Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the London 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank64130
Rank change on same period last yearUp+66
Matching permanent IT job ads14141276
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.217 %0.652 %
As % of the category below5.302 %2.539 %
Salaries quoted12111096
Average minimum salary£39,498£39,743
Average salary£43,715£44,489
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
Average maximum salary£47,931£49,234
UK excluding London average salary£37,577£37,511
% change on same period last year+0.17 %
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2666750261
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled22.96 %25.66 %
Salaries quoted2210439137
Average minimum salary£48,649£49,459
Average salary£53,478£54,563
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Average maximum salary£58,306£59,668
UK excluding London average salary£41,399£41,803
% change on same period last year-0.96 %
Games EnglandGames
England

Games
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

London Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+122263£47,982+0.11 %
HammersmithUp+3545£29,200-25.23 %
WimbledonUp+209£41,667-1.96 %
CroydonUp+177£30,214-7.03 %
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-5£36,000-
BarkingNew entry-4£34,375-
PaddingtonNew entry-3£42,500-
WembleyNew entry-2£39,500-
HarrowNew entry-2£40,750-
IlfordNew entry-1£35,000-
TwickenhamNew entry-1£28,000-
ClaphamNew entry-1£35,000-
OsterleyNew entry-1--
Games EnglandGames
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London 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.

1814 (26.30 %)Online Games
2632 (20.42 %)C++
3523 (16.90 %)Java
4505 (16.32 %).NET
5493 (15.93 %)XML
6489 (15.80 %)Flash
7477 (15.41 %)SQL
8475 (15.35 %)C#
9471 (15.22 %)Finance
10414 (13.38 %)HTML
11400 (12.92 %)JavaScript
12360 (11.63 %)Marketing
13359 (11.60 %)Degree
14356 (11.50 %)ASP.NET
15341 (11.02 %)CSS
16330 (10.66 %)Windows
17317 (10.24 %)ActionScript
18300 (9.693 %)E-Commerce
19299 (9.661 %)Linux
20286 (9.241 %)AJAX
21269 (8.691 %)OO
22266 (8.595 %)Agile Software Development
23253 (8.174 %)UNIX
24252 (8.142 %)SQL Server
24252 (8.142 %)OOD
25240 (7.754 %)J2EE
26228 (7.367 %)PHP
27226 (7.302 %)Oracle
28223 (7.205 %)Internet
29204 (6.591 %)OOP

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1505 (16.32 %).NET
2493 (15.93 %)XML
3489 (15.80 %)Flash
4414 (13.38 %)HTML
5356 (11.50 %)ASP.NET
6341 (11.02 %)CSS
7286 (9.241 %)AJAX
8240 (7.754 %)J2EE
9178 (5.751 %)Spring
10171 (5.525 %)STL
11146 (4.717 %)WebServices
12140 (4.523 %)Hibernate
13120 (3.877 %)XHTML
1499 (3.199 %)Adobe Flex
1590 (2.908 %)JSP
1687 (2.811 %)WPF
1783 (2.682 %)WinForms
1882 (2.649 %)Silverlight
1980 (2.585 %)J2ME
2054 (1.745 %)MVC
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
184 (2.714 %)CMS
277 (2.488 %)Apache
368 (2.197 %)JBoss
458 (1.874 %)Tomcat
539 (1.260 %)IIS
637 (1.195 %)WebLogic
736 (1.163 %)SharePoint
827 (0.872 %)SharePoint Server 2007
923 (0.743 %)BizTalk Server
1015 (0.485 %)SAS
1112 (0.388 %)ColdFusion
1211 (0.355 %)Rendezvous
138 (0.258 %)GlassFish
147 (0.226 %)Drupal
147 (0.226 %)Immediacy CMS
147 (0.226 %)MS Exchange
155 (0.162 %)Lotus Notes
163 (0.097 %)WordPress
172 (0.065 %)Exchange Server 2003
172 (0.065 %)NetWeaver
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1179 (5.784 %)Photoshop
296 (3.102 %)MS Excel
382 (2.649 %)Adobe Illustrator
449 (1.583 %)MS Office
534 (1.099 %)3ds Max
623 (0.743 %)MS Visio
722 (0.711 %)Maya
816 (0.517 %)Adobe After Effects
816 (0.517 %)MS PowerPoint
