The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 17 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 General category for the Exeter region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank - 36 27
Permanent jobs citing Games 0 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Exeter - 0.935% 0.769%
As % of the General category - 2.439% 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
Average salary - £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Exeter
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
20 82 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Exeter 18.02% 38.32% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 16 45 21
Average salary £28,500 £40,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.75% +56.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £15,500 £27,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,078 £41,200 £55,600
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Devon

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Exeter region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Exeter Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

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

Exeter Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Exeter region citing Games 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 Games.

1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) E-Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
2 3 (75.00%) Animation
2 3 (75.00%) Flash Games
3 2 (50.00%) Adobe
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Online Games
4 1 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) ActionScript

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Exeter region citing Games 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Flash Designer
1 4 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Photoshop Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) E-Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Animation
2 3 (75.00%) Flash Games
3 1 (25.00%) Online Games
3 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) ActionScript
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe