The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 79 92 82
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Permanent jobs citing Games 12 1 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 1.250% 0.093% 1.180%
As % of the General category 3.715% 0.288% 3.017%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 11
Average salary £37,500 £21,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+74.41% -33.84%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
323 347 464
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 33.65% 32.34% 39.12%
Number of salaries quoted 272 279 344
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £23,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Nottinghamshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 20 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 17 (65.38%) SQL
3 15 (57.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (53.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 12 (46.15%) MCTS
7 9 (34.62%) SQL Server 2000
7 9 (34.62%) Replication
7 9 (34.62%) SQL Server 2005
8 8 (30.77%) MCITP
8 8 (30.77%) C#
8 8 (30.77%) .NET
8 8 (30.77%) SAN
9 7 (26.92%) T-SQL
9 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET
10 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
10 6 (23.08%) HTML
11 5 (19.23%) CSS
11 5 (19.23%) VB.NET
11 5 (19.23%) OLTP
12 4 (15.38%) MVC
12 4 (15.38%) Internet
12 4 (15.38%) TDD
12 4 (15.38%) NUnit
12 4 (15.38%) Scrum
12 4 (15.38%) Subversion
12 4 (15.38%) Ajax
12 4 (15.38%) NHibernate
12 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (15.38%) MCP

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 8 (30.77%) .NET
2 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET
3 6 (23.08%) HTML
4 5 (19.23%) CSS
5 4 (15.38%) Ajax
5 4 (15.38%) NHibernate
5 4 (15.38%) WCF
5 4 (15.38%) LINQ
5 4 (15.38%) MonoRail
5 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (15.38%) Castle Windsor
5 4 (15.38%) CSS3
5 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 4 (15.38%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (7.692%) JSP
6 2 (7.692%) XML
6 2 (7.692%) HTML5
6 2 (7.692%) jQuery
7 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
7 1 (3.846%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) SAN
2 4 (15.38%) Internet
3 1 (3.846%) HTTP
3 1 (3.846%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 15 (57.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (53.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (34.62%) SQL Server 2000
5 9 (34.62%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (19.23%) OLTP
7 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (3.846%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) NUnit
1 4 (15.38%) Subversion
1 4 (15.38%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Advertising
2 1 (3.846%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) DBA
2 10 (38.46%) SQL DBA
3 8 (30.77%) Developer
4 5 (19.23%) .NET Developer
4 5 (19.23%) SQL Server DBA
5 2 (7.692%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) Gameplay Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Graduate Business Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Administrator
6 1 (3.846%) Project Leader
6 1 (3.846%) Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Games Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Replication
2 2 (7.692%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.846%) Animation
3 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Android
1 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Phone
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Phone 7
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) MVC
1 4 (15.38%) TDD
1 4 (15.38%) Scrum
1 4 (15.38%) Web Application Development
2 1 (3.846%) Time Management
2 1 (3.846%) Data Migration
2 1 (3.846%) Migration
2 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
2 1 (3.846%) Resource Management
2 1 (3.846%) ETL
2 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) SQL
2 8 (30.77%) C#
3 7 (26.92%) T-SQL
4 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 5 (19.23%) VB.NET
6 4 (15.38%) PHP
6 4 (15.38%) VB
7 3 (11.54%) C++
8 2 (7.692%) Java
8 2 (7.692%) Python
8 2 (7.692%) Ruby
9 1 (3.846%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) MCTS
2 8 (30.77%) MCITP
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (15.38%) MCP
3 4 (15.38%) MCAD
3 4 (15.38%) MCSD
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.846%) Facebook
2 1 (3.846%) Twitter
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Requirements: * Solid experience as a SQL DBA and comfortable supporting complex SSIS packages, Database Mirroring and Log Shipping. * Comfortable supporting heavy usage of SQL Transactional Replication throughout the...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013