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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Oxford 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3776
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching permanent IT job ads8027
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.011 %
As % of the category below14.79 %4.441 %
Salaries quoted7618
Average minimum salary£35,789£31,556
Average salary£38,092£35,639
% change on same period last year+6.88 %
Average maximum salary£40,395£39,722
UK excluding London average salary£36,872£36,130
% change on same period last year+2.05 %
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads541608
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.295 %0.255 %
Salaries quoted487563
Average minimum salary£32,828£33,262
Average salary£36,258£37,368
% change on same period last year-2.97 %
Average maximum salary£39,688£41,474
UK excluding London average salary£41,119£42,053
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Games OxfordshireGames
Oxfordshire

Games
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Oxford Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

157 (41.01 %)C++
228 (20.14 %)Flash
326 (18.71 %)Mathematics
423 (16.55 %)Marketing
521 (15.11 %)Software Engineering
620 (14.39 %)C
719 (13.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
719 (13.67 %)Degree
719 (13.67 %)Online Games
818 (12.95 %)Photoshop
917 (12.23 %)HTML
917 (12.23 %)OO
917 (12.23 %)Dreamweaver
1016 (11.51 %)ActionScript
1114 (10.07 %)Windows
1114 (10.07 %)Linux
1212 (8.633 %)DirectX
1310 (7.194 %)OpenGL
1310 (7.194 %)B2B
1310 (7.194 %)B2C
1310 (7.194 %)STL
1310 (7.194 %)Java
1310 (7.194 %)Advertising
1310 (7.194 %)Database Marketing
1310 (7.194 %)Spanish Language
1310 (7.194 %)Direct Marketing
149 (6.475 %)Animation
149 (6.475 %)MCSE
149 (6.475 %)Microsoft Certification
158 (5.755 %)Mac OS X

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (12.23 %)HTML
212 (8.633 %)DirectX
310 (7.194 %)STL
310 (7.194 %)OpenGL
47 (5.036 %)CSS
53 (2.158 %)XML
53 (2.158 %)XBRL
62 (1.439 %)EJB
62 (1.439 %)Servlets
62 (1.439 %)ASP
62 (1.439 %).NET
62 (1.439 %)J2EE
62 (1.439 %)Middleware
62 (1.439 %)Hibernate
62 (1.439 %)JSF
62 (1.439 %)AJAX
62 (1.439 %)Java SE
62 (1.439 %)Java EE
62 (1.439 %)Oracle Coherence
62 (1.439 %)Adobe Flex
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (3.597 %)Tomcat
22 (1.439 %)SharePoint
22 (1.439 %)Office Communications Server
22 (1.439 %)JBoss
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (13.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
218 (12.95 %)Photoshop
38 (5.755 %)3ds Max
45 (3.597 %)MATLAB
53 (2.158 %)MS Visio
62 (1.439 %)Simulink
71 (0.719 %)MS Project
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (1.439 %)DHCP
12 (1.439 %)TCP/IP
12 (1.439 %)DNS
21 (0.719 %)Internet
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (7.194 %)Database Marketing
25 (3.597 %)MySQL
32 (1.439 %)RDBMS
41 (0.719 %)SQL Server
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (20.14 %)Flash
217 (12.23 %)Dreamweaver
32 (1.439 %)JUnit
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (16.55 %)Marketing
219 (13.67 %)Online Games
310 (7.194 %)Advertising
49 (6.475 %)Animation
57 (5.036 %)Pensions
66 (4.317 %)Education
75 (3.597 %)Music
75 (3.597 %)Music Industry
84 (2.878 %)3D Graphics
92 (1.439 %)Health
92 (1.439 %)Insurance
92 (1.439 %)Flash Games
101 (0.719 %)Multimedia
101 (0.719 %)Interactive Media
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134 (24.46 %)Developer
227 (19.42 %)Programmer
321 (15.11 %)C++ Developer
413 (9.353 %)C++ Programmer
512 (8.633 %)Graduate
610 (7.194 %)Commercial Manager
610 (7.194 %)Games Programmer
610 (7.194 %)Web Designer
610 (7.194 %)Photoshop Designer
79 (6.475 %)Flash Developer
79 (6.475 %)Data Analyst
79 (6.475 %)Analyst
88 (5.755 %)Senior Developer
97 (5.036 %)Support Engineer
97 (5.036 %)Games Developer
97 (5.036 %)Senior C++ Developer
105 (3.597 %)Server Engineer
105 (3.597 %)Administrator
105 (3.597 %)Field Engineer
105 (3.597 %)Software Engineer
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (18.71 %)Mathematics
210 (7.194 %)Spanish Language
38 (5.755 %)Physics
46 (4.317 %)Client/Server
55 (3.597 %)Computer Science
62 (1.439 %)Multithreading
71 (0.719 %)Cryptography
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (10.07 %)Windows
114 (10.07 %)Linux
28 (5.755 %)Mac OS X
32 (1.439 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (1.439 %)Windows 2000 Server
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (15.11 %)Software Engineering
217 (12.23 %)OO
310 (7.194 %)B2B
310 (7.194 %)B2C
310 (7.194 %)Direct Marketing
46 (4.317 %)OOD
54 (2.878 %)Agile Software Development
63 (2.158 %)Unit Testing
72 (1.439 %)Data Analysis
72 (1.439 %)UML
81 (0.719 %)OOP
81 (0.719 %)SOA
81 (0.719 %)Automated Testing
81 (0.719 %)CAD
81 (0.719 %)ITIL
81 (0.719 %)Interactive Advertising
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
157 (41.01 %)C++
220 (14.39 %)C
316 (11.51 %)ActionScript
410 (7.194 %)Java
57 (5.036 %)PHP
57 (5.036 %)SQL
65 (3.597 %)Perl
74 (2.878 %)C#
82 (1.439 %)VC++
82 (1.439 %)Lua
91 (0.719 %)VB6
91 (0.719 %)VB
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (13.67 %)Degree
29 (6.475 %)Microsoft Certification
29 (6.475 %)MCSE
37 (5.036 %)MCSA
37 (5.036 %)CCNA
37 (5.036 %)Cisco Certification
46 (4.317 %)CCNP
51 (0.719 %)CCVP
51 (0.719 %)PhD
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (5.036 %)QA
Oxford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (2.878 %)NDS
23 (2.158 %)Active Directory
32 (1.439 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.719 %)VMware ESX
Oxford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.719 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (5.036 %)Quark
17 (5.036 %)Sony
23 (2.158 %)Microsoft
23 (2.158 %)Adobe
32 (1.439 %)Oracle
41 (0.719 %)Cisco
41 (0.719 %)VMware