Games Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 23 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 West region.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 125 164 146
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -18
Permanent jobs citing Games 134 76 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.875% 1.068% 1.317%
As % of the General category 5.146% 3.130% 4.078%
Number of salaries quoted 96 72 78
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £29,250
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £38,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 2604 2428 2256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 36.44% 34.12% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2074 2073 1905
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £67,500 £60,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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 +32 82 £38,500 +18.46%
Lancashire +20 19 £25,000 +37.43%
Merseyside +20 19 £26,500 -33.75%
Cheshire +1 13 £40,000 +14.28%
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 87 (37.02%) C#
2 86 (36.60%) .NET
3 81 (34.47%) C++
4 79 (33.62%) SQL Server
5 75 (31.91%) JavaScript
6 65 (27.66%) HTML5
7 63 (26.81%) TDD
8 61 (25.96%) ASP.NET
9 59 (25.11%) Scrum
9 59 (25.11%) WCF
10 57 (24.26%) CSS
10 57 (24.26%) MVC
11 56 (23.83%) ASP.NET MVC
12 53 (22.55%) Web Application Development
13 52 (22.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 52 (22.13%) MCP
13 52 (22.13%) MCAD
13 52 (22.13%) MCSD
13 52 (22.13%) MCTS
14 49 (20.85%) HTML
15 48 (20.43%) Game Development
16 47 (20.00%) C
17 45 (19.15%) ASP.NET MVC 4
18 43 (18.30%) Degree
19 42 (17.87%) SQL
20 41 (17.45%) PHP
21 40 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
22 39 (16.60%) Internet
23 37 (15.74%) XHTML
24 36 (15.32%) Android

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 86 (36.60%) .NET
2 65 (27.66%) HTML5
3 61 (25.96%) ASP.NET
4 59 (25.11%) WCF
5 57 (24.26%) CSS
6 56 (23.83%) ASP.NET MVC
7 49 (20.85%) HTML
8 45 (19.15%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 37 (15.74%) XHTML
10 33 (14.04%) LINQ
10 33 (14.04%) NHibernate
10 33 (14.04%) Razor View Engine
11 27 (11.49%) CSS3
12 20 (8.511%) ASP
12 20 (8.511%) XML
13 19 (8.085%) Node.js
13 19 (8.085%) Ninject
13 19 (8.085%) KnockoutJS
14 18 (7.660%) Web Services
15 17 (7.234%) REST
Application Platforms
1 13 (5.532%) Apache
2 7 (2.979%) Windows Azure
3 3 (1.277%) WordPress
3 3 (1.277%) SAS
3 3 (1.277%) CMS
3 3 (1.277%) Magento
4 2 (0.851%) IIS
5 1 (0.426%) ESB
5 1 (0.426%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 1 (0.426%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.426%) CICS
5 1 (0.426%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 12 (5.106%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.830%) Photoshop
3 5 (2.128%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.702%) ZBrush
4 4 (1.702%) MS Office
4 4 (1.702%) 3ds Max
5 3 (1.277%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.277%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (1.277%) SPSS
5 3 (1.277%) Fireworks
6 2 (0.851%) Maya
7 1 (0.426%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 4 (1.702%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.426%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.60%) Internet
2 5 (2.128%) HTTP
3 3 (1.277%) WAN
3 3 (1.277%) Intranet
4 1 (0.426%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (33.62%) SQL Server
2 30 (12.77%) SQL Server 2012
3 19 (8.085%) MySQL
4 18 (7.660%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (1.702%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (1.702%) DB2
Development Applications
1 33 (14.04%) NUnit
1 33 (14.04%) Rhino Mocks
2 26 (11.06%) Moq
