The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Fife region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Fife region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank - 13 19
Permanent jobs citing Games 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife - 2.222% 1.639%
As % of the General category - 10.00% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Fife
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
14 10 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 35.90% 22.22% 21.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 7
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +3.22%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Games
Scotland

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fife 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 Fife region.

Fife Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (33.33%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft