Games Developer Jobs in the North of England

Game Developer
England > North of England

The median Game Developer salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 433 449
Rank change year-on-year +75 +16 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer 33 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.19% 0.035% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.039% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 33 6 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,720 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +25.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £37,500
90th Percentile - £49,375 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 16,604 15,375 17,254
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 89.40% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12,851 8,152 10,928
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,537 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Games Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Games Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Games Developer in the North of England

Games Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Games Developer in the North of England

Games Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games Developer in the North of England

Games Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North East - 17 £60,000 - 1
North West +14 15 £41,235 -8.37%
Yorkshire +87 1 £55,000 +29.41% 1
Games Developer
England

Games Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Games Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Games Developer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Games
2 24 (72.73%) JavaScript
3 18 (54.55%) Full Stack Development
4 17 (51.52%) AngularJS
4 17 (51.52%) ASP.NET Web API
4 17 (51.52%) C#
4 17 (51.52%) .NET
4 17 (51.52%) Multithreading
4 17 (51.52%) RESTful
4 17 (51.52%) Azure
5 11 (33.33%) HTML
6 10 (30.30%) Computer Science
6 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
7 9 (27.27%) Unreal Engine
8 7 (21.21%) PHP
9 6 (18.18%) Degree
9 6 (18.18%) SEO
9 6 (18.18%) JSON
9 6 (18.18%) User Experience
9 6 (18.18%) Node.js
9 6 (18.18%) Open Source
9 6 (18.18%) Electron
9 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (15.15%) .NET Core
10 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (15.15%) HTML5
10 5 (15.15%) Game Development
10 5 (15.15%) Microservices
10 5 (15.15%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
10 5 (15.15%) Agile

Games Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 17 (51.52%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
General
1 33 (100.00%) Games
2 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (51.52%) .NET
1 17 (51.52%) AngularJS
1 17 (51.52%) ASP.NET Web API
1 17 (51.52%) RESTful
2 11 (33.33%) HTML
3 9 (27.27%) Unreal Engine
4 6 (18.18%) Electron
4 6 (18.18%) JSON
4 6 (18.18%) Node.js
5 5 (15.15%) .NET Core
5 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET
5 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (15.15%) HTML5
5 5 (15.15%) LINQ
6 4 (12.12%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (3.03%) Laravel
7 1 (3.03%) React
7 1 (3.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Animation
1 4 (12.12%) Augmented Reality
1 4 (12.12%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (3.03%) Mobile Games
2 1 (3.03%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.03%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Full Stack Development
2 17 (51.52%) Multithreading
3 10 (30.30%) Computer Science
4 6 (18.18%) Open Source
4 6 (18.18%) SEO
4 6 (18.18%) User Experience
5 5 (15.15%) Agile
5 5 (15.15%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
5 5 (15.15%) Game Development
5 5 (15.15%) Microservices
5 5 (15.15%) MVC
6 4 (12.12%) CAD
6 4 (12.12%) Data Science
6 4 (12.12%) Digital Twin
6 4 (12.12%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 17 (51.52%) C#
3 7 (21.21%) PHP
4 1 (3.03%) RPG
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft