The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 85 73 73
Rank change year-on-year
-12 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 5 22 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.548% 2.285% 0.739%
As % of the General category 2.232% 7.509% 2.415%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 5
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
224 293 207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 24.53% 30.43% 30.58%
Number of salaries quoted 181 249 195
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £24,300 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
South East

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex Games Salary Trend

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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Brighton -17 4 £37,500 +7.14%
Games
South East

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 16 (55.17%) Google
2 12 (41.38%) Social Media
3 11 (37.93%) MySQL
4 9 (31.03%) Web Development
5 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
5 8 (27.59%) HTML5
6 7 (24.14%) Dependency Injection
6 7 (24.14%) SaaS
6 7 (24.14%) CSS3
6 7 (24.14%) Symfony
6 7 (24.14%) Zend
6 7 (24.14%) CakePHP
6 7 (24.14%) PHP5
6 7 (24.14%) jQuery
6 7 (24.14%) Google Maps API
6 7 (24.14%) Kanban
6 7 (24.14%) Kohana
6 7 (24.14%) YAML
6 7 (24.14%) Facebook
6 7 (24.14%) Twitter
6 7 (24.14%) Web Application Development
6 7 (24.14%) PHP
6 7 (24.14%) CSS
6 7 (24.14%) SOAP
6 7 (24.14%) XML
6 7 (24.14%) Linux
6 7 (24.14%) OO
6 7 (24.14%) XHTML
6 7 (24.14%) RSS
6 7 (24.14%) CRM

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 (27.59%) HTML5
2 7 (24.14%) CSS3
2 7 (24.14%) Symfony
2 7 (24.14%) CakePHP
2 7 (24.14%) jQuery
2 7 (24.14%) Google Maps API
2 7 (24.14%) Kohana
2 7 (24.14%) YAML
2 7 (24.14%) CSS
2 7 (24.14%) SOAP
2 7 (24.14%) XML
2 7 (24.14%) XHTML
2 7 (24.14%) RSS
2 7 (24.14%) Ajax
3 2 (6.897%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) VoIP
1 5 (17.24%) LDAP
1 5 (17.24%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (37.93%) MySQL
2 2 (6.897%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.897%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.448%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.448%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
1 3 (10.34%) Selenium
General
1 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) German Language
3 1 (3.448%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Mid-Level PHP Developer
2 7 (24.14%) PHP Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Linux Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Administrator
3 5 (17.24%) Desktop Administrator
4 4 (13.79%) Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Data Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Java Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C++ Developer
5 3 (10.34%) QA Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Java Applications Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Programmer
6 2 (6.897%) Applications Support
7 1 (3.448%) Games Programmer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Programmer
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Games Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) Social Media
2 7 (24.14%) SaaS
2 7 (24.14%) W3C
3 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.448%) Online Games
4 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Linux
2 5 (17.24%) Ubuntu
2 5 (17.24%) Mac OS X
2 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Mac OS
2 5 (17.24%) Mac OS X Server
2 5 (17.24%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.448%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.448%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Web Development
2 7 (24.14%) Dependency Injection
2 7 (24.14%) Kanban
2 7 (24.14%) Web Application Development
2 7 (24.14%) OO
2 7 (24.14%) CRM
2 7 (24.14%) E-Commerce
2 7 (24.14%) MVC
2 7 (24.14%) Scrum
3 5 (17.24%) Information Security
3 5 (17.24%) Project Planning
3 5 (17.24%) Information Security Management
3 5 (17.24%) Security Management
3 5 (17.24%) ITIL
4 4 (13.79%) Game Development
5 3 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (10.34%) Automated Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Financial Analysis
6 1 (3.448%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
2 7 (24.14%) PHP5
2 7 (24.14%) PHP
3 5 (17.24%) C++
3 5 (17.24%) Java
4 4 (13.79%) SQL
5 1 (3.448%) C#
5 1 (3.448%) Lua
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) QA
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Samba
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Google
2 7 (24.14%) Zend
2 7 (24.14%) Facebook
2 7 (24.14%) Twitter
3 1 (3.448%) Perforce
3 1 (3.448%) Tableau