Adobe
6 3 (1.887%) Microsoft
7 2 (1.258%) Zend
7 2 (1.258%) Sybase
7 2 (1.258%) Tableau
8 1 (0.629%) Twitter
8 1 (0.629%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.629%) Juniper
8 1 (0.629%) Cisco
8 1 (0.629%) Riverbed
City, London
A strong Java Development background is absolutely essential for this role, with good knowledge of the full Java stack as well as associated web technology i.e. JavaScript,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + bonus, stock options, benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
You will work in predominately server side development and is based upon standard J2EE technologies, with applications deployed into Jboss and BEA WebLogic application servers... Skills required Java...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 + benifit
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
My client is blazing a trail in the online gaming community. They currently have some of the most popular games played across myriad social networking sites with over...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, stock options, benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
IT Desktop Support Administrator, Windows 7 / 8, Active Directory, MS Exchange, £23-25,000, Central London... - Good knowledge of MS products (MS Office 2007, Windows 7 / 8, user...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £23-25,000 + Bens
Posted: 12 June 2013