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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the East of England region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Games over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank81105
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads309220
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.161 %0.091 %
As % of the category below4.991 %3.571 %
Salaries quoted281191
Average minimum salary£31,205£29,917
Average salary£35,051£32,768
% change on same period last year+6.96 %
Average maximum salary£38,898£35,620
UK excluding London average salary£35,693£35,504
% change on same period last year+0.53 %
General East of EnglandGeneral
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads61916160
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.232 %2.541 %
Salaries quoted52055277
Average minimum salary£37,482£37,187
Average salary£41,064£40,252
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Average maximum salary£44,646£43,316
UK excluding London average salary£40,867£42,383
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Games EnglandGames
England

Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East of England Games Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Games across the East of England region.

East of England Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

East of England Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Games within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireDown-7160£32,549+8.16 %
HertfordshireUp+1556£36,837-12.48 %
BedfordshireUp+3651£33,392+2.74 %
SuffolkUp+1727£56,559+85.43 %
EssexUp+1111£42,650+158.48 %
East AngliaUp+125£24,300-
NorfolkNew entry-1£32,500-
Games EnglandGames
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1125 (23.76 %)Java
2100 (19.01 %)XML
383 (15.78 %)C++
477 (14.64 %)AJAX
573 (13.88 %)Degree
672 (13.69 %)PHP
771 (13.50 %)JavaScript
870 (13.31 %)HTML
967 (12.74 %)CSS
1066 (12.55 %)E-Commerce
1162 (11.79 %)Online Games
1259 (11.22 %)C#
1259 (11.22 %)Marketing
1357 (10.84 %)UNIX
1357 (10.84 %)Windows
1454 (10.27 %).NET
1454 (10.27 %)Project Management
1553 (10.08 %)Linux
1647 (8.935 %)SQL
1746 (8.745 %)OOP
1746 (8.745 %)Internet
1845 (8.555 %)OO
1944 (8.365 %)QA
2042 (7.985 %)BT
2042 (7.985 %)Digital Marketing
2136 (6.844 %)Computer Science
2235 (6.654 %)ASP.NET
2334 (6.464 %)IBM
2432 (6.084 %)Microsoft
2530 (5.703 %)Flash

