The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 21 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 147 147 119
Rank change year-on-year
0 -28
Permanent jobs citing Games 22 22 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.713% 0.649% 1.300%
As % of the General category 2.165% 1.829% 3.365%
Number of salaries quoted 22 22 38
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,750 £32,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1016 1203 1367
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 32.91% 35.47% 38.63%
Number of salaries quoted 869 1035 1124
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
England

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East Midlands Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire +5 12 £37,500 +7.14%
Northamptonshire - 8 £32,500 -
Leicestershire -9 1 £27,500 -21.42%
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 22 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (47.50%) SQL
3 16 (40.00%) C#
4 15 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (35.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (35.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (35.00%) MCTS
6 10 (25.00%) .NET
7 9 (22.50%) Replication
7 9 (22.50%) SQL Server 2005
7 9 (22.50%) ASP.NET
7 9 (22.50%) SQL Server 2000
8 8 (20.00%) Windows
8 8 (20.00%) SAN
8 8 (20.00%) JavaScript
8 8 (20.00%) MCITP
9 7 (17.50%) T-SQL
9 7 (17.50%) HTML
9 7 (17.50%) CSS
10 6 (15.00%) VB.NET
10 6 (15.00%) C++
10 6 (15.00%) MCP
10 6 (15.00%) MCAD
10 6 (15.00%) MCSD
10 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (15.00%) MVC
10 6 (15.00%) TDD
10 6 (15.00%) WCF
10 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (15.00%) Web Application Development

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 10 (25.00%) .NET
2 9 (22.50%) ASP.NET
3 7 (17.50%) HTML
3 7 (17.50%) CSS
4 6 (15.00%) WCF
4 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 5 (12.50%) Castle Windsor
5 5 (12.50%) CSS3
5 5 (12.50%) Razor View Engine
5 5 (12.50%) Ajax
5 5 (12.50%) NHibernate
5 5 (12.50%) MonoRail
5 5 (12.50%) LINQ
6 3 (7.500%) HTML5
6 3 (7.500%) jQuery
6 3 (7.500%) JSP
7 2 (5.000%) XML
8 1 (2.500%) KnockoutJS
8 1 (2.500%) Ninject
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (2.500%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) 3ds Max
2 1 (2.500%) Blender
2 1 (2.500%) Maya
2 1 (2.500%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) SAN
2 5 (12.50%) Internet
3 1 (2.500%) HTTP
3 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.500%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (55.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (35.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (35.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (22.50%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (22.50%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (12.50%) OLTP
6 3 (7.500%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (2.500%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Rhino Mocks
1 5 (12.50%) NUnit
1 5 (12.50%) Subversion
2 4 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.500%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (2.500%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (7.500%) Multimedia
1 3 (7.500%) Finance
2 1 (2.500%) Music
2 1 (2.500%) Marketing
2 1 (2.500%) Banking
2 1 (2.500%) Retail
2 1 (2.500%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) DBA
2 12 (30.00%) Developer
3 10 (25.00%) SQL DBA
4 7 (17.50%) .NET Developer
5 5 (12.50%) SQL Server DBA
6 4 (10.00%) Test Manager
6 4 (10.00%) Team Leader
6 4 (10.00%) Test Team Leader
7 3 (7.500%) Web Developer
7 3 (7.500%) Graduate
8 2 (5.000%) Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) Programmer
8 2 (5.000%) Software Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Graduate Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Gameplay Programmer
9 1 (2.500%) Mobile Developer
9 1 (2.500%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 1 (2.500%) Graduate Business Analyst
9 1 (2.500%) Graduate .NET Developer
9 1 (2.500%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Replication
2 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 4 (10.00%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (10.00%) Animation
3 4 (10.00%) Physics
3 4 (10.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.500%) CAN bus
4 1 (2.500%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.500%) iPhone
4 1 (2.500%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.500%) Streaming Video
4 1 (2.500%) Artificial Intelligence
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Android
3 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (5.000%) Windows Phone 7
4 2 (5.000%) Windows Phone
5 1 (2.500%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (2.500%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.00%) MVC
1 6 (15.00%) TDD
1 6 (15.00%) Web Application Development
2 5 (12.50%) Software Testing
2 5 (12.50%) Scrum
3 4 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (10.00%) 3D Modelling
4 3 (7.500%) Asset Management
5 2 (5.000%) Software Engineering
5 2 (5.000%) Time Management
6 1 (2.500%) Customer Analytics
6 1 (2.500%) Analytics
6 1 (2.500%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (2.500%) Test Strategy
6 1 (2.500%) Pattern Recognition
6 1 (2.500%) Game Development
6 1 (2.500%) Dependency Injection
6 1 (2.500%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.500%) Image Processing
6 1 (2.500%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (47.50%) SQL
2 16 (40.00%) C#
3 8 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 7 (17.50%) T-SQL
5 6 (15.00%) VB.NET
5 6 (15.00%) C++
6 5 (12.50%) VB
6 5 (12.50%) PHP
7 4 (10.00%) Java
8 3 (7.500%) Ruby
8 3 (7.500%) Python
9 2 (5.000%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) MCTS
2 8 (20.00%) MCITP
3 6 (15.00%) MCP
3 6 (15.00%) MCAD
3 6 (15.00%) MCSD
3 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (12.50%) ISEB
5 1 (2.500%) Degree
5 1 (2.500%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (5.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.500%) Facebook
2 1 (2.500%) Twitter
2 1 (2.500%) Google
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Requirements: * Solid experience as a SQL DBA and comfortable supporting complex SSIS packages, Database Mirroring and Log Shipping. * Comfortable supporting heavy usage of SQL Transactional Replication throughout the...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013