The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 48 43 25
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -18
Permanent jobs citing Games 4 9 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.899% 1.895% 6.701%
As % of the General category 3.175% 6.122% 23.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 23
Average salary - £35,000 £17,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +105.88%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
126 147 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 28.31% 30.95% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 111 121 92
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £17,500 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £68,500 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Games
Tyne and Wear

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Degree
3 5 (45.45%) Unit Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Multithreading
3 5 (45.45%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (45.45%) PhD
3 5 (45.45%) OOD
3 5 (45.45%) Linux
3 5 (45.45%) C++
3 5 (45.45%) Java
3 5 (45.45%) .NET
3 5 (45.45%) Game Development
4 4 (36.36%) XAML
4 4 (36.36%) Windows Phone
4 4 (36.36%) RIP
4 4 (36.36%) Scrum
4 4 (36.36%) C#
5 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Azure
5 1 (9.091%) Animation
5 1 (9.091%) Mathematics
5 1 (9.091%) Physics
5 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
5 1 (9.091%) IIS

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 5 (45.45%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
2 1 (9.091%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Azure
1 1 (9.091%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Software Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Java Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Java Software Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Gameplay Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (9.091%) Animation
2 1 (9.091%) Mathematics
2 1 (9.091%) Physics
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Windows Phone
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Unit Testing
1 5 (45.45%) Multithreading
1 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (45.45%) OOD
1 5 (45.45%) Game Development
2 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 1 (9.091%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) C++
1 5 (45.45%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) XAML
2 4 (36.36%) C#
3 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) PhD
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft