The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Gaming in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Gaming over the 3 months to 17 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 Miscellaneous category for the Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Gaming
Rank - - 97
Permanent jobs citing Social Gaming 0 0 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - 0.556%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 1.860%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 9
Average salary - - £32,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £33,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.70% +12.50%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
680 423 484
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 37.10% 28.74% 29.88%
Number of salaries quoted 585 365 444
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Social Gaming
South East

Social Gaming
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Social Gaming Jobs Demand Trend

Social Gaming
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Social Gaming across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Social Gaming Salary Trend

Social Gaming
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Social Gaming 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 Social Gaming.

1 3 (100.00%) PHP
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Apache
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SMTP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Nagios
1 3 (100.00%) LAMP
1 3 (100.00%) Games
1 3 (100.00%) Perforce
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS

Social Gaming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Social Gaming 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 Social Gaming. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) LAMP
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SMTP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Perforce
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Required skills: Expert familiarity with MySQL and PHP. Backend web development experience. Database design and SQL programming. Desirable Skills: Comfortable with asynchronous network programming, server frameworks, fault tolerance...
Datascope Recruitment
Salary: £40,000 per annum , Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013