The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 97 79 67
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -12
Permanent jobs citing Games 7 8 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.547% 0.807% 2.273%
As % of the General category 1.972% 1.918% 6.011%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 22
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -6.97%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
355 417 366
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 27.73% 42.08% 37.81%
Number of salaries quoted 266 308 325
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Games
Buckinghamshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Milton Keynes Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) Physics
3 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
4 4 (36.36%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
4 4 (36.36%) ISEB
5 3 (27.27%) 3D Graphics
5 3 (27.27%) 3ds Max
5 3 (27.27%) Animation
5 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
5 3 (27.27%) Multimedia
5 3 (27.27%) 3D Modelling
6 2 (18.18%) Image Processing
6 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
6 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
6 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
6 2 (18.18%) C++
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) MFC
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) OO
6 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 2 (18.18%) Windows 8
7 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) 3ds Max
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Test Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Test Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Graduate
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Service Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Physics
2 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
3 3 (27.27%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (27.27%) Animation
4 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 8
3 1 (9.091%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) 3D Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) Image Processing
3 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) OO
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ISEB
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft