Games Jobs in London

Gaming
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 88 80
Rank change year-on-year -136 -8 +41
Permanent jobs citing Games 329 1,298 2,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.40% 3.62% 4.49%
As % of the General category 2.08% 5.25% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 238 369 677
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,280 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
London

Games is in the General Skills 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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,828 24,723 44,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.42% 69.03% 67.53%
Number of salaries quoted 11,305 16,984 22,561
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +6.43% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in London

Games
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +25 59 £50,000 -20.00% 26
West London -57 14 £77,500 +10.71% 17
South London -73 5 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Games
England

Games
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 51 (15.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.56%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.91%) SAS
4 1 (0.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.04%) AutoCAD
1 10 (3.04%) Revit
2 7 (2.13%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.22%) Blender
6 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.61%) Sketch
7 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 46 (13.98%) Endur
2 9 (2.74%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.61%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.30%) Magento
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.89%) AWS
2 29 (8.81%) Azure
3 17 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.56%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.26%) Google Workspace
6 11 (3.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 9 (2.74%) Asana
8 8 (2.43%) GitHub
9 7 (2.13%) GCP
9 7 (2.13%) SaaS
9 7 (2.13%) Serverless
10 6 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.52%) Vercel
11 5 (1.52%) WhatsApp
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.91%) Figma
12 3 (0.91%) Google Drive
13 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.61%) IaaS
13 2 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.17%) Firewall
2 15 (4.56%) DNS
3 11 (3.34%) Wireless
4 10 (3.04%) Broadband
4 10 (3.04%) NAS
5 7 (2.13%) LAN
6 6 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.52%) BGP
8 4 (1.22%) WAN
9 3 (0.91%) DHCP
9 3 (0.91%) IPv6
9 3 (0.91%) Network Security
9 3 (0.91%) VPN
10 2 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.61%) HTTP
10 2 (0.61%) MPLS
10 2 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.30%) Internet
11 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (21.58%) SQL Server
2 48 (14.59%) RDBMS
2 48 (14.59%) Relational Database
3 32 (9.73%) MySQL
4 26 (7.90%) Redis
5 18 (5.47%) Tableau
6 15 (4.56%) Power BI
7 12 (3.65%) NoSQL
8 10 (3.04%) Big Data
8 10 (3.04%) Looker
9 9 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.43%) Hadoop
10 8 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (2.13%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.22%) QlikView
14 3 (0.91%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.91%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 9 (2.74%) Git
2 5 (1.52%) Cypress.io
2 5 (1.52%) Grunt
2 5 (1.52%) gulp
2 5 (1.52%) JIRA
2 5 (1.52%) webpack
3 4 (1.22%) Storybook
4 3 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.30%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.30%) JUnit
5 1 (0.30%) Maven
5 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 71 (21.58%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.24%) Marketing
3 37 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.42%) Finance
5 22 (6.69%) Advertising
6 15 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (4.56%) Legal
7 13 (3.95%) Retail
8 12 (3.65%) iGaming
9 7 (2.13%) Banking
10 6 (1.82%) Back Office
10 6 (1.82%) Law
11 5 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (0.91%) Music Industry
13 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.61%) Electronics
14 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 84 (25.53%) Senior
2 76 (23.10%) Developer
3 34 (10.33%) Lead
4 32 (9.73%) Games Developer
5 31 (9.42%) .NET Developer
6 27 (8.21%) Development Manager
7 25 (7.60%) Senior Developer
8 24 (7.29%) Endur Manager
8 24 (7.29%) OpenLink Manager