97 (0.226 %)SPSS
106 (0.194 %)Acrobat
115 (0.162 %)Fireworks
123 (0.097 %)InfoPath
123 (0.097 %)Shockwave
123 (0.097 %)MS Project
132 (0.065 %)Spreadsheet
141 (0.032 %)FrameMaker
141 (0.032 %)ImageReady
141 (0.032 %)Quicktime
141 (0.032 %)RoboHelp
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
130 (0.969 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
27 (0.226 %)Oracle Applications
27 (0.226 %)Oracle EBS
36 (0.194 %)Oracle 11i
43 (0.097 %)Google Analytics
51 (0.032 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.032 %)Navision
51 (0.032 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.032 %)Oracle HRMS
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1223 (7.205 %)Internet
274 (2.391 %)TCP/IP
344 (1.422 %)Firewall
439 (1.260 %)HTTP
532 (1.034 %)SAN
631 (1.002 %)SMS
730 (0.969 %)WAN
828 (0.905 %)LAN
921 (0.679 %)DNS
1014 (0.452 %)Network Security
1110 (0.323 %)iSCSI
1110 (0.323 %)VoIP
129 (0.291 %)VPN
129 (0.291 %)Cisco IOS
137 (0.226 %)Broadband
146 (0.194 %)DHCP
154 (0.129 %)SNMP
154 (0.129 %)Intranet
154 (0.129 %)Intrusion Detection
154 (0.129 %)Wireless
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1252 (8.142 %)SQL Server
2173 (5.590 %)MySQL
3137 (4.426 %)SQL Server 2005
494 (3.037 %)Datawarehouse
586 (2.779 %)SQL Server 2000
658 (1.874 %)Oracle 10g
747 (1.519 %)Oracle 9i
846 (1.486 %)RDBMS
940 (1.292 %)ETL
1033 (1.066 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1129 (0.937 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1129 (0.937 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1227 (0.872 %)Data Mart
1227 (0.872 %)Oracle 8/8i
1325 (0.808 %)DB2
1423 (0.743 %)OLAP
1521 (0.679 %)Oracle 11g
1521 (0.679 %)BusinessObjects
1611 (0.355 %)OLTP
1611 (0.355 %)Data Mining
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
145 (1.454 %)NUnit
242 (1.357 %)Visual Studio
338 (1.228 %)Subversion
434 (1.099 %)JUnit
434 (1.099 %)Eclipse
527 (0.872 %)Dreamweaver
621 (0.679 %)ERwin
719 (0.614 %)VSS/SourceSafe
813 (0.420 %)Ant
97 (0.226 %)Selenium
106 (0.194 %)Oracle Forms
106 (0.194 %)IntelliJ
106 (0.194 %)MSI
115 (0.162 %)InstallShield
115 (0.162 %)LoadRunner
115 (0.162 %)HttpUnit
115 (0.162 %)Flex Builder
124 (0.129 %)CruiseControl
133 (0.097 %)Rational Robot
133 (0.097 %)QALoad
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1814 (26.30 %)Online Games
2471 (15.22 %)Finance
3360 (11.63 %)Marketing
4153 (4.943 %)Flash Games
5139 (4.491 %)Telecoms
6116 (3.748 %)Education
7115 (3.716 %)Banking
8113 (3.651 %)Health
991 (2.940 %)Mobile Games
1083 (2.682 %)Online Gambling
1167 (2.165 %)Advertising
1265 (2.100 %)Retail
1364 (2.068 %)Insurance
1459 (1.906 %)Legal
1553 (1.712 %)Animation
1644 (1.422 %)Pensions
1739 (1.260 %)Aerospace
1834 (1.099 %)Publishing
1932 (1.034 %)3D Graphics
2028 (0.905 %)Front Office
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11455 (47.01 %)Developer
2266 (8.595 %)C++ Developer
3258 (8.336 %)Flash Developer
4256 (8.271 %)Java Developer
5240 (7.754 %)Analyst
6230 (7.431 %)Programmer
7208 (6.721 %).NET Developer
8193 (6.236 %)C# Developer
9187 (6.042 %)Senior Developer
10110 (3.554 %)Software Developer
11105 (3.393 %)Business Analyst
12102 (3.296 %)Administrator
13101 (3.263 %)Games Developer
1497 (3.134 %)Web Developer
1585 (2.746 %)J2EE Developer
1684 (2.714 %)C++ Programmer
1783 (2.682 %)ActionScript Developer
1881 (2.617 %)ASP.NET Developer
1975 (2.423 %)Junior
1975 (2.423 %)Java/J2EE Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1138 (4.459 %)Multithreading
2131 (4.233 %)Computer Science
3106 (3.425 %)Mathematics
499 (3.199 %)N-Tier
