Game Development Jobs in England

Games Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 799 861 928
Rank change year-on-year +62 +67 -146
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 43 68 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.050% 0.074% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.077% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 38 49
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £49,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +19.57% +15.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £89,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £109,500 £110,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,147 88,376 126,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.80% 95.62% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,950 52,212 73,732
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,243 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in England

Game Development
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Game Development in England.

Salary trend for Game Development in England

Game Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Game Development in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Game Development in England

Game Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +94 13 £71,250 -19.72% 13
North of England +47 11 £48,117 -2.79% 12
North West +10 10 £41,235 -12.27% 9
South West -20 8 £35,000 -17.65% 1
Midlands +13 6 £63,750 - 19
West Midlands +28 4 £75,000 - 17
South East +14 4 £35,000 -54.84% 18
East Midlands - 2 £52,500 - 2
Yorkshire +90 1 £55,000 +5.77% 2
Game Development
UK

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (9.30%) Apache Spark
1 4 (9.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Maya
1 4 (9.30%) MotionBuilder
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) Serverless
2 3 (6.98%) AWS
3 2 (4.65%) Firebase
3 2 (4.65%) GCP
4 1 (2.33%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (9.30%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (9.30%) Big Data
2 2 (4.65%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
2 3 (6.98%) Git
3 2 (4.65%) TeamCity
General
1 43 (100.00%) Games
2 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Manufacturing
4 7 (16.28%) Aviation
4 7 (16.28%) Law
4 7 (16.28%) Military
5 3 (6.98%) Finance
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (51.16%) Developer
2 9 (20.93%) Games Developer
3 8 (18.60%) Senior
4 4 (9.30%) Data Manager
4 4 (9.30%) Engineering Manager
4 4 (9.30%) Product Specialist
4 4 (9.30%) Programmer
4 4 (9.30%) Software Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) C# Developer
5 3 (6.98%) C# Programmer
5 3 (6.98%) Designer
5 3 (6.98%) Full Stack Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Games Designer
5 3 (6.98%) Head of Production
5 3 (6.98%) Lead
5 3 (6.98%) Senior Designer
5 3 (6.98%) Senior Games Designer
5 3 (6.98%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Lead Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (55.81%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 19 (44.19%) Unreal Engine
3 7 (16.28%) .NET
4 3 (6.98%) Laravel
4 3 (6.98%) React
4 3 (6.98%) Vue
5 2 (4.65%) CSS
5 2 (4.65%) HTML
6 1 (2.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.91%) Virtual Reality
2 7 (16.28%) Oculus
3 5 (11.63%) Animation
3 5 (11.63%) Mobile Games
3 5 (11.63%) Product Ownership
4 4 (9.30%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (6.98%) Algorithms
5 3 (6.98%) Client/Server
5 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.65%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.33%) e-Learning
7 1 (2.33%) Smartphone
7 1 (2.33%) Tandem
7 1 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Android
1 2 (4.65%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) Computer Science
2 10 (23.26%) Mentoring
3 7 (16.28%) Clean Code
3 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Culture
3 7 (16.28%) Eye Tracking
3 7 (16.28%) SOLID
4 6 (13.95%) Analytics
4 6 (13.95%) Mathematics
4 6 (13.95%) Physics
4 6 (13.95%) Project Delivery
5 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering
6 4 (9.30%) CAD
6 4 (9.30%) Coaching
6 4 (9.30%) Data Engineering
6 4 (9.30%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (9.30%) Data Science
6 4 (9.30%) Digital Twin
6 4 (9.30%) Roadmaps
6 4 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (9.30%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (39.53%) C#
2 5 (11.63%) Python
3 4 (9.30%) Go
4 3 (6.98%) C
4 3 (6.98%) C++
4 3 (6.98%) PHP
5 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.33%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.33%) RPG
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.30%) Atlassian
1 4 (9.30%) Autodesk
2 2 (4.65%) Google
3 1 (2.33%) Apple
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft