Games Jobs in Liverpool
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 30 49 49
Rank change year-on-year
+19 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 18 21 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 4.972% 4.134% 0.629%
As % of the General category 13.24% 13.38% 1.667%
Number of salaries quoted 15 20 2
Average salary £26,500 £40,000 £39,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.75% +1.91%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 136 157 120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 37.57% 30.91% 37.74%
Number of salaries quoted 117 148 83
Average salary £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £54,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Merseyside

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Liverpool Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

1 21 (65.63%) C++
1 21 (65.63%) HTML5
2 18 (56.25%) CSS3
2 18 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 18 (56.25%) PHP
2 18 (56.25%) CSS
3 15 (46.88%) Objective-C
3 15 (46.88%) Animation
3 15 (46.88%) Apple
3 15 (46.88%) ASP
3 15 (46.88%) XHTML
3 15 (46.88%) HTML
3 15 (46.88%) C
3 15 (46.88%) Apple iOS
3 15 (46.88%) Game Development
3 15 (46.88%) cocos2d
3 15 (46.88%) Android
4 10 (31.25%) Degree
5 9 (28.13%) QA
6 8 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (25.00%) Software Testing
7 7 (21.88%) ISEB
8 6 (18.75%) Python
8 6 (18.75%) C#
8 6 (18.75%) Photoshop
8 6 (18.75%) .NET
9 5 (15.63%) PRINCE2
10 4 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
10 4 (12.50%) Interactive Media
10 4 (12.50%) MS Visio

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 21 (65.63%) HTML5
2 18 (56.25%) CSS3
2 18 (56.25%) CSS
3 15 (46.88%) HTML
3 15 (46.88%) cocos2d
3 15 (46.88%) XHTML
3 15 (46.88%) ASP
4 6 (18.75%) .NET
5 3 (9.375%) Flash
5 3 (9.375%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Photoshop
2 4 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 4 (12.50%) MS Visio
3 3 (9.375%) Fireworks
3 3 (9.375%) 3ds Max
3 3 (9.375%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (9.375%) ZBrush
3 3 (9.375%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.375%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server
1 3 (9.375%) DB2
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) JIRA
General
1 4 (12.50%) Interactive Media
2 3 (9.375%) Marketing
2 3 (9.375%) Finance
3 1 (3.125%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Developer
1 18 (56.25%) Games Developer
2 5 (15.63%) Senior Manager
3 3 (9.375%) Senior Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Test Manager
3 3 (9.375%) Web Designer
3 3 (9.375%) Senior Games Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Designer
4 2 (6.250%) Development Engineer
4 2 (6.250%) Senior Test Manager
5 1 (3.125%) QA Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Senior QA Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Senior Web Designer
5 1 (3.125%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Software Tester
5 1 (3.125%) QA Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Operations Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (46.88%) Animation
2 3 (9.375%) Physics
2 3 (9.375%) Online Games
2 3 (9.375%) Open Source
2 3 (9.375%) Streaming Video
3 2 (6.250%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (46.88%) Android
1 15 (46.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Game Development
2 8 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (15.63%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.50%) ITIL
5 3 (9.375%) Waterfall
5 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
5 3 (9.375%) Email Marketing
5 3 (9.375%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (9.375%) SEO
5 3 (9.375%) Web Design
5 3 (9.375%) Test Automation
6 2 (6.250%) Manual Testing
6 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.250%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.125%) Automation Testing
7 1 (3.125%) System Testing
7 1 (3.125%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.125%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (3.125%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) C++
2 18 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 18 (56.25%) PHP
3 15 (46.88%) C
3 15 (46.88%) Objective-C
4 6 (18.75%) Python
4 6 (18.75%) C#
5 3 (9.375%) Java
5 3 (9.375%) PL/SQL
5 3 (9.375%) SQL
5 3 (9.375%) Perl
5 3 (9.375%) Ruby
5 3 (9.375%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) ISEB
3 3 (9.375%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (28.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Apple
2 3 (9.375%) Oracle
Games Developer, Unity, Objective-C, iOS, HTML, £30k, Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside
Technical Skills: C / C++ Objective C iOS Development / Android Development Unity / Cocos2D - x HTML / HTML5 CSS / CSS3 JavaScript PHP ASP Soft Skills: Ability to write and work within...
Roc Search
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Games Developer, (Unity 3D, 3D Development, C#, .Net)
Liverpool, Merseyside
4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over Internet (via HTML5 or Flash)... Knowledge of 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Photoshop.
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior Games Developer
Liverpool, North West
4+ years Unity 3.x experience on commercial or open source projects 4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Software Development manager - Liverpool - £60,000
Liverpool, North West
As part of an aggressive growth strategy, they are presently searching for a software development Manager (SDP) to be based in of the UK head office in Liverpool...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £56000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Project Manager - Online
Liverpool, Merseyside
Previous Experience Experience in project management and delivery. Knowledge of project management principles and methodologies (e.g. Prince2 and Agile) Proven experience in people management. Proven experience in...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + company benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
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