The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 225 239 233
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -6
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 18 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.251% 0.113% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.326% 0.154% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 18 8 1
Average salary £27,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.92% -7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5523 5209 4697
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.87% 73.39% 68.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4625 4554 4125
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -5.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
England

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the North West region.

North West Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the North West 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
Manchester -18 9 £27,500 -15.38%
Merseyside - 9 £26,500 -
Game Development
England

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 46 (100.00%) Games
2 33 (71.74%) C++
3 28 (60.87%) JavaScript
3 28 (60.87%) PHP
4 25 (54.35%) C
5 16 (34.78%) HTML
5 16 (34.78%) Animation
6 15 (32.61%) Objective-C
6 15 (32.61%) ASP
6 15 (32.61%) CSS
6 15 (32.61%) XHTML
6 15 (32.61%) Apple
6 15 (32.61%) Android
6 15 (32.61%) HTML5
6 15 (32.61%) Apple iOS
6 15 (32.61%) CSS3
6 15 (32.61%) cocos2d
7 13 (28.26%) Scrum
7 13 (28.26%) Agile Software Development
8 12 (26.09%) BBC
8 12 (26.09%) LAMP
8 12 (26.09%) Ruby
8 12 (26.09%) Ontologies
8 12 (26.09%) SOA
8 12 (26.09%) Apache
8 12 (26.09%) Web Services
8 12 (26.09%) Linux
8 12 (26.09%) UML
8 12 (26.09%) Java
8 12 (26.09%) SQL

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (34.78%) HTML
2 15 (32.61%) ASP
2 15 (32.61%) CSS
2 15 (32.61%) XHTML
2 15 (32.61%) HTML5
2 15 (32.61%) CSS3
2 15 (32.61%) cocos2d
3 12 (26.09%) LAMP
3 12 (26.09%) Web Services
3 12 (26.09%) REST
4 6 (13.04%) DirectX
5 5 (10.87%) OpenGL
6 1 (2.174%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 12 (26.09%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Maya
2 1 (2.174%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (2.174%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.09%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.174%) JIRA
General
1 46 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (47.83%) Developer
2 16 (34.78%) Software Engineer
3 15 (32.61%) Games Developer
4 11 (23.91%) Programmer
5 8 (17.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (15.22%) C++ Programmer
7 5 (10.87%) Tools Programmer
8 4 (8.696%) Software Programmer
8 4 (8.696%) Principal Engineer
8 4 (8.696%) Principal Software Engineer
9 3 (6.522%) Graduate Software Developer
9 3 (6.522%) Graduate Developer
9 3 (6.522%) Senior C++ Developer
9 3 (6.522%) C++ Developer
9 3 (6.522%) Software Developer
9 3 (6.522%) Senior Developer
9 3 (6.522%) Graduate
10 1 (2.174%) Graphic Artist
10 1 (2.174%) C# Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.78%) Animation
2 12 (26.09%) BBC
2 12 (26.09%) Ontologies
2 12 (26.09%) Semantic Web
3 10 (21.74%) Computer Science
4 8 (17.39%) Mathematics
4 8 (17.39%) Social Network
4 8 (17.39%) 3D Graphics
5 7 (15.22%) Physics
6 3 (6.522%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (2.174%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (32.61%) Android
1 15 (32.61%) Apple iOS
2 12 (26.09%) Linux
3 1 (2.174%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Scrum
1 13 (28.26%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (26.09%) SOA
2 12 (26.09%) UML
3 8 (17.39%) SEO
3 8 (17.39%) Analytics
4 4 (8.696%) CRM
5 3 (6.522%) Multithreading
5 3 (6.522%) OOP
6 1 (2.174%) TDD
6 1 (2.174%) Software Engineering
6 1 (2.174%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.174%) 3D Programming
Programming Languages
1 33 (71.74%) C++
2 28 (60.87%) JavaScript
2 28 (60.87%) PHP
3 25 (54.35%) C
4 15 (32.61%) Objective-C
5 12 (26.09%) Ruby
5 12 (26.09%) Java
5 12 (26.09%) SQL
5 12 (26.09%) ActionScript
6 4 (8.696%) Lua
7 1 (2.174%) VC++
7 1 (2.174%) C#
7 1 (2.174%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) Apple
2 1 (2.174%) Perforce
2 1 (2.174%) Autodesk
2 1 (2.174%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.174%) Adobe
Manchester, Lancashire
They are looking for someone with familiarity with Real Time operating systems, multi-threading and embedded systems... The Senior C/C++ Developer would be expected to mentor junior...
TEKsystems
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 May 2013