594 (3.037 %)Grid Computing
672 (2.326 %)Derivative
768 (2.197 %)Physics
853 (1.712 %)Social Network
946 (1.486 %)BBC
1043 (1.389 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1142 (1.357 %)Streaming Video
1239 (1.260 %)Handset
1239 (1.260 %)Web 2.0
1338 (1.228 %)Equity Derivative
1338 (1.228 %)E-Learning
1434 (1.099 %)Spread Betting
1530 (0.969 %)Client/Server
1625 (0.808 %)Fixed Income
1722 (0.711 %)Equities
1817 (0.549 %)Interactive TV
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1330 (10.66 %)Windows
2299 (9.661 %)Linux
3253 (8.174 %)UNIX
467 (2.165 %)Solaris
537 (1.195 %)Windows Server 2003
634 (1.099 %)Windows XP
733 (1.066 %)Red Hat Linux
812 (0.388 %)AIX
910 (0.323 %)Windows Mobile
108 (0.258 %)Symbian OS
108 (0.258 %)Windows 2000
117 (0.226 %)CentOS
126 (0.194 %)Windows Vista
135 (0.162 %)Mac OS X
144 (0.129 %)Windows 2000 Server
153 (0.097 %)Windows NT
162 (0.065 %)Debian
171 (0.032 %)Windows Server 2008
171 (0.032 %)Mac OS
171 (0.032 %)HPUX
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1300 (9.693 %)E-Commerce
2269 (8.691 %)OO
3266 (8.595 %)Agile Software Development
4252 (8.142 %)OOD
5204 (6.591 %)OOP
6137 (4.426 %)Scrum
7129 (4.168 %)UML
8121 (3.910 %)Internet Marketing
998 (3.166 %)Project Management
1084 (2.714 %)Web Development
1182 (2.649 %)CRM
1280 (2.585 %)Business Intelligence
1280 (2.585 %)TDD
1368 (2.197 %)Digital Marketing
1465 (2.100 %)Direct Marketing
1562 (2.003 %)Extreme Programming
1562 (2.003 %)SEO
1649 (1.583 %)Content Management
1747 (1.519 %)Unit Testing
1844 (1.422 %)Business Analysis
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1632 (20.42 %)C++
2523 (16.90 %)Java
3477 (15.41 %)SQL
4475 (15.35 %)C#
5400 (12.92 %)JavaScript
6317 (10.24 %)ActionScript
7228 (7.367 %)PHP
8146 (4.717 %)Transact-SQL
9123 (3.974 %)C
10103 (3.328 %)VB.NET
1187 (2.811 %)PL/SQL
1286 (2.779 %)Perl
1371 (2.294 %)Python
1461 (1.971 %)VB
1558 (1.874 %)PHP5
1647 (1.519 %)VBA
1745 (1.454 %)Shell Script
1832 (1.034 %)VC++
1921 (0.679 %)Ruby
2016 (0.517 %)Tcl
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1359 (11.60 %)Degree
251 (1.648 %)Microsoft Certification
341 (1.325 %)MCP
341 (1.325 %)MCSD
438 (1.228 %)MCAD
524 (0.775 %)Cisco Certification
620 (0.646 %)CCNP
716 (0.517 %)ISEB
814 (0.452 %)PhD
913 (0.420 %)CCNA
1010 (0.323 %)MCSE
118 (0.258 %)CIPD
126 (0.194 %)Sun Certification
126 (0.194 %)CCDP
134 (0.129 %)CISSP
134 (0.129 %)Postgraduate
134 (0.129 %)Oracle Certification
134 (0.129 %)CIMA
143 (0.097 %)RHCE
143 (0.097 %)RHCT
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1117 (3.780 %)QA
24 (0.129 %)SLA
31 (0.032 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.032 %)WAI
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
131 (1.002 %)Active Directory
225 (0.808 %)Oracle RAC
310 (0.323 %)NFS
310 (0.323 %)VMware ESX
48 (0.258 %)Oracle RMAN
52 (0.065 %)ISA Server
52 (0.065 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
118 (0.582 %)Data Guard
28 (0.258 %)EMC NetWorker
37 (0.226 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
37 (0.226 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.065 %)Nagios
51 (0.032 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1226 (7.302 %)Oracle
2118 (3.813 %)Microsoft
384 (2.714 %)Adobe
464 (2.068 %)Cognos
550 (1.616 %)Cisco
633 (1.066 %)Red Hat
730 (0.969 %)Sun
828 (0.905 %)IBM
828 (0.905 %)Symbian
927 (0.872 %)Google
1022 (0.711 %)VMware
1121 (0.679 %)Business Objects
1215 (0.485 %)TIBCO
1312 (0.388 %)CA
1410 (0.323 %)NetApp
1410 (0.323 %)Sybase
1410 (0.323 %)Sony
159 (0.291 %)Brocade
168 (0.258 %)Hyperion
177 (0.226 %)BEA