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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
1100 (19.01 %)XML
277 (14.64 %)AJAX
370 (13.31 %)HTML
467 (12.74 %)CSS
554 (10.27 %).NET
635 (6.654 %)ASP.NET
728 (5.323 %)J2EE
821 (3.992 %)XSLT
916 (3.042 %)DirectX
1015 (2.852 %)XHTML
1113 (2.471 %)WebServices
1212 (2.281 %)WML
1212 (2.281 %)JSP
1212 (2.281 %)OpenGL
1311 (2.091 %)XSD
1410 (1.901 %)J2SE
159 (1.711 %)WPF
168 (1.521 %)WinForms
168 (1.521 %)Swing
168 (1.521 %)XML-RPC
Application Platforms
112 (2.281 %)CMS
27 (1.331 %)BizTalk Server
32 (0.380 %)Oracle 9iAS
32 (0.380 %)IIS
32 (0.380 %)IBM HTTP Server
41 (0.190 %)Resin
41 (0.190 %)JBoss
41 (0.190 %)Tomcat
41 (0.190 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.190 %)TeamSite
41 (0.190 %)WebSphere Application Server
Applications
128 (5.323 %)3ds Max
227 (5.133 %)Photoshop
315 (2.852 %)Maya
414 (2.662 %)Adobe Illustrator
57 (1.331 %)MATLAB
57 (1.331 %)MS Excel
66 (1.141 %)MS Office
75 (0.951 %)MS Project
75 (0.951 %)InDesign
84 (0.760 %)MS Visio
93 (0.570 %)Fireworks
102 (0.380 %)ImageReady
102 (0.380 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
12 (0.380 %)Oracle 11i
12 (0.380 %)Oracle EBS
12 (0.380 %)Oracle Applications
12 (0.380 %)SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
146 (8.745 %)Internet
225 (4.753 %)SAN
314 (2.662 %)HTTP
410 (1.901 %)TCP/IP
59 (1.711 %)SNMP
59 (1.711 %)SMTP
59 (1.711 %)FTP
65 (0.951 %)Intranet
74 (0.760 %)DNS
83 (0.570 %)DEFINITY
92 (0.380 %)ISDN
92 (0.380 %)LAN
92 (0.380 %)WAN
92 (0.380 %)Network Security
92 (0.380 %)MPLS
92 (0.380 %)X.25
92 (0.380 %)Firewall
92 (0.380 %)Wireless
101 (0.190 %)IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
128 (5.323 %)SQL Server
217 (3.232 %)DB2
310 (1.901 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (1.711 %)MySQL
56 (1.141 %)Datawarehouse
56 (1.141 %)ETL
65 (0.951 %)BusinessObjects
73 (0.570 %)SQL Server 2000
82 (0.380 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.380 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (0.380 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.190 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
130 (5.703 %)Flash
210 (1.901 %)Visual Studio
35 (0.951 %)VSS/SourceSafe
35 (0.951 %)Dreamweaver
43 (0.570 %)MSI
43 (0.570 %)Eclipse
52 (0.380 %)Firebug
52 (0.380 %)JDeveloper
61 (0.190 %)TestDirector
General
162 (11.79 %)Online Games
259 (11.22 %)Marketing
325 (4.753 %)Health
419 (3.612 %)Animation
518 (3.422 %)Graphic Design
615 (2.852 %)3D Graphics
714 (2.662 %)Retail
813 (2.471 %)Pensions
813 (2.471 %)Music
912 (2.281 %)Telecoms
1011 (2.091 %)Finance
117 (1.331 %)Multimedia
126 (1.141 %)Publishing
135 (0.951 %)Online Betting
135 (0.951 %)Law
144 (0.760 %)Browser Games
153 (0.570 %)Advertising
153 (0.570 %)Construction
153 (0.570 %)Billing
153 (0.570 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1201 (38.21 %)Developer
255 (10.46 %)Java Developer
351 (9.696 %)PHP Developer
450 (9.506 %)Senior Developer
537 (7.034 %)Development Manager
537 (7.034 %)Games Developer
633 (6.274 %)Team Leader
732 (6.084 %)Administrator
830 (5.703 %)Analyst
926 (4.943 %)Project Manager
1024 (4.563 %)Software Developer
1122 (4.183 %)Software Engineer
1122 (4.183 %)Senior PHP Developer
1221 (3.992 %).NET Developer
1221 (3.992 %)C# Developer
1320 (3.802 %)Programmer
1320 (3.802 %)Senior Java Developer
1320 (3.802 %)Storage Administrator
1418 (3.422 %)Web Developer
1516 (3.042 %)Tester
Miscellaneous
136 (6.844 %)Computer Science
227 (5.133 %)Mathematics
314 (2.662 %)Physics
314 (2.662 %)iDTV
412 (2.281 %)Web 2.0
510 (1.901 %)Data Protection Act
69 (1.711 %)Replication
78 (1.521 %)Multithreading
87 (1.331 %)French Language
87 (1.331 %)Interactive TV
96 (1.141 %)Clustering
105 (0.951 %)W3C
114 (0.760 %)Handset
114 (0.760 %)Streaming Media
114 (0.760 %)German Language
114 (0.760 %)Spanish Language
123 (0.570 %)Portuguese Language
123 (0.570 %)Celerra
123 (0.570 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
123 (0.570 %)CLARiiON
Operating Systems
157 (10.84 %)UNIX
157 (10.84 %)Windows
253 (10.08 %)Linux
315 (2.852 %)AIX
43 (0.570 %)Windows CE
52 (0.380 %)Solaris
61 (0.190 %)VxWorks
61 (0.190 %)Windows Mobile
61 (0.190 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
166 (12.55 %)E-Commerce
254 (10.27 %)Project Management
346 (8.745 %)OOP
445 (8.555 %)OO
542 (7.985 %)Digital Marketing
625 (4.753 %)Software Engineering
718 (3.422 %)Web Development
816 (3.042 %)UML
913 (2.471 %)PRINCE2
1012 (2.281 %)SOA
1012 (2.281 %)Use Case
1110 (1.901 %)Data Protection
1110 (1.901 %)Scrum
129 (1.711 %)Agile Software Development
129 (1.711 %)Content Management
129 (1.711 %)RAD
138 (1.521 %)Change Management
138 (1.521 %)Software Testing
147 (1.331 %)ITSM
147 (1.331 %)Service Management
Programming Languages
1125 (23.76 %)Java
283 (15.78 %)C++
372 (13.69 %)PHP
471 (13.50 %)JavaScript
559 (11.22 %)C#
647 (8.935 %)SQL
727 (5.133 %)Perl
821 (3.992 %)RPG
920 (3.802 %)C
1017 (3.232 %)ActionScript
1116 (3.042 %)Transact-SQL
1214 (2.662 %)DHTML
1312 (2.281 %)VB.NET
148 (1.521 %)Korn
148 (1.521 %)VB
157 (1.331 %)PHP5
166 (1.141 %)PHP4
166 (1.141 %)Python
175 (0.951 %)Lua
183 (0.570 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
173 (13.88 %)Degree
26 (1.141 %)PRINCE2 Certification
34 (0.760 %)PhD
34 (0.760 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.380 %)HNC
42 (0.380 %)CCNP
42 (0.380 %)CCNA
42 (0.380 %)ISEB
42 (0.380 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.380 %)CCSA
51 (0.190 %)Postgraduate
51 (0.190 %)MCSE
51 (0.190 %)MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
144 (8.365 %)QA
21 (0.190 %)SLA
System Software
12 (0.380 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
119 (3.612 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
216 (3.042 %)Tivoli
312 (2.281 %)CONTROL-M
411 (2.091 %)Netcool
411 (2.091 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
510 (1.901 %)Tivoli Monitoring
63 (0.570 %)EMC Navisphere
72 (0.380 %)OpenView
81 (0.190 %)ARCserve
Vendors
142 (7.985 %)BT
234 (6.464 %)IBM
332 (6.084 %)Microsoft
416 (3.042 %)Brocade
511 (2.091 %)Adobe
511 (2.091 %)BMC
68 (1.521 %)Oracle
75 (0.951 %)Business Objects
75 (0.951 %)Cisco
75 (0.951 %)Serena
75 (0.951 %)i2
84 (0.760 %)Symbian
93 (0.570 %)EMC
93 (0.570 %)Avaya
93 (0.570 %)Genesys
93 (0.570 %)Macromedia
102 (0.380 %)Sun
102 (0.380 %)HP
102 (0.380 %)SAP
102 (0.380 %)Sybase
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