Games Jobs in England

Gaming
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 70 103
Rank change year-on-year -152 +33 +47
Permanent jobs citing Games 1,146 4,124 4,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.34% 4.46% 3.39%
As % of the General category 2.27% 6.54% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 885 789 1,551
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,151 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £102,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 50,579 63,106 84,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.29% 68.29% 63.75%
Number of salaries quoted 35,638 34,188 45,231
10th Percentile £27,445 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in England

Games
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Games in England

Games
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in England

Games
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 -129 327 £65,000 -4.41% 225
North of England -132 262 £52,500 +5.00% 142
South West -8 192 £43,500 -20.91% 37
South East -94 143 £50,000 -20.00% 121
Midlands -158 130 £55,000 +30.18% 101
North West -144 128 £45,000 -10.00% 88
West Midlands -129 97 £55,000 +57.14% 74
East of England -88 82 £60,000 -25.00% 52
North East +50 69 £64,080 +34.91% 14
Yorkshire -107 65 £50,000 -1.96% 41
East Midlands -112 33 £52,500 +5.57% 28
Games
UK

Games
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 98 (8.55%) Confluence
2 76 (6.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.48%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.61%) Apache Solr
5 7 (0.61%) WordPress
6 6 (0.52%) CMS
6 6 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2000
6 6 (0.52%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.26%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) Apache
9 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.17%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.087%) TYPO3
Applications
1 19 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.31%) AutoCAD
3 11 (0.96%) Blender
3 11 (0.96%) Maya
3 11 (0.96%) Revit
4 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (0.87%) Photoshop
5 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.70%) Sketch
7 7 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.52%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.35%) MotionBuilder
10 4 (0.35%) Simulink
10 4 (0.35%) Stateflow
10 4 (0.35%) ZBrush
11 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.26%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 42 (3.66%) Endur
2 8 (0.70%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.26%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.087%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 167 (14.57%) AWS
2 150 (13.09%) Azure
3 67 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.32%) SaaS
5 33 (2.88%) Serverless
6 28 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
7 23 (2.01%) Amazon S3
8 21 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
8 21 (1.83%) GitHub
9 20 (1.75%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.48%) dbt
10 17 (1.48%) Figma
11 14 (1.22%) Amazon Kinesis
11 14 (1.22%) Google Workspace
12 13 (1.13%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 11 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (0.79%) Asana
16 8 (0.70%) Cloudflare
16 8 (0.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.54%) Firewall
2 37 (3.23%) Wireless
3 19 (1.66%) Broadband
4 17 (1.48%) DNS
5 13 (1.13%) VPN
6 12 (1.05%) Internet
6 12 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.96%) LAN
7 11 (0.96%) NAS
8 9 (0.79%) Network Security
9 8 (0.70%) WAN
10 5 (0.44%) BGP
11 4 (0.35%) DHCP
12 3 (0.26%) IPv6
12 3 (0.26%) VoIP
12 3 (0.26%) VSAN
13 2 (0.17%) 4G
13 2 (0.17%) Cisco Nexus
13 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.17%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (11.87%) SQL Server
2 71 (6.20%) MySQL
3 50 (4.36%) Relational Database
4 49 (4.28%) Redis
5 48 (4.19%) RDBMS
6 33 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (1.83%) MongoDB
8 21 (1.83%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.75%) Power BI
10 19 (1.66%) Tableau
11 15 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.87%) Big Data
12 10 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.87%) Looker
13 8 (0.70%) Couchbase
13 8 (0.70%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.70%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.70%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 144 (12.57%) Git
2 117 (10.21%) JIRA
3 91 (7.94%) Visual Studio
4 89 (7.77%) Bitbucket
5 59 (5.15%) Sourcetree
6 18 (1.57%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.13%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.96%) Subversion
9 10 (0.87%) gulp
10 7 (0.61%) Grunt
11 6 (0.52%) webpack
12 5 (0.44%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.44%) JUnit
12 5 (0.44%) Zephyr
13 4 (0.35%) PostCSS
13 4 (0.35%) rollup.js
13 4 (0.35%) Storybook
13 4 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.35%) Vite
14 3 (0.26%) GitLab
General
1 290 (25.31%) Social Skills
2 142 (12.39%) Finance
3 94 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
4 85 (7.42%) Marketing
5 80 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.84%) Manufacturing
8 42 (3.66%) Retail
9 34 (2.97%) Legal
10 28 (2.44%) Advertising
11 27 (2.36%) Law
12 22 (1.92%) Electronics
13 21 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.75%) Aerospace
15 18 (1.57%) Banking
16 17 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (1.31%) iGaming
17 15 (1.31%) Military
17 15 (1.31%) Public Sector
18 14 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 349 (30.45%) Developer
