The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 163 145 156
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +11
Permanent jobs citing Games 18 40 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.495% 1.049% 0.580%
As % of the General category 1.448% 2.815% 1.580%
Number of salaries quoted 14 38 18
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,750 £30,000 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,250 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1243 1421 1392
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 34.16% 37.28% 36.71%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1204 1117
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Games
South East

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Hampshire Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Southampton -23 5 £27,500 -26.66% 2
Fareham - 5 £32,500 - 2
Aldershot - 2 £82,500 -
Farnborough - 2 - -
Portsmouth - 1 £45,000 -
Winchester - 1 £30,500 -
Games
South East

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 20 (46.51%) Linux
2 15 (34.88%) MySQL
3 14 (32.56%) Python
4 13 (30.23%) Internet
4 13 (30.23%) Degree
4 13 (30.23%) Game Development
5 12 (27.91%) Windows
6 11 (25.58%) C++
6 11 (25.58%) Perl
7 10 (23.26%) C#
7 10 (23.26%) ISO 9001
8 9 (20.93%) PHP
9 8 (18.60%) Java
10 7 (16.28%) Finance
10 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
10 7 (16.28%) Web Development
10 7 (16.28%) .NET
10 7 (16.28%) Web Application Development
11 6 (13.95%) Analytics
11 6 (13.95%) Apple iOS
11 6 (13.95%) Facebook
11 6 (13.95%) Kindle
11 6 (13.95%) Android
11 6 (13.95%) Open Source
11 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
11 6 (13.95%) ASP.NET
11 6 (13.95%) Google
11 6 (13.95%) Clustering
12 5 (11.63%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (11.63%) Scrum

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 7 (16.28%) .NET
2 6 (13.95%) ASP.NET
3 5 (11.63%) HTML
4 4 (9.302%) Bing Maps
4 4 (9.302%) CSS
4 4 (9.302%) Web Services
4 4 (9.302%) OpenGL
4 4 (9.302%) DirectX
4 4 (9.302%) Silverlight
5 3 (6.977%) XML
5 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (6.977%) HTML5
5 3 (6.977%) JSON
6 2 (4.651%) WCF
6 2 (4.651%) Node.js
6 2 (4.651%) Ninject
6 2 (4.651%) REST
6 2 (4.651%) KnockoutJS
6 2 (4.651%) cocos2d
6 2 (4.651%) Cocoa Touch
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.302%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.326%) CMS
2 1 (2.326%) Drupal
2 1 (2.326%) WordPress
2 1 (2.326%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.23%) Internet
2 1 (2.326%) NetScreen
2 1 (2.326%) Firewall
2 1 (2.326%) VLAN
2 1 (2.326%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (2.326%) LAN
2 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.326%) VPN
2 1 (2.326%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (34.88%) MySQL
2 5 (11.63%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
3 4 (9.302%) OLAP
3 4 (9.302%) OLTP
4 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.326%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (6.977%) Xcode
3 1 (2.326%) Subversion
3 1 (2.326%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (16.28%) Finance
2 4 (9.302%) Aerospace
2 4 (9.302%) Marketing
3 1 (2.326%) Advertising
3 1 (2.326%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 18 (41.86%) Developer
2 12 (27.91%) Administrator
3 8 (18.60%) Systems Administrator
4 6 (13.95%) Software Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Web Developer
5 5 (11.63%) Graduate
6 4 (9.302%) Software Developer
6 4 (9.302%) DBA
6 4 (9.302%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 4 (9.302%) Database Engineer
6 4 (9.302%) MySQL DBA
7 3 (6.977%) Graduate C++ Developer
7 3 (6.977%) Graduate Software Developer
7 3 (6.977%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 3 (6.977%) Graduate Developer
7 3 (6.977%) Linux Administrator
7 3 (6.977%) Linux Support
7 3 (6.977%) Systems Support
7 3 (6.977%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (6.977%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
2 6 (13.95%) Clustering
2 6 (13.95%) Open Source
2 6 (13.95%) Kindle
3 5 (11.63%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (11.63%) Replication
4 4 (9.302%) Visualisation
4 4 (9.302%) Statistics
5 3 (6.977%) Mobile Games
5 3 (6.977%) Client/Server
5 3 (6.977%) Social Network
5 3 (6.977%) Online Games
6 2 (4.651%) iPhone
6 2 (4.651%) Psychology
6 2 (4.651%) Social Media
6 2 (4.651%) iPad
6 2 (4.651%) Social Gaming
7 1 (2.326%) Handset
7 1 (2.326%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (46.51%) Linux
2 12 (27.91%) Windows
3 6 (13.95%) Android
3 6 (13.95%) Apple iOS
4 5 (11.63%) UNIX
4 5 (11.63%) Mac OS X
5 4 (9.302%) Solaris
6 3 (6.977%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.326%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Game Development
2 7 (16.28%) Web Application Development
2 7 (16.28%) Web Development
3 6 (13.95%) Analytics
4 5 (11.63%) Project Management
4 5 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (11.63%) Scrum
4 5 (11.63%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering
5 4 (9.302%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (9.302%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (9.302%) Migration
5 4 (9.302%) Network Design
5 4 (9.302%) Change Management
5 4 (9.302%) ITIL
5 4 (9.302%) UML
5 4 (9.302%) OO
5 4 (9.302%) Requirements Management
5 4 (9.302%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (9.302%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) Python
2 11 (25.58%) C++
2 11 (25.58%) Perl
3 10 (23.26%) C#
4 9 (20.93%) PHP
5 8 (18.60%) Java
6 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
7 5 (11.63%) SQL
7 5 (11.63%) Lua
8 4 (9.302%) Shell Script
8 4 (9.302%) C
9 3 (6.977%) Objective-C
9 3 (6.977%) Bash shell
10 2 (4.651%) Ruby
11 1 (2.326%) PHP5
11 1 (2.326%) ActionScript 3.0
11 1 (2.326%) VB.NET
11 1 (2.326%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 13 (30.23%) Degree
2 2 (4.651%) MCTS
2 2 (4.651%) MCP
2 2 (4.651%) MCAD
2 2 (4.651%) MCSD
2 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.326%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) ISO 9001
2 4 (9.302%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Google
1 6 (13.95%) Facebook
2 4 (9.302%) ESRI
2 4 (9.302%) Red Hat
3 3 (6.977%) Apple
3 3 (6.977%) Twitter
4 2 (4.651%) Tableau
5 1 (2.326%) Zend
5 1 (2.326%) Oracle
5 1 (2.326%) SAP
5 1 (2.326%) Cisco
5 1 (2.326%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.326%) Juniper
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