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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 13 10 10
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 13 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 19.12% 12.68% 8.333%
As % of the General category 31.71% 60.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 2
Average salary £30,500 £38,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.73% +26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,400 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,250 £32,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Dundee
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
41 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 60.29% 21.13% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 4
Average salary £31,000 £30,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% -22.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £23,800 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,196 £48,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Scotland

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

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

Dundee Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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 10 (71.43%) Degree
2 9 (64.29%) C#
2 9 (64.29%) C++
2 9 (64.29%) Java
3 8 (57.14%) .NET
3 8 (57.14%) Computer Science
4 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (42.86%) Game Development
6 5 (35.71%) Apple iOS
6 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
6 5 (35.71%) Mobile Games
7 4 (28.57%) OO
7 4 (28.57%) Flash
7 4 (28.57%) Python
7 4 (28.57%) UNIX
7 4 (28.57%) ActionScript
7 4 (28.57%) QA
7 4 (28.57%) Android
7 4 (28.57%) Ruby
7 4 (28.57%) ActionScript 3.0
8 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
9 2 (14.29%) System Testing
9 2 (14.29%) Automated Testing
9 2 (14.29%) Graphic Design
9 2 (14.29%) Animation
9 2 (14.29%) Social Gaming
9 2 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
9 2 (14.29%) Facebook
9 2 (14.29%) Windows
9 2 (14.29%) Photoshop

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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 8 (57.14%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) Flash
3 1 (7.143%) JNI
3 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Photoshop
1 2 (14.29%) 3ds Max
1 2 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Tester
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Games Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Games Artist
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Games Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 2 (14.29%) QA Tester
3 2 (14.29%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Games Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Programmer
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Software Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Tester
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
2 5 (35.71%) Mobile Games
3 2 (14.29%) Graphic Design
3 2 (14.29%) Animation
3 2 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (14.29%) Social Gaming
4 1 (7.143%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Apple iOS
2 4 (28.57%) UNIX
2 4 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (42.86%) Game Development
3 4 (28.57%) OO
4 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Automated Testing
5 2 (14.29%) System Testing
5 2 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
6 1 (7.143%) 3D Programming
6 1 (7.143%) OOP
6 1 (7.143%) Web Development
6 1 (7.143%) OOD
6 1 (7.143%) MVC
6 1 (7.143%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) C#
1 9 (64.29%) C++
1 9 (64.29%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) ActionScript
2 4 (28.57%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) Ruby
2 4 (28.57%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (7.143%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Adobe
1 2 (14.29%) Facebook
2 1 (7.143%) Apple
Dundee, Angus
C++, AS3, C#, Java) and have... - Knowledge of agile and lean development, Scrum, Kanban, Continuous Integration, Pair Programming. - Experience with MVC web development frameworks, particularly Ruby on Rails.
Jefferson Wolfe
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013