Unreal Engine Jobs in England

Unreal Engine
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unreal Engine skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 792 932
Rank change year-on-year +36 +140 -199
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 84 135 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.098% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.48% 0.49% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 65 79 73
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,262
25th Percentile £39,720 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +18.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £86,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -14.81% +35.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Unreal Engine is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks 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 technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 17,422 27,664 52,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.42% 29.94% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14,133 17,114 26,939
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,651 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unreal Engine 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 +87 30 £55,000 +10.00% 17
South East -3 19 £60,000 -14.29% 13
North of England +58 12 £41,235 -58.77% 7
North West +17 12 £41,235 - 3
Midlands +5 11 £75,000 +114.29% 21
West Midlands +4 7 £75,000 +114.29% 21
South West -25 6 £45,000 -10.00% 3
East of England +20 5 £125,000 - 4
East Midlands - 4 - -
Unreal Engine
UK

Unreal Engine
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 (4.76%) Confluence
2 2 (2.38%) CMS
2 2 (2.38%) IIS
2 2 (2.38%) Liferay
2 2 (2.38%) Magnolia
2 2 (2.38%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.19%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (11.90%) AutoCAD
1 10 (11.90%) Revit
2 4 (4.76%) 3ds Max
2 4 (4.76%) Maya
2 4 (4.76%) MotionBuilder
2 4 (4.76%) Photoshop
3 3 (3.57%) Blender
4 2 (2.38%) Houdini
5 1 (1.19%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 6 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (2.38%) Azure
3 2 (2.38%) Firebase
3 2 (2.38%) GCP
3 2 (2.38%) npm
3 2 (2.38%) PaaS
4 1 (1.19%) Amazon Cognito
4 1 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.19%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.19%) AWS CodePipeline
4 1 (1.19%) Figma
4 1 (1.19%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.95%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.38%) BigQuery
2 2 (2.38%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (2.38%) DB2
2 2 (2.38%) DTS
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.19%) Big Data
3 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (17.86%) Git
2 10 (11.90%) Subversion
3 5 (5.95%) JIRA
4 3 (3.57%) GitLab
5 2 (2.38%) Bower
5 2 (2.38%) git-flow
5 2 (2.38%) gulp
5 2 (2.38%) Moq
5 2 (2.38%) TeamCity
5 2 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (67.86%) Games
2 15 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 10 (11.90%) Legal
4 7 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.95%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.76%) Advertising
6 4 (4.76%) Automotive
7 2 (2.38%) Electronics
7 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (32.14%) Developer
2 11 (13.10%) Games Developer
3 10 (11.90%) Development Engineer
3 10 (11.90%) Head of IT
3 10 (11.90%) Senior
4 9 (10.71%) Lead
5 7 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 6 (7.14%) Senior Developer
7 5 (5.95%) Designer
8 4 (4.76%) Games Designer
8 4 (4.76%) Games Programmer
8 4 (4.76%) Product Specialist
8 4 (4.76%) Programmer
8 4 (4.76%) Senior Designer
8 4 (4.76%) Senior Games Designer
9 3 (3.57%) Junior
9 3 (3.57%) Lead Software Engineer
10 2 (2.38%) Junior Developer
10 2 (2.38%) Junior Web Developer
10 2 (2.38%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (30.95%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 14 (16.67%) V-Ray
3 4 (4.76%) Corona SDK
3 4 (4.76%) CSS
3 4 (4.76%) HTML
4 3 (3.57%) CryEngine
4 3 (3.57%) DirectX
4 3 (3.57%) Kafka
4 3 (3.57%) Node.js
4 3 (3.57%) React
4 3 (3.57%) React Native
4 3 (3.57%) Vulkan
5 2 (2.38%) .NET Core
5 2 (2.38%) Angular 2
5 2 (2.38%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.38%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (2.38%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.38%) Redux
5 2 (2.38%) REST
5 2 (2.38%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.24%) Virtual Reality
2 14 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
3 10 (11.90%) e-Learning
3 10 (11.90%) HoloLens
3 10 (11.90%) HTC Vive
3 10 (11.90%) Oculus
3 10 (11.90%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (8.33%) Algorithms
5 6 (7.14%) Animation
6 5 (5.95%) Product Ownership
7 4 (4.76%) Mobile App
7 4 (4.76%) Mobile Games
8 3 (3.57%) Client/Server
8 3 (3.57%) Onboarding
8 3 (3.57%) Ray Tracing
8 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (29.76%) Windows
2 5 (5.95%) Linux
3 1 (1.19%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.19%) Physics
2 19 (22.62%) Computer Science
2 19 (22.62%) Game Development
3 18 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (19.05%) Mathematics
5 15 (17.86%) DevOps
5 15 (17.86%) Mentoring
6 13 (15.48%) Software Testing
7 12 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 12 (14.29%) Use Case
8 10 (11.90%) Cross-Platform Development
8 10 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (11.90%) IT Strategy
8 10 (11.90%) Multithreading
8 10 (11.90%) Technology Strategy
9 8 (9.52%) Visual Effects
10 7 (8.33%) Agile
10 7 (8.33%) Web Development
11 6 (7.14%) CAD
11 6 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.00%) Python
2 17 (20.24%) C++
3 10 (11.90%) C
4 9 (10.71%) C#
5 8 (9.52%) JavaScript
6 7 (8.33%) SQL
7 4 (4.76%) PHP
8 3 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.38%) Go
9 2 (2.38%) Java
9 2 (2.38%) Kotlin
9 2 (2.38%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.38%) VB
9 2 (2.38%) XAML
Qualifications
1 34 (40.48%) Degree
2 13 (15.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.95%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.19%) PhD
4 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.90%) GDPR
2 5 (5.95%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 14 (16.67%) Autodesk
2 11 (13.10%) Adobe
3 7 (8.33%) Atlassian
4 5 (5.95%) Apple
5 4 (4.76%) NVIDIA
6 3 (3.57%) Microsoft
7 2 (2.38%) Google
7 2 (2.38%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.38%) OpenText
7 2 (2.38%) Pega
7 2 (2.38%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.19%) Alias