Games Engineer Jobs in England

Game Engineer
UK > England

The median Game Engineer salary in England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 905 1119
Rank change year-on-year +71 +214 -288
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Engineer 3 35 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.038% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.042% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 3 33 22
10th Percentile - £47,500 £34,900
25th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £70,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% -15.15% +32.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £84,750 £86,500 £119,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £70,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -39.29% -15.15% +32.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,754 84,293 127,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,385 53,462 75,679
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Games Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Games Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Games Engineer in England

Games Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Games Engineer in England

Games Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games Engineer in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games Engineer in England

Games Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 +120 2 £42,500 -29.17%
South East +3 1 £90,000 +28.57% 2
Games Engineer
UK

Games Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Games Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Games Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Games
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (66.67%) SOLID
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Kafka
2 2 (66.67%) Redis
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
3 1 (33.33%) DirectX
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Neural Network
3 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (33.33%) Android Development
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis

Games Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) Redis
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) DirectX
2 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
2 1 (33.33%) OpenGL ES
2 1 (33.33%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) SOLID
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Android Development
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Linux Kernel Development
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Neural Network
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree