The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dundee region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Dundee region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 20 17 11
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 6 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 8.824% 2.817% 4.167%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% 4.082% 5.882%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 1
Average salary £29,500 £41,250 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.48% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-30.00% +23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dundee
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
58 49 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 85.29% 69.01% 70.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39 40 15
Average salary £28,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.91% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
Scotland

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Game Development across the Dundee region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dundee Game Development Salary Histogram

Game Development
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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 6 (100.00%) Games
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) C#
3 4 (66.67%) C++
3 4 (66.67%) Java
4 3 (50.00%) .NET
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) QA
5 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Ruby
5 2 (33.33%) Python
5 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 2 (33.33%) Social Gaming
5 2 (33.33%) Mobile Games
5 2 (33.33%) Facebook
6 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
6 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
6 1 (16.67%) UNIX
6 1 (16.67%) Windows
6 1 (16.67%) OO
6 1 (16.67%) Flash
6 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
6 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (16.67%) JNI
6 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (16.67%) Android
6 1 (16.67%) 3D Programming

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) Flash
2 1 (16.67%) JNI
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 2 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Games Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Games Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Social Gaming
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Games
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) 3D Programming
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
1 4 (66.67%) C++
1 4 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Ruby
3 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
3 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Facebook