The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 17 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 Maidenhead region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 32 43 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Permanent jobs citing Games 4 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 1.914% 2.525% -
As % of the General category 4.124% 6.098% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
Average salary £40,750 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Maidenhead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
97 164 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 46.41% 41.41% 32.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65 146 83
Average salary £42,500 £46,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.60% -3.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £30,000 £28,200
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £68,250 £63,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Berkshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 5 (71.43%) Internet
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 4 (57.14%) Smartphone
2 4 (57.14%) Broadband
2 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Hitwise
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
4 1 (14.29%) SAS
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) COM
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) OO
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) B2C
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) WebTrends

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead 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 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) COM
1 1 (14.29%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) WebTrends
1 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Internet
2 4 (57.14%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 4 (57.14%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Local Government
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Head of Security
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Web Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Smartphone
2 1 (14.29%) Online Games
2 1 (14.29%) Online Gambling
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) B2C
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Web Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
3 1 (14.29%) Business Development
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Hitwise