2 236 (20.59%) Senior
3 164 (14.31%) Games Developer
4 98 (8.55%) .NET Developer
5 91 (7.94%) 3D Developer
5 91 (7.94%) Lead
6 88 (7.68%) Unity 3D Developer
7 85 (7.42%) Senior Developer
8 73 (6.37%) Project Manager
9 64 (5.58%) Analyst
10 51 (4.45%) C# Developer
11 45 (3.93%) Senior Games Developer
12 44 (3.84%) Senior Manager
12 44 (3.84%) Software Engineer
13 42 (3.66%) Data Engineer
14 41 (3.58%) Architect
15 36 (3.14%) C# .NET Developer
16 35 (3.05%) Lead Developer
17 31 (2.71%) Designer
17 31 (2.71%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (12.57%) .NET
2 136 (11.87%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 90 (7.85%) HTML
4 79 (6.89%) .NET Core
5 66 (5.76%) ASP.NET
6 63 (5.50%) ASP.NET MVC
6 63 (5.50%) React
7 61 (5.32%) CSS
8 57 (4.97%) Unreal Engine
9 56 (4.89%) Node.js
10 54 (4.71%) AngularJS
11 46 (4.01%) Vue
12 45 (3.93%) RESTful
13 44 (3.84%) Entity Framework
13 44 (3.84%) HTML5
14 41 (3.58%) Kafka
15 40 (3.49%) ASP.NET Web API
16 30 (2.62%) .NET Framework
17 27 (2.36%) Blazor
17 27 (2.36%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 127 (11.08%) Virtual Reality
2 61 (5.32%) Client/Server
3 48 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (3.66%) Swaptions
5 38 (3.32%) Algorithms
6 37 (3.23%) Online Games
7 36 (3.14%) Animation
8 34 (2.97%) Management Information System
9 30 (2.62%) Social Media
10 26 (2.27%) Data Structures
10 26 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (2.01%) Augmented Reality
11 23 (2.01%) Mobile App
11 23 (2.01%) Product Ownership
12 22 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
12 22 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
13 17 (1.48%) Oculus
13 17 (1.48%) Virtual Team
14 16 (1.40%) Operational Technology
15 15 (1.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 118 (10.30%) Windows
2 40 (3.49%) Linux
3 39 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.09%) Mac OS
5 20 (1.75%) Android
6 14 (1.22%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.13%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.79%) Unix
8 9 (0.79%) VMS
8 9 (0.79%) Windows Vista
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.26%) Debian
11 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (17.63%) Agile
2 200 (17.45%) Software Engineering
3 176 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
4 141 (12.30%) Scrum
5 118 (10.30%) DevOps
6 114 (9.95%) Design Patterns
7 113 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
8 111 (9.69%) Computer Science
9 109 (9.51%) Full Stack Development
10 107 (9.34%) Mentoring
10 107 (9.34%) Project Management
11 104 (9.08%) Use Case
12 95 (8.29%) Mathematics
13 88 (7.68%) Analytics
13 88 (7.68%) UML
14 84 (7.33%) Roadmaps
15 80 (6.98%) Decision-Making
16 78 (6.81%) MVC
17 63 (5.50%) Data Modelling
17 63 (5.50%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 277 (24.17%) C#
2 181 (15.79%) SQL
3 154 (13.44%) JavaScript
4 131 (11.43%) Python
5 70 (6.11%) TypeScript
6 69 (6.02%) Java
7 45 (3.93%) PHP
7 45 (3.93%) VB
8 42 (3.66%) C++
9 26 (2.27%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.57%) Bash
11 17 (1.48%) T-SQL
12 16 (1.40%) C
13 15 (1.31%) RPG
14 12 (1.05%) Go
15 9 (0.79%) Rust
16 6 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 5 (0.44%) R
18 2 (0.17%) Scala
18 2 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 334 (29.14%) Degree
2 188 (16.40%) Security Cleared
3 131 (11.43%) SC Cleared
4 102 (8.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (3.58%) DBS Check
6 30 (2.62%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.22%) CCNA
9 13 (1.13%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.05%) CCNP
11 10 (0.87%) CCNA CyberOps
11 10 (0.87%) MCP
11 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.70%) A+ Certification
12 8 (0.70%) PhD
13 7 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.52%) HNC
14 6 (0.52%) PMP
15 5 (0.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.93%) GDPR
2 29 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 28 (2.44%) QA
4 25 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.96%) SOC 2
7 8 (0.70%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.70%) SLA
8 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.26%) NIST
10 2 (0.17%) GRC
10 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.17%) ITGC
10 2 (0.17%) PMO
10 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.087%) COSHH
11 1 (0.087%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.087%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.087%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 45 (3.93%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.58%) Docker
3 25 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 16 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.087%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (2.97%) Terraform
2 30 (2.62%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.79%) QRadar
5 9 (0.79%) SCCM
6 8 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
7 7 (0.61%) Ansible
7 7 (0.61%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.61%) WSUS
8 3 (0.26%) Salt
9 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.087%) Puppet
10 1 (0.087%) WMI
Vendors
1 260 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.10%) Oracle
3 44 (3.84%) Apple
4 42 (3.66%) OpenLink
4 42 (3.66%) Sybase
4 42 (3.66%) TIBCO
5 41 (3.58%) Google
6 35 (3.05%) Adobe
7 25 (2.18%) Cisco
7 25 (2.18%) VMware
8 18 (1.57%) IFS
9 16 (1.40%) Workday
10 14 (1.22%) Autodesk
11 11 (0.96%) Databricks
12 10 (0.87%) Dell
12 10 (0.87%) Draytek
12 10 (0.87%) YouTube
13 9 (0.79%) Darktrace
13 9 (0.79%) F5
14 7 (0.61%) Salesforce