The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Gaming in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Gaming over the 3 months to 23 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 Miscellaneous category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Gaming
Rank 720 726 798
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +72
Permanent jobs citing Social Gaming 116 134 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.115% 0.118% 0.060%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.340% 0.351% 0.172%
Number of salaries quoted 107 130 67
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +48.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £37,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.70% +12.50%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34086 38126 41779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 33.86% 33.62% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 28230 32349 35193
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Social Gaming
UK

Social Gaming
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Social Gaming across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Social Gaming Jobs Demand Trend

Social Gaming
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Social Gaming across the England region.

England Social Gaming Salary Trend

Social Gaming
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Social Gaming across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Social Gaming Salary Histogram

Social Gaming
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Gaming within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London +6 97 £52,500 +10.52%
South West - 7 £25,000 -
South East - 6 £37,500 -
West Midlands - 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 £21,500 -
Social Gaming
UK

Social Gaming
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Social Gaming 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 Social Gaming.

1 238 (100.00%) Games
2 93 (39.08%) Java
3 90 (37.82%) JavaScript
4 65 (27.31%) CSS
5 62 (26.05%) Apple iOS
6 59 (24.79%) Facebook
7 58 (24.37%) HTML
8 54 (22.69%) C++
8 54 (22.69%) Android
9 53 (22.27%) OO
10 49 (20.59%) Game Development
11 47 (19.75%) Scrum
12 46 (19.33%) Linux
13 40 (16.81%) ActionScript
13 40 (16.81%) Online Games
14 39 (16.39%) HTML5
15 38 (15.97%) HTTP
16 35 (14.71%) Social Network
17 32 (13.45%) Agile Software Development
17 32 (13.45%) Mobile Games
18 31 (13.03%) Git (software)
19 29 (12.18%) Computer Science
19 29 (12.18%) Flash
20 28 (11.76%) OpenGL
20 28 (11.76%) QA
20 28 (11.76%) Google
21 27 (11.34%) Web Development
21 27 (11.34%) Degree
21 27 (11.34%) Objective-C
21 27 (11.34%) E-Commerce

