The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games 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 terms in our General category for the Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 42 64 63
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -1
Permanent jobs citing Games 19 18 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 4.251% 2.675% 0.432%
As % of the General category 11.24% 10.06% 1.370%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 2
Average salary £26,500 £40,000 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.75% -3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £35,000 £40,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,500 £42,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
169 179 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 37.81% 26.60% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 141 167 109
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £54,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
North West

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Liverpool +19 18 £26,500 -33.75%
Games
North West

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 23 (69.70%) C++
2 22 (66.67%) HTML5
3 18 (54.55%) JavaScript
3 18 (54.55%) PHP
3 18 (54.55%) CSS
3 18 (54.55%) CSS3
4 15 (45.45%) cocos2d
4 15 (45.45%) Apple iOS
4 15 (45.45%) Game Development
4 15 (45.45%) Android
4 15 (45.45%) HTML
4 15 (45.45%) C
4 15 (45.45%) Apple
4 15 (45.45%) ASP
4 15 (45.45%) XHTML
4 15 (45.45%) Objective-C
4 15 (45.45%) Animation
5 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (30.30%) Degree
6 9 (27.27%) QA
7 8 (24.24%) Software Testing
7 8 (24.24%) Python
7 8 (24.24%) C#
8 7 (21.21%) Photoshop
8 7 (21.21%) .NET
9 6 (18.18%) ISEB
10 4 (12.12%) 3ds Max
10 4 (12.12%) Streaming Video
10 4 (12.12%) Ruby
10 4 (12.12%) Oracle

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 22 (66.67%) HTML5
2 18 (54.55%) CSS
2 18 (54.55%) CSS3
3 15 (45.45%) cocos2d
3 15 (45.45%) HTML
3 15 (45.45%) ASP
3 15 (45.45%) XHTML
4 7 (21.21%) .NET
5 4 (12.12%) Flash
6 3 (9.091%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.091%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Photoshop
2 4 (12.12%) 3ds Max
2 4 (12.12%) MS Office
2 4 (12.12%) ZBrush
3 3 (9.091%) Fireworks
3 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
3 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
3 3 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (9.091%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
1 4 (12.12%) DB2
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) JIRA
General
1 3 (9.091%) Interactive Media
1 3 (9.091%) Marketing
1 3 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (3.030%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Developer
1 19 (57.58%) Games Developer
2 4 (12.12%) Senior Manager
2 4 (12.12%) Senior Developer
2 4 (12.12%) Senior Games Developer
3 3 (9.091%) Designer
3 3 (9.091%) Web Designer
3 3 (9.091%) Test Manager
4 2 (6.061%) Senior Test Manager
4 2 (6.061%) Development Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (3.030%) Senior Designer
5 1 (3.030%) Senior Web Designer
5 1 (3.030%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (3.030%) Games Tester
5 1 (3.030%) QA Analyst
5 1 (3.030%) Senior QA Manager
5 1 (3.030%) Software Tester
5 1 (3.030%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Animation
2 4 (12.12%) Streaming Video
2 4 (12.12%) Physics
2 4 (12.12%) Open Source
3 3 (9.091%) Online Games
4 2 (6.061%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (45.45%) Apple iOS
1 15 (45.45%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Game Development
2 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (24.24%) Software Testing
4 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.12%) Test Automation
5 3 (9.091%) Waterfall
5 3 (9.091%) Manual Testing
5 3 (9.091%) Email Marketing
5 3 (9.091%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (9.091%) E-Commerce
5 3 (9.091%) ITIL
5 3 (9.091%) SEO
5 3 (9.091%) Web Design
6 2 (6.061%) Automation Testing
6 2 (6.061%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.030%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.030%) Release Management
7 1 (3.030%) System Testing
7 1 (3.030%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (69.70%) C++
2 18 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 18 (54.55%) PHP
3 15 (45.45%) C
3 15 (45.45%) Objective-C
4 8 (24.24%) Python
4 8 (24.24%) C#
5 4 (12.12%) Ruby
5 4 (12.12%) Java
5 4 (12.12%) PL/SQL
5 4 (12.12%) SQL
5 4 (12.12%) Perl
5 4 (12.12%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) ISEB
3 3 (9.091%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Apple
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle
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The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
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Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
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