The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 General category for the North Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 77 72 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing Games 7 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.716% 1.242% -
As % of the General category 2.341% 3.247% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 0
Average salary £30,000 £20,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
North Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
299 308 312
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 30.60% 38.26% 34.32%
Number of salaries quoted 230 259 237
Average salary £35,500 £37,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.33% +13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,800 £45,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Yorkshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Harrogate - 3 £30,000 -
York -7 2 £23,000 +15.00%
Games
Yorkshire

Games
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 5 (71.43%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) Google Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Competitor Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Google
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) CSS3
3 2 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) HTML5
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) ASP
3 2 (28.57%) CSS
3 2 (28.57%) OO
3 2 (28.57%) XHTML
3 2 (28.57%) W3C
3 2 (28.57%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) Twitter
4 1 (14.29%) Pay per click

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 2 (28.57%) CSS3
1 2 (28.57%) HTML5
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) ASP
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) XHTML
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) SEO Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Senior SEO Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Webmaster
2 2 (28.57%) Graduate Software Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Graduate Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Graduate
2 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) Competitor Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) OO
4 1 (14.29%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) C++
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Twitter