Social Gaming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Social Gaming 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 Social Gaming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 65 (27.31%) CSS
2 58 (24.37%) HTML
3 39 (16.39%) HTML5
4 29 (12.18%) Flash
5 28 (11.76%) OpenGL
6 26 (10.92%) CSS3
6 26 (10.92%) Ajax
7 24 (10.08%) REST
8 22 (9.244%) jQuery
8 22 (9.244%) JSON
9 20 (8.403%) Spring
10 19 (7.983%) Web Services
10 19 (7.983%) J2EE
11 17 (7.143%) Google Maps API
11 17 (7.143%) iOS SDK
12 16 (6.723%) XML
12 16 (6.723%) JSP
13 10 (4.202%) JMS
14 8 (3.361%) JDBC
15 7 (2.941%) J2ME
Application Platforms
1 15 (6.303%) Amazon AWS
2 12 (5.042%) Amazon EC2
3 10 (4.202%) Apache
4 6 (2.521%) Facebook Platform
5 4 (1.681%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.261%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.840%) Jetty
7 2 (0.840%) Magento
7 2 (0.840%) MTS
7 2 (0.840%) MSMQ
8 1 (0.420%) CMS
8 1 (0.420%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (0.420%) nginx
Applications
1 23 (9.664%) Photoshop
2 8 (3.361%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.840%) Maya
3 2 (0.840%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.420%) InDesign
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.97%) HTTP
2 13 (5.462%) DNS
3 9 (3.782%) SMTP
3 9 (3.782%) AMQP
4 7 (2.941%) Internet
5 5 (2.101%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.261%) SSL
6 3 (1.261%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.420%) LAN
7 1 (0.420%) WAN
7 1 (0.420%) DHCP
7 1 (0.420%) VPN
7 1 (0.420%) Wireless
7 1 (0.420%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.983%) NoSQL
2 14 (5.882%) MySQL
3 8 (3.361%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.521%) Hadoop
4 6 (2.521%) RDBMS
5 5 (2.101%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.681%) CouchDB
6 4 (1.681%) Big Data
6 4 (1.681%) OLTP
7 3 (1.261%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.840%) StreamInsight
8 2 (0.840%) Redis
8 2 (0.840%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.420%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.420%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.420%) SQLite
9 1 (0.420%) QlikView
9 1 (0.420%) BigTable
Development Applications
1 31 (13.03%) Git (software)
2 19 (7.983%) Maven
3 18 (7.563%) Subversion
4 14 (5.882%) JUnit
5 9 (3.782%) TestNG
6 5 (2.101%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.681%) PhoneGap
7 4 (1.681%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.681%) Selenium
8 3 (1.261%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.840%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.420%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.420%) Ant
10 1 (0.420%) QuickTest Pro
10 1 (0.420%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.420%) FitNesse
10 1 (0.420%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.420%) Hudson
General
1 238 (100.00%) Games
2 15 (6.303%) Marketing
3 14 (5.882%) Finance
4 5 (2.101%) Advertising
4 5 (2.101%) Publishing
5 4 (1.681%) Retail
6 3 (1.261%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.261%) Music
7 1 (0.420%) Legal
7 1 (0.420%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.420%) Banking
Job Titles
1 150 (63.03%) Developer
2 29 (12.18%) Games Developer
3 28 (11.76%) Front-End Developer
4 24 (10.08%) Designer
5 21 (8.824%) Java Developer
5 21 (8.824%) C++ Developer
6 18 (7.563%) iOS Developer
6 18 (7.563%) Junior
6 18 (7.563%) Software Engineer
6 18 (7.563%) Junior Developer
6 18 (7.563%) Flash Developer
7 16 (6.723%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.303%) C++ Games Developer
9 12 (5.042%) Programmer
10 10 (4.202%) Junior Flash Developer
11 9 (3.782%) Graduate
11 9 (3.782%) Lead Developer
11 9 (3.782%) Web Developer
11 9 (3.782%) Graduate Developer
12 8 (3.361%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.81%) Online Games
2 35 (14.71%) Social Network
3 32 (13.45%) Mobile Games
4 29 (12.18%) Computer Science
5 27 (11.34%) Social Media
6 19 (7.983%) iPhone
7 18 (7.563%) iPad
8 14 (5.882%) Augmented Reality
9 13 (5.462%) Blackberry
10 12 (5.042%) Mobile App
11 11 (4.622%) Open Source
12 10 (4.202%) Mathematics
13 9 (3.782%) Flash Games
14 8 (3.361%) N-Tier
15 6 (2.521%) Blog
15 6 (2.521%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (2.101%) Statistics
17 4 (1.681%) Psychology
18 3 (1.261%) Animation
19 2 (0.840%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 62 (26.05%) Apple iOS
2 54 (22.69%) Android
3 46 (19.33%) Linux
4 6 (2.521%) UNIX
5 5 (2.101%) Windows
6 3 (1.261%) Mac OS X Server
6 3 (1.261%) CentOS
6 3 (1.261%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.27%) OO
2 49 (20.59%) Game Development
3 47 (19.75%) Scrum
4 32 (13.45%) Agile Software Development
5 27 (11.34%) Web Development
5 27 (11.34%) E-Commerce
6 24 (10.08%) Continuous Integration
7 23 (9.664%) Analytics
7 23 (9.664%) TDD
8 16 (6.723%) Unit Testing
8 16 (6.723%) Automated Testing
8 16 (6.723%) OOP
9 14 (5.882%) MVC
10 11 (4.622%) Multithreading
11 9 (3.782%) OOD
11 9 (3.782%) Workflow
12 8 (3.361%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 8 (3.361%) SOA
13 7 (2.941%) CRM
13 7 (2.941%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 93 (39.08%) Java
2 90 (37.82%) JavaScript
3 54 (22.69%) C++
