Games Jobs in Edinburgh

Gaming
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 54 94
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 -19
Permanent jobs citing Games 39 111 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.54% 5.17% 2.85%
As % of the General category 4.19% 6.60% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 35 5 47
10th Percentile £25,100 £32,000 £39,386
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -45.45% +65.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £57,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 -
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +15.00%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 930 1,683 1,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 60.63% 78.39% 65.80%
Number of salaries quoted 700 973 953
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,518 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +10.03% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,914 £80,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £91,991 £95,800 £81,250
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.80% +13.38% +5.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (15.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Azure
2 6 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.82%) AWS
4 4 (10.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) MySQL
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (10.26%) Electronics
2 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) QA Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) Developer
3 6 (15.38%) Full Stack Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Full Stack Python Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Python Developer
5 4 (10.26%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (10.26%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) QA Automation Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Senior
5 4 (10.26%) Software Tester
5 4 (10.26%) Tester
6 3 (7.69%) Software Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (5.13%) Java Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Java Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Java Software Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.95%) React
2 5 (12.82%) Django
3 3 (7.69%) Spring
4 2 (5.13%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.56%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Unix
1 1 (2.56%) VMS
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Code Quality
1 19 (48.72%) Test Automation
2 15 (38.46%) Software Testing
3 8 (20.51%) Agile
3 8 (20.51%) Full Stack Development
4 6 (15.38%) Machine Learning
5 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
5 5 (12.82%) Data Engineering
5 5 (12.82%) Data Privacy
6 4 (10.26%) DevOps
6 4 (10.26%) QA Automation
6 4 (10.26%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.13%) Microservices
7 2 (5.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 1 (2.56%) Change Advisory Board
8 1 (2.56%) LLM
8 1 (2.56%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (2.56%) Project Roadmap
8 1 (2.56%) Roadmaps
8 1 (2.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 23 (58.97%) Python
2 17 (43.59%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.26%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) C#
4 1 (2.56%) C++
4 1 (2.56%) Rust
4 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.56%) PhD
3 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (51.28%) QA
2 4 (10.26%) ISO 9001
2 4 (10.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.56%) SCCM
3 1 (2.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Apple