Games Jobs in Oxfordshire

Gaming
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 110 111
Rank change year-on-year +39 +1 -38
Permanent jobs citing Games 41 19 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.43% 1.21% 1.03%
As % of the General category 4.39% 1.86% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 9
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,700 -
25th Percentile £41,000 £50,625 £30,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £30,730
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +127.79% -46.56%
75th Percentile £66,250 £90,313 £50,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £62,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +33.33%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 934 1,021 914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 55.43% 64.83% 58.85%
Number of salaries quoted 739 422 514
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £29,788 £36,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £46,000 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -8.46% +11.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,853 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% -3.67% +9.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Oxfordshire

Games
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for Games in Oxfordshire

Games
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Oxfordshire

Games
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Banbury - 17 - - 8
Oxford -5 14 £47,500 -20.83% 11
Faringdon - 3 £88,750 -
Kidlington - 1 £44,000 - 1
Games
South East

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Maya
1 4 (9.76%) MotionBuilder
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Azure
1 5 (12.20%) Entra ID
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.32%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (4.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Amazon Aurora
1 3 (7.32%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git
1 6 (14.63%) gulp
1 6 (14.63%) PostCSS
1 6 (14.63%) rollup.js
1 6 (14.63%) Vite
2 4 (9.76%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) Subversion
General
1 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Retail
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Marketing
5 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Developer
2 9 (21.95%) Senior
3 7 (17.07%) Data Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (9.76%) Product Specialist
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 3 (7.32%) 3D Developer
6 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) C# Developer
6 3 (7.32%) Games Developer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Support
6 3 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) QA Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) QA Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) CSS
1 6 (14.63%) HTML
1 6 (14.63%) HTML5
1 6 (14.63%) HTML5 Canvas
1 6 (14.63%) Pixi.js
1 6 (14.63%) Sass
1 6 (14.63%) Tailwind CSS
1 6 (14.63%) WebGL
2 5 (12.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 4 (9.76%) Unreal Engine
4 3 (7.32%) .NET
4 3 (7.32%) .NET Core
4 3 (7.32%) DirectX
4 3 (7.32%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Animation
2 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.32%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (7.32%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
1 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Mathematics
1 9 (21.95%) Physics
2 6 (14.63%) Software Engineering
3 5 (12.20%) Customer Service
3 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (12.20%) Front End Development
3 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (12.20%) IT Strategy
3 5 (12.20%) Responsive Web Design
3 5 (12.20%) Statistics
4 4 (9.76%) Game Development
4 4 (9.76%) Use Case
4 4 (9.76%) Visual Effects
5 3 (7.32%) Data Architecture
5 3 (7.32%) Data Mapping
5 3 (7.32%) Data Modelling
5 3 (7.32%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (7.32%) E-Commerce
5 3 (7.32%) SEO
5 3 (7.32%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
1 6 (14.63%) TypeScript
2 5 (12.20%) Python
3 3 (7.32%) C#
3 3 (7.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) COSHH
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) ISO 14001
2 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Datto
2 5 (12.20%) Sophos
2 5 (12.20%) WatchGuard
3 4 (9.76%) Atlassian
3 4 (9.76%) Autodesk