The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 83 67 52
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -15
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 2 15 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.223% 2.060% 0.647%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.295% 3.106% 0.850%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 3
Average salary £27,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.29% +21.42%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
677 483 353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 75.47% 66.35% 76.08%
Number of salaries quoted 536 459 335
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
Surrey

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Guildford Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Salary Trend

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

Guildford Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 10 (100.00%) Games
2 6 (60.00%) Animation
2 6 (60.00%) Spreadsheet
2 6 (60.00%) iPad
3 4 (40.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (40.00%) Graphic Design
3 4 (40.00%) Maya
3 4 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (40.00%) Web Design
3 4 (40.00%) Photoshop
3 4 (40.00%) Flash
3 4 (40.00%) Adobe

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) Flash
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (40.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (40.00%) Maya
2 4 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (40.00%) Photoshop
General
1 10 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Designer
1 6 (60.00%) Technical Designer
2 4 (40.00%) Author
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Animation
1 6 (60.00%) iPad
2 4 (40.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Web Design
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. 35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a... They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles and are looking for experienced programmers...
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Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. 35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a C++ Game Programmer / Game Systems Programmer . They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. An independant games studio is looking for C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer at all levels. They are working on a range of Playstation 3...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a Senior C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer. They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013