The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Peterborough region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 43 45 47
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Games 6 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 1.685% 0.637% 0.906%
As % of the General category 7.692% 1.942% 2.586%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 3
Average salary £35,000 £23,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+52.17% -38.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
78 103 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 21.91% 32.80% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 64 101 109
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% -5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,000 £30,900
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,858 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Games
Cambridgeshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Consultant
1 6 (66.67%) Software Consultant
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
i) ISEB/ISTQB - minimum Foundation level... c) Prince II certification or equivalent. d) Microsoft project... g) ISEB/ISTQB - Preferably Practitioner level, Prince II. You may have experience of...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013