The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 56 99 86
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -13
Permanent jobs citing Games 70 6 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.792% 0.416% 1.295%
As % of the General category 13.62% 1.392% 4.200%
Number of salaries quoted 22 6 18
Average salary £45,000 £30,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
514 431 500
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 27.84% 29.89% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 404 368 451
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% -3.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
South East

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxford +23 52 £32,500 -10.34%
Witney - 11 £45,000 -
Games
South East

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 35 (38.46%) Degree
2 30 (32.97%) C#
3 29 (31.87%) MySQL
4 28 (30.77%) C++
4 28 (30.77%) PHP
4 28 (30.77%) Mathematics
5 27 (29.67%) C
5 27 (29.67%) Linux
5 27 (29.67%) Apache
6 26 (28.57%) Game Development
7 25 (27.47%) Computer Science
8 23 (25.27%) Perforce
9 22 (24.18%) Web Development
10 21 (23.08%) MVC
11 20 (21.98%) Google
12 18 (19.78%) Online Games
13 17 (18.68%) Amazon AWS
13 17 (18.68%) ASP.NET MVC
13 17 (18.68%) TDD
13 17 (18.68%) Load Balancing
13 17 (18.68%) WCF
13 17 (18.68%) OOP
13 17 (18.68%) ASP.NET
13 17 (18.68%) .NET
13 17 (18.68%) SQL Server
13 17 (18.68%) Web Services
13 17 (18.68%) Web Application Development
14 16 (17.58%) Flash
14 16 (17.58%) Android
15 15 (16.48%) MCTS

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 17 (18.68%) ASP.NET MVC
1 17 (18.68%) WCF
1 17 (18.68%) ASP.NET
1 17 (18.68%) .NET
1 17 (18.68%) Web Services
2 16 (17.58%) Flash
3 13 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 12 (13.19%) Ajax
5 11 (12.09%) Node.js
5 11 (12.09%) Ninject
5 11 (12.09%) KnockoutJS
6 10 (10.99%) LAMP
7 7 (7.692%) CSS
8 6 (6.593%) Razor View Engine
9 5 (5.495%) HTML
10 4 (4.396%) LINQ
10 4 (4.396%) NHibernate
10 4 (4.396%) WPF
10 4 (4.396%) Silverlight
10 4 (4.396%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 27 (29.67%) Apache
2 17 (18.68%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (3.297%) CMS
4 1 (1.099%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.09%) DNS
2 10 (10.99%) SMTP
3 4 (4.396%) Internet
4 3 (3.297%) Firewall
5 1 (1.099%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (31.87%) MySQL
2 17 (18.68%) SQL Server
3 11 (12.09%) SQL Server 2012
4 6 (6.593%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (3.297%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 12 (13.19%) Subversion
2 4 (4.396%) Rhino Mocks
2 4 (4.396%) NUnit
3 2 (2.198%) Moq
General
1 14 (15.38%) Publishing
2 13 (14.29%) Music
3 9 (9.890%) Marketing
4 7 (7.692%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (31.87%) Programmer
2 27 (29.67%) Developer
3 17 (18.68%) Linux Administrator
3 17 (18.68%) Server Administrator
3 17 (18.68%) Administrator
4 15 (16.48%) .NET Developer
5 12 (13.19%) Senior Programmer
6 9 (9.890%) Web Manager
7 7 (7.692%) Development Manager
7 7 (7.692%) Web Developer
7 7 (7.692%) Games Programmer
7 7 (7.692%) Senior Games Programmer
7 7 (7.692%) Web Development Manager
8 3 (3.297%) Analyst
9 2 (2.198%) Junior .NET Developer
9 2 (2.198%) PHP Developer
9 2 (2.198%) C# Developer
9 2 (2.198%) Junior Developer
9 2 (2.198%) Lead Designer
9 2 (2.198%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 28 (30.77%) Mathematics
2 25 (27.47%) Computer Science
3 18 (19.78%) Online Games
4 14 (15.38%) Mobile App
5 13 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
5 13 (14.29%) Physics
5 13 (14.29%) Open Source
6 11 (12.09%) iPhone
7 9 (9.890%) Social Media
8 7 (7.692%) Mobile Games
9 3 (3.297%) Statistics
9 3 (3.297%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (29.67%) Linux
2 16 (17.58%) Android
3 5 (5.495%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.099%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.099%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.57%) Game Development
2 22 (24.18%) Web Development
3 21 (23.08%) MVC
4 17 (18.68%) TDD
4 17 (18.68%) Load Balancing
4 17 (18.68%) OOP
4 17 (18.68%) Web Application Development
5 15 (16.48%) OO
6 13 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
7 12 (13.19%) Multithreading
8 11 (12.09%) Dependency Injection
8 11 (12.09%) E-Commerce
9 10 (10.99%) Capacity Planning
10 9 (9.890%) Online Marketing
10 9 (9.890%) Project Management
10 9 (9.890%) SEO
11 7 (7.692%) Data Protection
12 4 (4.396%) Scrum
12 4 (4.396%) BDD
13 3 (3.297%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 30 (32.97%) C#
2 28 (30.77%) C++
2 28 (30.77%) PHP
3 27 (29.67%) C
4 13 (14.29%) Objective-C
4 13 (14.29%) ActionScript
4 13 (14.29%) Perl
4 13 (14.29%) SQL
4 13 (14.29%) Java
4 13 (14.29%) ActionScript 3.0
5 10 (10.99%) Python
6 8 (8.791%) JavaScript
7 4 (4.396%) VB.NET
8 2 (2.198%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (38.46%) Degree
2 15 (16.48%) MCTS
2 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (16.48%) MCP
2 15 (16.48%) MCAD
2 15 (16.48%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.297%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.099%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.099%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (10.99%) Nagios
Vendors
1 23 (25.27%) Perforce
2 20 (21.98%) Google
3 5 (5.495%) Twitter
4 4 (4.396%) Facebook
5 3 (3.297%) Zend
6 1 (1.099%) VMware
6 1 (1.099%) Microsoft
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