The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the North East 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 65 40 32
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -8
Permanent jobs citing Games 6 33 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.870% 3.833% 5.055%
As % of the General category 3.046% 11.38% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 32
Average salary £26,750 £30,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.83% +50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,250 £24,600 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £39,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
197 290 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 28.55% 33.68% 29.92%
Number of salaries quoted 174 230 183
Average salary £40,000 £31,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.98% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,200 £60,000 £60,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
England

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

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

North East 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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear -14 6 £26,750 -10.83%
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 20 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 17 (56.67%) OO
3 16 (53.33%) PHP
3 16 (53.33%) Game Development
4 14 (46.67%) Java
5 12 (40.00%) C++
6 9 (30.00%) ActionScript
6 9 (30.00%) MySQL
6 9 (30.00%) ActionScript 3.0
6 9 (30.00%) Objective-C
7 8 (26.67%) Degree
7 8 (26.67%) Windows
7 8 (26.67%) OOP
7 8 (26.67%) OOD
7 8 (26.67%) MVC
8 7 (23.33%) C#
9 6 (20.00%) SQL
9 6 (20.00%) jQuery
9 6 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (16.67%) Ajax
10 5 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
10 5 (16.67%) Mobile Games
10 5 (16.67%) Unit Testing
10 5 (16.67%) Multithreading
10 5 (16.67%) Android
10 5 (16.67%) ActionScript 2.0
10 5 (16.67%) HTML5
10 5 (16.67%) Apple iOS
10 5 (16.67%) PhD
10 5 (16.67%) HTML

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 6 (20.00%) jQuery
2 5 (16.67%) Ajax
2 5 (16.67%) HTML5
2 5 (16.67%) HTML
2 5 (16.67%) CSS
3 4 (13.33%) XML
3 4 (13.33%) Flash
3 4 (13.33%) JSON
4 3 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (3.333%) .NET Framework
5 1 (3.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) Windows Azure
1 1 (3.333%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) MySQL
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (6.667%) Music
Job Titles
1 26 (86.67%) Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Web Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Java Software Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Java Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Games Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Software Developer
4 4 (13.33%) PHP Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Programmer
6 2 (6.667%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Gameplay Programmer
7 1 (3.333%) Flash Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.333%) Network Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
1 5 (16.67%) Mobile Games
2 4 (13.33%) Open Source
3 3 (10.00%) Animation
4 2 (6.667%) Mathematics
4 2 (6.667%) Physics
4 2 (6.667%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Android
2 5 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 5 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (6.667%) Windows Phone
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) OO
2 16 (53.33%) Game Development
3 8 (26.67%) OOP
3 8 (26.67%) OOD
3 8 (26.67%) MVC
4 6 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 5 (16.67%) Multithreading
6 2 (6.667%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 16 (53.33%) PHP
3 14 (46.67%) Java
4 12 (40.00%) C++
5 9 (30.00%) ActionScript
5 9 (30.00%) ActionScript 3.0
5 9 (30.00%) Objective-C
6 7 (23.33%) C#
7 6 (20.00%) SQL
8 5 (16.67%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (6.667%) XAML
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) PhD
3 1 (3.333%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Adobe
2 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
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