The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 40 60 49
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -11
Permanent jobs citing Games 19 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.942% 0.181% 0.777%
As % of the General category 12.34% 0.613% 2.752%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 3
Average salary £25,000 £18,190 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.43% -22.59%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
154 163 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 31.95% 29.53% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 136 139 91
Average salary £33,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.63% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £19,500 £22,550
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,250 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
North West

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Blackburn - 10 £25,000 -
Lancaster - 9 £40,000 -
Games
North West

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 25 (96.15%) C#
2 20 (76.92%) MVC
3 19 (73.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (73.08%) TDD
3 19 (73.08%) .NET
3 19 (73.08%) SQL Server
3 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET
3 19 (73.08%) MCP
3 19 (73.08%) MCAD
3 19 (73.08%) MCSD
3 19 (73.08%) MCTS
3 19 (73.08%) WCF
3 19 (73.08%) Domain-Driven Design
3 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET MVC
3 19 (73.08%) Dependency Injection
3 19 (73.08%) Node.js
3 19 (73.08%) Ninject
3 19 (73.08%) KnockoutJS
3 19 (73.08%) Web Application Development
3 19 (73.08%) SQL Server 2012
3 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 17 (65.38%) Mobile App
5 16 (61.54%) Android
6 10 (38.46%) iPhone
6 10 (38.46%) Music
6 10 (38.46%) Google
7 9 (34.62%) Internet
8 6 (23.08%) Blackberry
8 6 (23.08%) Windows
8 6 (23.08%) OOD

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 19 (73.08%) .NET
1 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET
1 19 (73.08%) WCF
1 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET MVC
1 19 (73.08%) Node.js
1 19 (73.08%) Ninject
1 19 (73.08%) KnockoutJS
1 19 (73.08%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 6 (23.08%) HTML5
3 4 (15.38%) OpenGL
3 4 (15.38%) XML
3 4 (15.38%) Flash
3 4 (15.38%) JSON
3 4 (15.38%) Qt
4 1 (3.846%) CakePHP
4 1 (3.846%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) Apache
1 1 (3.846%) Magento
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (73.08%) SQL Server
1 19 (73.08%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (3.846%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Xcode
General
1 10 (38.46%) Music
Job Titles
1 26 (100.00%) Developer
2 19 (73.08%) .NET Developer
3 6 (23.08%) Mobile Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.846%) ActionScript Developer
5 1 (3.846%) C++ Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Symbian Developer
5 1 (3.846%) PHP Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Android Developer
5 1 (3.846%) C++/Java Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Java Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (65.38%) Mobile App
2 10 (38.46%) iPhone
3 6 (23.08%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.846%) Interactive TV
4 1 (3.846%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Android
2 6 (23.08%) Windows
3 5 (19.23%) Apple iOS
4 4 (15.38%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) MVC
2 19 (73.08%) TDD
2 19 (73.08%) Domain-Driven Design
2 19 (73.08%) Dependency Injection
2 19 (73.08%) Web Application Development
3 6 (23.08%) OOD
4 4 (15.38%) OO
5 1 (3.846%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) C#
2 6 (23.08%) C++
2 6 (23.08%) Java
3 5 (19.23%) Objective-C
4 4 (15.38%) ActionScript
4 4 (15.38%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (3.846%) PHP
5 1 (3.846%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 19 (73.08%) Microsoft Certification
1 19 (73.08%) MCP
1 19 (73.08%) MCAD
1 19 (73.08%) MCSD
1 19 (73.08%) MCTS
2 1 (3.846%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Google
2 6 (23.08%) Symbian
3 1 (3.846%) Facebook
Lancaster, North West
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Posted: 22 May 2013
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