8 24 (7.29%) Senior Manager
8 24 (7.29%) Software Development Manager
8 24 (7.29%) Software Manager
9 19 (5.78%) Architect
9 19 (5.78%) Lead Developer
10 17 (5.17%) Senior Development Manager
11 15 (4.56%) Endur Architect
11 15 (4.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 15 (4.56%) OpenLink Architect
11 15 (4.56%) Software Architect
11 15 (4.56%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (10.94%) Kafka
2 35 (10.64%) .NET
3 22 (6.69%) Unreal Engine
4 21 (6.38%) React
5 19 (5.78%) HTML
6 13 (3.95%) HTML5
7 12 (3.65%) .NET Core
7 12 (3.65%) ASP.NET
7 12 (3.65%) ASP.NET MVC
7 12 (3.65%) CSS
8 11 (3.34%) Node.js
9 10 (3.04%) Next.js
9 10 (3.04%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 10 (3.04%) V-Ray
10 9 (2.74%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (2.43%) RESTful
12 7 (2.13%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.13%) CSS3
12 7 (2.13%) Entity Framework
12 7 (2.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.98%) Swaptions
2 22 (6.69%) Video Conferencing
3 18 (5.47%) Algorithms
3 18 (5.47%) Augmented Reality
3 18 (5.47%) Virtual Team
4 17 (5.17%) Virtual Reality
5 14 (4.26%) e-Learning
6 11 (3.34%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.04%) HoloLens
7 10 (3.04%) HTC Vive
7 10 (3.04%) Oculus
8 9 (2.74%) Animation
8 9 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.74%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.43%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.43%) Online Gambling
9 8 (2.43%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.43%) SCADA
9 8 (2.43%) Social Media
10 7 (2.13%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.33%) Windows
2 17 (5.17%) Windows Server
3 14 (4.26%) Mac OS
4 13 (3.95%) Linux
5 9 (2.74%) Android
6 3 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.91%) Debian
6 3 (0.91%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.91%) VMS
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (19.45%) Roadmaps
2 58 (17.63%) IT Strategy
2 58 (17.63%) Technology Strategy
3 57 (17.33%) Agile
4 53 (16.11%) SDLC
5 52 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (14.89%) Software Engineering
7 46 (13.98%) Business Transformation
7 46 (13.98%) Creative Thinking
8 44 (13.37%) Strategic Roadmap
9 43 (13.07%) Data Modelling
10 42 (12.77%) Data Science
11 41 (12.46%) Analytics
12 39 (11.85%) Cybersecurity
13 37 (11.25%) Mentoring
14 36 (10.94%) Computer Science
15 33 (10.03%) Workshop Facilitation
16 30 (9.12%) SOLID
17 24 (7.29%) Microservices
18 23 (6.99%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (16.41%) SQL
2 52 (15.81%) Java
3 47 (14.29%) Python
4 46 (13.98%) VB
5 37 (11.25%) C#
6 22 (6.69%) JavaScript
7 15 (4.56%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.26%) Bash
9 12 (3.65%) C++
10 10 (3.04%) Go
11 8 (2.43%) C
12 4 (1.22%) R
13 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.61%) Scala
14 1 (0.30%) ABAP
14 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 72 (21.88%) Degree
2 24 (7.29%) Master's Degree
3 13 (3.95%) DBS Check
4 5 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (1.52%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.22%) PhD
6 3 (0.91%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.91%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.61%) CCIE
7 2 (0.61%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 2 (0.61%) CCNP
7 2 (0.61%) CCSA
7 2 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.61%) CSPO
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.34%) GDPR
3 10 (3.04%) SOC 2
4 7 (2.13%) QA
5 4 (1.22%) SLA
6 2 (0.61%) ITGC
6 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.30%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.22%) Docker
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.56%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (3.04%) Terraform
4 8 (2.43%) QRadar
5 4 (1.22%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.91%) Ansible
6 3 (0.91%) Salt
7 2 (0.61%) SCCM
8 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.30%) Puppet
8 1 (0.30%) WMI
8 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 48 (14.59%) Oracle
3 46 (13.98%) OpenLink
3 46 (13.98%) Sybase
3 46 (13.98%) TIBCO
4 29 (8.81%) Apple
5 25 (7.60%) Adobe
6 24 (7.29%) Google
7 10 (3.04%) Autodesk
7 10 (3.04%) VMware
8 9 (2.74%) YouTube
9 8 (2.43%) Darktrace
9 8 (2.43%) Databricks
10 6 (1.82%) Cisco
11 5 (1.52%) Instagram
12 4 (1.22%) Logitech
12 4 (1.22%) NVIDIA
13 3 (0.91%) Juniper
13 3 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.91%) Spotify