The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile 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 Mobile Games over the 3 months to 21 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 Miscellaneous category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mobile Game
Rank 252 244 222
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -22
Permanent jobs citing Mobile Games 2 1 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.028% 0.014% 0.148%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.101% 0.053% 0.589%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 10
Average salary £38,000 £50,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.00% +66.66%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.17%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1986 1890 1699
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.53% 26.67% 25.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1684 1567 1466
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mobile Games
England

Mobile Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Mobile Games Jobs Demand Trend

Mobile Games
Salary Trend

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

North West Mobile Games Salary Trend

Mobile Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Games within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 -12 2 £38,000 -24.00%
Mobile Games
England

Mobile Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Mobile 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 Mobile Games.

1 3 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Flash
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Lua
3 1 (33.33%) Online Games
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Game Development
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App

Mobile Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Mobile 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 Mobile Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ActionScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Online Games
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Game Development
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
1 1 (33.33%) Lua
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 3.0
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft