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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Reading region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 8 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
8 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank119141
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching permanent IT job ads1919
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.008 %
As % of the category below1.433 %1.273 %
Salaries quoted1319
Average minimum salary£56,538£43,895
Average salary£62,692£46,342
% change on same period last year+35.28 %
Average maximum salary£68,846£48,789
UK excluding London average salary£36,165£35,627
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Reading IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Reading
Matching permanent IT job ads13261492
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.698 %0.610 %
Salaries quoted10981240
Average minimum salary£38,024£42,621
Average salary£41,432£45,739
% change on same period last year-9.41 %
Average maximum salary£44,839£48,858
UK excluding London average salary£40,964£42,259
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Games BerkshireGames
Berkshire

Games
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Reading Games Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Reading region.

Reading Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Reading region over the 3 months to 8 August 2008.

Reading Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 August 2008, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

133 (66.00 %)Marketing
227 (54.00 %)Billing
227 (54.00 %)Interactive Media
227 (54.00 %)QA
326 (52.00 %)Internet
420 (40.00 %)DTV
516 (32.00 %)Linux
68 (16.00 %)Finance
76 (12.00 %)Microsoft
76 (12.00 %)J2EE
76 (12.00 %)Java
85 (10.00 %)JavaScript
85 (10.00 %).NET
85 (10.00 %)Oracle
85 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
85 (10.00 %)SQL
85 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
85 (10.00 %)CSS
85 (10.00 %)JSP
85 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
85 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
85 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
85 (10.00 %)JDeveloper
85 (10.00 %)Sun
85 (10.00 %)Solaris
85 (10.00 %)Oracle 9iAS
85 (10.00 %)Oracle Applications
85 (10.00 %)Electric
85 (10.00 %)Oracle RAC

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 August 2008, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (12.00 %)J2EE
25 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
25 (10.00 %)CSS
25 (10.00 %)JSP
25 (10.00 %).NET
34 (8.000 %)WebServices
34 (8.000 %)XML
34 (8.000 %)XSLT
42 (4.000 %).NET Remoting
51 (2.000 %)HTML
51 (2.000 %)XHTML
51 (2.000 %)J2ME
51 (2.000 %)J2SE
51 (2.000 %)WAP
51 (2.000 %)MIDP
51 (2.000 %)BREW
Reading IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (10.00 %)Oracle 9iAS
Reading IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (8.000 %)Photoshop
22 (4.000 %)MS Excel
Reading IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (10.00 %)Oracle EBS
15 (10.00 %)Oracle Applications
23 (6.000 %)Oracle Financials
Reading IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (52.00 %)Internet
21 (2.000 %)Wi-Fi
21 (2.000 %)Network Security
21 (2.000 %)SMS
21 (2.000 %)HTTP
Reading IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
15 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
15 (10.00 %)Oracle 10g
24 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (8.000 %)SQL Server
31 (2.000 %)MySQL
Reading IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (10.00 %)JDeveloper
24 (8.000 %)Subversion
24 (8.000 %)Visual Studio
31 (2.000 %)Flash
Reading IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (66.00 %)Marketing
227 (54.00 %)Billing
227 (54.00 %)Interactive Media
38 (16.00 %)Finance
45 (10.00 %)Electric
54 (8.000 %)Publishing
54 (8.000 %)Graphic Design
54 (8.000 %)Animation
61 (2.000 %)Mobile Games
Reading IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (42.00 %)Test Manager
28 (16.00 %)Quality Manager
28 (16.00 %)QA Manager
36 (12.00 %)Developer
45 (10.00 %)DBA
45 (10.00 %)Oracle DBA
45 (10.00 %)Oracle Applications DBA
45 (10.00 %)Oracle Financials DBA
54 (8.000 %)Art Director
54 (8.000 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
54 (8.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
54 (8.000 %).NET Developer
54 (8.000 %)C# Developer
63 (6.000 %)Senior Developer
63 (6.000 %)Business Manager
72 (4.000 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
72 (4.000 %)Lead C# Developer
72 (4.000 %)Senior C# Developer
72 (4.000 %)Senior .NET Developer
72 (4.000 %)Lead Developer
Reading IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (40.00 %)DTV
21 (2.000 %)Mathematics
21 (2.000 %)Computer Science
21 (2.000 %)Flash Lite
Reading IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (32.00 %)Linux
25 (10.00 %)Solaris
34 (8.000 %)Windows
41 (2.000 %)Windows Mobile
Reading IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
23 (6.000 %)Strategic Planning
23 (6.000 %)Business Development
32 (4.000 %)UML
32 (4.000 %)Software Testing
41 (2.000 %)Web Development
41 (2.000 %)Manual Testing
Reading IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (12.00 %)Java
25 (10.00 %)JavaScript
25 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
25 (10.00 %)SQL
34 (8.000 %)VB.NET
34 (8.000 %)C#
41 (2.000 %)C++
41 (2.000 %)DHTML
41 (2.000 %)Perl
41 (2.000 %)ActionScript
41 (2.000 %)C
Reading IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (4.000 %)ISEB
21 (2.000 %)Degree
Reading IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (54.00 %)QA
Reading IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (10.00 %)Oracle RAC
Reading IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (12.00 %)Microsoft
25 (10.00 %)Sun
25 (10.00 %)Oracle
31 (2.000 %)Symbian
31 (2.000 %)Cisco
31 (2.000 %)Ericsson
31 (2.000 %)Motorola
31 (2.000 %)Sony
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