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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Oldham region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2714
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads15
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.500 %17.24 %
Salaries quoted15
Average minimum salary£18,000£28,000
Average salary£19,000£31,400
% change on same period last year-39.49 %
Average maximum salary£20,000£34,800
UK excluding London average salary£38,333£35,856
% change on same period last year+6.90 %
Oldham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Oldham
Matching permanent IT job ads4029
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted3921
Average minimum salary£34,246£30,108
Average salary£38,000£33,378
% change on same period last year+13.84 %
Average maximum salary£41,754£36,649
UK excluding London average salary£41,278£41,791
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Games ManchesterGames
Manchester

Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Oldham region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Oldham Games Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Oldham region.

Oldham Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oldham 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.

11 (50.00 %)3D Graphics
11 (50.00 %)Hibernate
11 (50.00 %)Spring
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
11 (50.00 %)Degree
11 (50.00 %)Computer Science
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)Tomcat
11 (50.00 %)Eclipse

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oldham 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.

Oldham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)Hibernate
11 (50.00 %)Spring
Oldham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)Tomcat
Oldham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (50.00 %)Eclipse
Oldham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)3D Graphics
Oldham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Games Developer
21 (50.00 %)Java Developer
21 (50.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (50.00 %)J2EE Developer
21 (50.00 %)Graduate Developer
21 (50.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (50.00 %)Graduate C++ Developer
21 (50.00 %)Graduate
Oldham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Computer Science
Oldham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineering
Oldham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Java
Oldham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree