The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 20 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 173 176 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 2 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.058% 0.103% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% 0.134% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-31.25% +23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2601 2981 2572
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 75.92% 76.85% 72.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2192 2579 2167
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £63,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
South East

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Portsmouth +1 2 £45,000 -
Game Development
South East

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 12 (100.00%) Games
2 9 (75.00%) Python
2 9 (75.00%) Linux
3 6 (50.00%) MySQL
3 6 (50.00%) Degree
3 6 (50.00%) Analytics
4 5 (41.67%) Web Application Development
4 5 (41.67%) Open Source
4 5 (41.67%) Web Development
4 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (41.67%) Lua
4 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
4 5 (41.67%) C++
4 5 (41.67%) Java
4 5 (41.67%) Windows
4 5 (41.67%) PHP
4 5 (41.67%) Mac OS X
5 4 (33.33%) Internet
5 4 (33.33%) OLTP
5 4 (33.33%) Change Management
5 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (33.33%) UNIX
5 4 (33.33%) Solaris
5 4 (33.33%) Perl
5 4 (33.33%) OLAP
5 4 (33.33%) ITIL
5 4 (33.33%) Statistics
5 4 (33.33%) Replication
5 4 (33.33%) Load Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Capacity Planning

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 1 (8.333%) HTML
1 1 (8.333%) CSS
1 1 (8.333%) XML
1 1 (8.333%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Photoshop
1 1 (8.333%) 3ds Max
1 1 (8.333%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) MySQL
2 4 (33.33%) OLAP
2 4 (33.33%) OLTP
General
1 12 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (8.333%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Graduate
2 4 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) DBA
2 4 (33.33%) Administrator
2 4 (33.33%) Database Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) MySQL DBA
3 3 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (25.00%) C++ Software Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Graduate Software Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Graduate C++ Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) ActionScript Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) ActionScript Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
1 5 (41.67%) Open Source
2 4 (33.33%) Replication
2 4 (33.33%) Statistics
3 2 (16.67%) Social Media
3 2 (16.67%) Social Gaming
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile Games
3 2 (16.67%) Psychology
4 1 (8.333%) Graphic Design
4 1 (8.333%) Video Editing
4 1 (8.333%) E-Learning
4 1 (8.333%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Mac OS X
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) Solaris
3 4 (33.33%) UNIX
4 2 (16.67%) Android
4 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Web Application Development
2 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Web Development
3 4 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Lua
2 5 (41.67%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) PHP
3 4 (33.33%) Perl
4 1 (8.333%) ActionScript
4 1 (8.333%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (8.333%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Tableau
1 2 (16.67%) Facebook
2 1 (8.333%) Adobe
Hampshire
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