The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 20 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 48 - 59
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 8 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.062% - 0.421%
As % of the General category 6.723% - 1.266%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
119 176 158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 30.67% 38.51% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 101 169 142
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +6.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,950 £26,450
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £51,600 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Northamptonshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Northampton Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 6 (66.67%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) ISEB
3 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Physics
3 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 3 (33.33%) Multimedia
4 3 (33.33%) Animation
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (33.33%) 3ds Max
5 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Image Processing
5 1 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (11.11%) HTML5
5 1 (11.11%) Pattern Recognition
5 1 (11.11%) Node.js
5 1 (11.11%) Ninject
5 1 (11.11%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (11.11%) Web Application Development
5 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 1 (11.11%) Mobile App

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) MFC
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) WCF
1 1 (11.11%) WPF
1 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (11.11%) HTML5
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
1 1 (11.11%) Ninject
1 1 (11.11%) KnockoutJS
1 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Multimedia
2 1 (11.11%) Music
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Team Leader
1 4 (44.44%) Test Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Test Team Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Graduate
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Junior .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Physics
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 3 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (33.33%) Animation
3 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) iPhone
3 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows CE
2 1 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
2 3 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
3 1 (11.11%) Pattern Recognition
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Web Application Development
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) Image Processing
3 1 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (11.11%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) OO
3 1 (11.11%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCTS
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) MCAD
2 1 (11.11%) MCSD
2 1 (11.11%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google