4 40 (16.81%) ActionScript
5 27 (11.34%) Objective-C
5 27 (11.34%) ActionScript 3.0
6 23 (9.664%) SQL
7 19 (7.983%) PHP
8 14 (5.882%) Python
9 12 (5.042%) C#
10 11 (4.622%) C
11 9 (3.782%) Bash shell
11 9 (3.782%) Scala
12 7 (2.941%) Erlang
13 6 (2.521%) AspectJ
14 5 (2.101%) Perl
15 4 (1.681%) Ruby
16 3 (1.261%) T-SQL
16 3 (1.261%) Lua
17 1 (0.420%) MAXScript
Qualifications
1 27 (11.34%) Degree
2 4 (1.681%) PhD
3 2 (0.840%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.521%) Xen
2 1 (0.420%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (3.782%) Nagios
2 3 (1.261%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (24.79%) Facebook
2 28 (11.76%) Google
3 24 (10.08%) Twitter
4 7 (2.941%) Adobe
5 6 (2.521%) Apple
5 6 (2.521%) Perforce
6 4 (1.681%) Salesforce.com
7 3 (1.261%) Cisco
7 3 (1.261%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.261%) Remedy
7 3 (1.261%) Juniper
7 3 (1.261%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.261%) Brocade
8 2 (0.840%) Tableau
8 2 (0.840%) Sony
9 1 (0.420%) Bloomberg
London
One of the UKs fastest growing games development companies is seeking a skilled Game Developer to join their expanding team. As a Game Developer you will work closely...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
My client who is seeking a talented Java Developer, is a leader and pioneer in making social games with offices and players all around the world. They’re...
Oliver Bernard
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Excellent Bonus & Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Central London / West End
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Staying on top of trends in the Apple community, iOS development, and competitive landscape. * Leading conversations around proactive iOS development. * Working in a highly Agile environment using SCRUM...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + generous bonus and benefits package
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Enjoy writing Java?... The successful candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of Front to Back end development, very good Java skills and a history of working with Javascript,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits + Games + Free Lunch
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Lead JavaScript Developer - Social Gaming Start-up - London... -Experience using JavaScript libraries such a node.js and backbone.js... -Comfortable working with Agile methodologies, specifically SCRUM and TDD.
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + generous bonus and benefits package
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Job Role: iOS / Objective-C DeveloperLocation: London, CentralSalary: £60k to £70k + bonus + benefitsMobile Developer / Technical Lead (iOS / Objective-C, iPhone / iPad, Mobile, Android). Hugely successful online gaming firm...
Client Server
Salary: £60k to £70k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Over the last year or so we have seen two explosive growth areas in the IT market; social gaming and mobile application development... They are seeking ambitious C++...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, stock options, benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Essential skills & experience Handle server-side development for an n-tier enterprise Java application Web Services and JavaScript Exposure Experience within High-Transactional Systems Solve challenging technical problems...
bridgenoble
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Web Services and JavaScript Exposure... Work in a team using the Scrum agile methodology. Desired skills & experience Server-side Enterprise Java (J2EE or Java EE) Spring framework including...
Bridge Noble
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Front End, Developer, HTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, UI, Performance, Scalability, High Availability, High Traffic, Git, SVN, Sass, Less, Agile, Scrum, Data Structures, Algorithms, Computer Science, Backbone, YUI,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + top benefits/bonus/perks package
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Tech: C, C++, Concurrency, OpenGL, Mobile, Android, iOS, Games. My client is one of the World's most recognised names in pioneering the Social Gaming industry... The role...
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £85000 per annum + top bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will simply have: *Extensive experience developing casual/social games with Flash / ActionScript 3 *An impressive portfolio of web/mobile based games *An enthusiastic personality and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + top benefits/bonus/perks package
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
On the back of two successful years, a London Social / Casino games studio are currently looking to expand their social games platform... This is an exciting opportunity to...
Amiqus
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
You will be part of a cross-functional team working on an exciting new ecommerce application. They are looking for someone who wants to make a difference by...
greywood
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013