Game Development Jobs in London

Games Development
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 612 706
Rank change year-on-year +122 +94 -162
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 13 42 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.11% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.12% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 10 16 24
10th Percentile £49,450 £30,000 £47,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £88,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.72% +54.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £66,250
90th Percentile - £112,500 £70,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £72,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -27.59% +26.09% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,414 35,001 62,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.57% 95.46% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 16,033 24,908 34,596
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Game Development in London.

Salary trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Game Development in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Game Development in London

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Serverless
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Firebase
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (30.77%) Big Data
2 1 (7.69%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) TeamCity
General
1 13 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (7.69%) Publishing
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
1 5 (38.46%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Data Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Games Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Games Designer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Graduate
5 1 (7.69%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Junior
5 1 (7.69%) Junior Developer
5 1 (7.69%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) Unreal Engine
2 5 (38.46%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (7.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.69%) e-Learning
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile Games
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Android
1 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Mentoring
2 5 (38.46%) Analytics
3 4 (30.77%) Coaching
3 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (30.77%) Data Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Physics
4 3 (23.08%) Prototyping
5 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) High Availability
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 1 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Go
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Apple
1 1 (7.69%) Google