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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Liverpool region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6548
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.444 %5.782 %
Salaries quoted115
Average minimum salary£38,000£24,533
Average salary£41,500£25,600
% change on same period last year+62.10 %
Average maximum salary£45,000£26,667
UK excluding London average salary£35,678£35,675
% change on same period last year-
Liverpool IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Liverpool
Matching permanent IT job ads277294
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.146 %0.120 %
Salaries quoted230260
Average minimum salary£30,170£35,203
Average salary£32,838£37,183
% change on same period last year-11.68 %
Average maximum salary£35,505£39,162
UK excluding London average salary£40,890£42,387
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Games MerseysideGames
Merseyside

Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Liverpool Games Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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.

110 (52.63 %)C++
27 (36.84 %)Java
27 (36.84 %)C#
27 (36.84 %)Degree
36 (31.58 %)Computer Science
36 (31.58 %)Software Engineering
36 (31.58 %)Windows
45 (26.32 %)J2ME
45 (26.32 %)C
54 (21.05 %)Mathematics
54 (21.05 %)WPF
54 (21.05 %)Unit Testing
54 (21.05 %)Continuous Integration
54 (21.05 %)Linux
63 (15.79 %)STL
63 (15.79 %)MFC
63 (15.79 %)DirectX
63 (15.79 %)WinForms
72 (10.53 %)3D Graphics
72 (10.53 %)Eclipse
72 (10.53 %)Mac OS X
72 (10.53 %)OpenGL
72 (10.53 %)Animation
72 (10.53 %)UNIX
72 (10.53 %)SWT
72 (10.53 %)Agile Software Development
81 (5.263 %)Physics
81 (5.263 %)Social Network
81 (5.263 %)MySQL
81 (5.263 %)PHP

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Liverpool IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (26.32 %)J2ME
24 (21.05 %)WPF
33 (15.79 %)MFC
33 (15.79 %)STL
33 (15.79 %)DirectX
33 (15.79 %)WinForms
42 (10.53 %)SWT
42 (10.53 %)OpenGL
51 (5.263 %)LAMP
51 (5.263 %).NET
Liverpool IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)Maya
11 (5.263 %)3ds Max
Liverpool IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)MySQL
Liverpool IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.53 %)Eclipse
Liverpool IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.53 %)3D Graphics
12 (10.53 %)Animation
Liverpool IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (42.11 %)Programmer
27 (36.84 %)Developer
35 (26.32 %)Tester
35 (26.32 %)Junior
35 (26.32 %)Junior Tester
35 (26.32 %)Junior Developer
42 (10.53 %)C++ Developer
51 (5.263 %)C++ Software Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Java Software Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Games Developer
51 (5.263 %)Games Programmer
51 (5.263 %)Software Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Test Manager
51 (5.263 %)C++ Programmer
51 (5.263 %)Graduate
51 (5.263 %)C Developer
51 (5.263 %)C Programmer
51 (5.263 %)C Software Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Animator
Liverpool IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (31.58 %)Computer Science
24 (21.05 %)Mathematics
31 (5.263 %)Physics
31 (5.263 %)Social Network
Liverpool IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (31.58 %)Windows
24 (21.05 %)Linux
32 (10.53 %)Mac OS X
32 (10.53 %)UNIX
Liverpool IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)Software Engineering
24 (21.05 %)Unit Testing
24 (21.05 %)Continuous Integration
32 (10.53 %)Agile Software Development
41 (5.263 %)Workflow
Liverpool IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (52.63 %)C++
27 (36.84 %)Java
27 (36.84 %)C#
35 (26.32 %)C
41 (5.263 %)PHP
41 (5.263 %)Shell Script
Liverpool IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (36.84 %)Degree
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