The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 37 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 0.930% 0.495% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.250% 0.654% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
160 153 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 74.42% 75.74% 66.51%
Number of salaries quoted 146 138 132
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
Hampshire

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the Portsmouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Portsmouth Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 3 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) MySQL
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Psychology
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 2 (66.67%) Social Gaming
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) Tableau
2 2 (66.67%) Facebook
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Games
3 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (33.33%) Video Editing
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
3 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) Flash
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
3 1 (33.33%) 3ds Max
3 1 (33.33%) E-Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (33.33%) SCORM

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 1 (33.33%) 3ds Max
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) ActionScript Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ActionScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Psychology
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
1 2 (66.67%) Social Gaming
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Games
2 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
2 1 (33.33%) Video Editing
2 1 (33.33%) E-Learning
2 1 (33.33%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 3.0
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
1 2 (66.67%) Facebook
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe