Games Jobs in the City of London

Gaming
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 169 172
Rank change year-on-year +43 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Games 54 68 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.60% 1.44% 1.59%
As % of the General category 2.61% 2.20% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 48 55 70
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £49,300
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.79% +16.00%
75th Percentile £64,313 £83,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £108,250 £112,750
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -13.79% +16.00%

All General Skills
City of London

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,072 3,091 4,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 61.37% 65.47% 63.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 2,525 3,636
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the City of London.

Salary trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the City of London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.56%) SAS
2 2 (3.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Adobe After Effects
1 4 (7.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (7.41%) Blender
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.85%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Google Workspace
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (16.67%) AWS
4 4 (7.41%) Azure
4 4 (7.41%) SaaS
5 3 (5.56%) Asana
5 3 (5.56%) WhatsApp
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.70%) GCP
6 2 (3.70%) Google Drive
6 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.85%) IaaS
7 1 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Broadband
1 8 (14.81%) DNS
1 8 (14.81%) Firewall
1 8 (14.81%) NAS
1 8 (14.81%) Wireless
2 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.70%) HTTP
3 2 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.85%) Network Security
4 1 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.67%) MySQL
2 7 (12.96%) Redis
3 3 (5.56%) Neo4j
3 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.56%) Tableau
4 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.70%) Power BI
4 2 (3.70%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.85%) Big Data
5 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) JUnit
General
1 20 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Finance
4 8 (14.81%) Retail
5 6 (11.11%) Advertising
5 6 (11.11%) iGaming
6 4 (7.41%) Banking
6 4 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.56%) Marketing
8 2 (3.70%) Law
8 2 (3.70%) Music Industry
9 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Senior
2 8 (14.81%) Consultant
2 8 (14.81%) IT Consultant
3 7 (12.96%) Developer
4 5 (9.26%) .NET Developer
4 5 (9.26%) Lead
4 5 (9.26%) Senior Developer
4 5 (9.26%) Software Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Animator
5 4 (7.41%) Games Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Graduate
5 4 (7.41%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Senior Games Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Data Scientist
6 3 (5.56%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) IT Support
6 3 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Mac Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) Kafka
2 7 (12.96%) .NET
3 4 (7.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 3 (5.56%) Keras
4 3 (5.56%) PyTorch
4 3 (5.56%) TensorFlow
5 2 (3.70%) Node.js
6 1 (1.85%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (14.81%) Onboarding
3 7 (12.96%) Algorithms
4 5 (9.26%) Animation
5 4 (7.41%) Mobile Games
5 4 (7.41%) Online Gambling
5 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
5 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (7.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (5.56%) Apple TV
6 3 (5.56%) Social Media
7 2 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (3.70%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.85%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.22%) Mac OS
1 12 (22.22%) Windows
2 11 (20.37%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.56%) Android
3 3 (5.56%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.85%) Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Unix
4 1 (1.85%) VMS
4 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.93%) Computer Science
3 11 (20.37%) Software Engineering
4 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (16.67%) Data Protection
6 8 (14.81%) Asset Management
6 8 (14.81%) Business Continuity
6 8 (14.81%) Identity Management
6 8 (14.81%) IT Audit
6 8 (14.81%) Machine Learning
6 8 (14.81%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (14.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 7 (12.96%) Agile
7 7 (12.96%) Mathematics
7 7 (12.96%) SOLID
7 7 (12.96%) Statistics
8 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
8 6 (11.11%) Microservices
8 6 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) Bash
1 8 (14.81%) Python
2 7 (12.96%) C#
2 7 (12.96%) SQL
3 2 (3.70%) Scala
4 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (44.44%) Degree
2 7 (12.96%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 3 (5.56%) PhD
4 2 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (14.81%) SOC 2
2 2 (3.70%) ITGC
2 2 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.85%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (20.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.85%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) WMI
2 1 (1.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.63%) Apple
3 15 (27.78%) Google
4 8 (14.81%) VMware
5 6 (11.11%) Adobe
6 4 (7.41%) Logitech
7 3 (5.56%) Instagram
8 1 (1.85%) Cisco