The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 183 165 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 9 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.220% 0.221% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.285% 0.302% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 0
Average salary £27,500 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3160 2649 2705
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.17% 73.10% 68.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2717 2323 2441
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
North West

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the Manchester region.

Manchester Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 23 (100.00%) Games
2 12 (52.17%) BBC
2 12 (52.17%) LAMP
2 12 (52.17%) SOA
2 12 (52.17%) Java
2 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
2 12 (52.17%) PHP
2 12 (52.17%) SQL
2 12 (52.17%) ActionScript
2 12 (52.17%) MySQL
2 12 (52.17%) Web Services
2 12 (52.17%) Linux
2 12 (52.17%) UML
2 12 (52.17%) Apache
2 12 (52.17%) Scrum
2 12 (52.17%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (52.17%) Ruby
2 12 (52.17%) Ontologies
2 12 (52.17%) Semantic Web
2 12 (52.17%) REST
3 10 (43.48%) C++
4 8 (34.78%) SEO
4 8 (34.78%) Social Network
4 8 (34.78%) Analytics
5 6 (26.09%) DirectX
6 5 (21.74%) OpenGL
7 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
7 4 (17.39%) CRM
7 4 (17.39%) Degree
8 3 (13.04%) Lua

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (52.17%) LAMP
1 12 (52.17%) Web Services
1 12 (52.17%) REST
2 6 (26.09%) DirectX
3 5 (21.74%) OpenGL
4 1 (4.348%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 12 (52.17%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Maya
1 1 (4.348%) Photoshop
1 1 (4.348%) Adobe After Effects
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (52.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.348%) JIRA
General
1 23 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Software Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) C++ Programmer
3 6 (26.09%) Programmer
4 4 (17.39%) Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Principal Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) C++ Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Senior C++ Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Graphic Artist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) BBC
1 12 (52.17%) Ontologies
1 12 (52.17%) Semantic Web
2 8 (34.78%) Social Network
3 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.348%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (4.348%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.348%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) SOA
1 12 (52.17%) UML
1 12 (52.17%) Scrum
1 12 (52.17%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (34.78%) SEO
2 8 (34.78%) Analytics
3 4 (17.39%) CRM
4 3 (13.04%) Multithreading
4 3 (13.04%) OOP
5 1 (4.348%) 3D Programming
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) Java
1 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
1 12 (52.17%) PHP
1 12 (52.17%) SQL
1 12 (52.17%) ActionScript
1 12 (52.17%) Ruby
2 10 (43.48%) C++
3 3 (13.04%) Lua
3 3 (13.04%) C
4 1 (4.348%) VC++
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.348%) Autodesk
1 1 (4.348%) Adobe
Manchester, Lancashire
They are looking for someone with familiarity with Real Time operating systems, multi-threading and embedded systems... The Senior C/C++ Developer would be expected to mentor junior...
TEKsystems
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 May 2013