The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Leamington Spa region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games 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 terms in our General category for the Leamington Spa region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 23 33 12
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -21
Permanent jobs citing Games 14 1 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leamington Spa 10.00% 0.735% 10.84%
As % of the General category 27.45% 2.439% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 9
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +52.17%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Leamington Spa
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
51 41 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leamington Spa 36.43% 30.15% 36.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 31 20
Average salary £37,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.50% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £20,450 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Warwickshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leamington Spa 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 Leamington Spa region.

Leamington Spa Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leamington Spa 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 9 (60.00%) Game Development
2 6 (40.00%) MS Office
2 6 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) Mobile Games
2 6 (40.00%) JIRA
2 6 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (40.00%) QA
2 6 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) Time Management
2 6 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (33.33%) Twitter
4 4 (26.67%) C++
5 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (20.00%) Remedy
5 3 (20.00%) Music
5 3 (20.00%) Publishing
5 3 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
5 3 (20.00%) Online Games
5 3 (20.00%) Load Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) Social Gaming
6 2 (13.33%) Software Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) Web Services
7 1 (6.667%) Photoshop
7 1 (6.667%) C#
7 1 (6.667%) Adobe

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leamington Spa 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 2 (13.33%) Web Services
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) MS Office
1 6 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.667%) Maya
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (20.00%) Music
1 3 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Designer
2 3 (20.00%) Games Producer
3 2 (13.33%) Programmer
4 1 (6.667%) Creative Designer
4 1 (6.667%) Art Director
4 1 (6.667%) Tools Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile Games
1 6 (40.00%) Mathematics
1 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (20.00%) Online Games
2 3 (20.00%) Social Gaming
3 1 (6.667%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (6.667%) Social Media
3 1 (6.667%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Game Development
2 6 (40.00%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) Project Planning
2 6 (40.00%) Time Management
2 6 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
3 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 3 (20.00%) Load Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (13.33%) Software Architecture
5 1 (6.667%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) C++
2 1 (6.667%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Twitter
2 3 (20.00%) Remedy
3 1 (6.667%) Adobe