3 12 (5.106%) Visual Studio
4 10 (4.255%) Subversion
5 4 (1.702%) JIRA
6 2 (0.851%) Git (software)
6 2 (0.851%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.851%) Xcode
7 1 (0.426%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.426%) LoadRunner
General
1 26 (11.06%) Retail
2 23 (9.787%) Music
3 22 (9.362%) Marketing
4 14 (5.957%) Manufacturing
5 4 (1.702%) Finance
5 4 (1.702%) Advertising
5 4 (1.702%) Interactive Media
6 2 (0.851%) Banking
7 1 (0.426%) Local Government
7 1 (0.426%) Legal
Job Titles
1 149 (63.40%) Developer
2 58 (24.68%) .NET Developer
3 30 (12.77%) Software Engineer
4 22 (9.362%) Games Developer
5 21 (8.936%) Senior Developer
6 19 (8.085%) Programmer
6 19 (8.085%) Front-End Developer
7 15 (6.383%) C++ Developer
8 13 (5.532%) Senior Software Engineer
8 13 (5.532%) Systems Developer
9 12 (5.106%) C++ Programmer
10 11 (4.681%) Analyst
11 10 (4.255%) Senior C++ Developer
12 9 (3.830%) Graduate
12 9 (3.830%) Graduate Developer
12 9 (3.830%) ASP.NET Developer
12 9 (3.830%) C# Developer
13 7 (2.979%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 7 (2.979%) Senior Games Developer
13 7 (2.979%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.49%) Computer Science
2 21 (8.936%) Mobile App
3 18 (7.660%) Mathematics
3 18 (7.660%) Animation
4 16 (6.809%) BBC
5 15 (6.383%) 3D Graphics
6 14 (5.957%) Physics
7 12 (5.106%) Semantic Web
7 12 (5.106%) Ontologies
8 11 (4.681%) Blackberry
9 10 (4.255%) iPhone
10 8 (3.404%) Social Network
11 7 (2.979%) Online Games
11 7 (2.979%) Interactive TV
12 6 (2.553%) MHEG
12 6 (2.553%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (2.553%) Client/Server
13 5 (2.128%) Open Source
14 4 (1.702%) Digital Media
14 4 (1.702%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.32%) Android
2 25 (10.64%) Apple iOS
3 18 (7.660%) Windows
4 14 (5.957%) Linux
5 5 (2.128%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.426%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.81%) TDD
2 59 (25.11%) Scrum
3 57 (24.26%) MVC
4 53 (22.55%) Web Application Development
5 48 (20.43%) Game Development
6 40 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
7 27 (11.49%) Kanban
8 26 (11.06%) BDD
9 23 (9.787%) OO
10 19 (8.085%) Dependency Injection
10 19 (8.085%) Domain-Driven Design
11 17 (7.234%) Multithreading
12 14 (5.957%) OOP
13 13 (5.532%) UML
13 13 (5.532%) SOA
13 13 (5.532%) Software Architecture
14 12 (5.106%) Analytics
14 12 (5.106%) Software Engineering
14 12 (5.106%) E-Commerce
14 12 (5.106%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 87 (37.02%) C#
2 81 (34.47%) C++
3 75 (31.91%) JavaScript
4 47 (20.00%) C
5 42 (17.87%) SQL
6 41 (17.45%) PHP
7 34 (14.47%) Java
8 27 (11.49%) ActionScript
9 25 (10.64%) Ruby
10 20 (8.511%) Objective-C
11 17 (7.234%) VB.NET
12 16 (6.809%) VB
13 14 (5.957%) VB6
13 14 (5.957%) Lua
14 10 (4.255%) Python
15 9 (3.830%) ActionScript 3.0
16 6 (2.553%) VC++
17 5 (2.128%) ActionScript 2.0
18 4 (1.702%) PL/SQL
18 4 (1.702%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (22.13%) Microsoft Certification
1 52 (22.13%) MCP
1 52 (22.13%) MCAD
1 52 (22.13%) MCSD
1 52 (22.13%) MCTS
2 43 (18.30%) Degree
3 7 (2.979%) ISEB
4 3 (1.277%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.681%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (1.702%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (6.383%) Apple
2 11 (4.681%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.681%) Google
3 6 (2.553%) Symbian
4 4 (1.702%) Twitter
4 4 (1.702%) Perforce
4 4 (1.702%) Adobe
4 4 (1.702%) Oracle
5 3 (1.277%) KXEN
6 2 (0.851%) Facebook
6 2 (0.851%) QNX
7 1 (0.426%) HP
7 1 (0.426%) webMethods
7 1 (0.426%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.426%) Autodesk
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