The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games 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 terms in our General category for the Devon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 40 42 56
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +14
Permanent jobs citing Games 1 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 0.362% 0.658% 0.238%
As % of the General category 1.250% 1.724% 2.083%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
Average salary - £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
80 116 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 28.99% 38.16% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 60 76 45
Average salary £32,750 £37,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.66% +29.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,472 £32,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
South West

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
1 5 (83.33%) Flash
1 5 (83.33%) E-Learning
1 5 (83.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (66.67%) Animation
2 4 (66.67%) Flash Games
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
3 2 (33.33%) Adobe
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Online Games

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 5 (83.33%) Flash
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Photoshop
1 5 (83.33%) Adobe Illustrator
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Flash Designer
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Director
2 1 (16.67%) Photoshop Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) E-Learning
2 4 (66.67%) Animation
2 4 (66.67%) Flash Games
3 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
4 1 (16.67%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe