The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 22 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 Salford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Games 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
17 16 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 40.48% 31.37% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 12
Average salary £36,250 £37,500 £24,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +54.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £29,250 £22,050
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £31,350 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Manchester

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 16 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 16 (100.00%) BBC
1 16 (100.00%) Ruby
2 12 (75.00%) Ontologies
2 12 (75.00%) LAMP
2 12 (75.00%) Scrum
2 12 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (75.00%) Semantic Web
2 12 (75.00%) Game Development
2 12 (75.00%) REST
2 12 (75.00%) SOA
2 12 (75.00%) Apache
2 12 (75.00%) MySQL
2 12 (75.00%) Web Services
2 12 (75.00%) Linux
2 12 (75.00%) UML
2 12 (75.00%) PHP
2 12 (75.00%) SQL
3 8 (50.00%) SEO
3 8 (50.00%) Analytics
3 8 (50.00%) Social Network
4 4 (25.00%) Digital Media
4 4 (25.00%) MHEG
4 4 (25.00%) Interactive TV
4 4 (25.00%) Internet
4 4 (25.00%) CRM
4 4 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) C++

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 12 (75.00%) LAMP
1 12 (75.00%) REST
1 12 (75.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 12 (75.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (75.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Principal Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) BBC
2 12 (75.00%) Ontologies
2 12 (75.00%) Semantic Web
3 8 (50.00%) Social Network
4 4 (25.00%) Digital Media
4 4 (25.00%) MHEG
4 4 (25.00%) Interactive TV
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Scrum
1 12 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
1 12 (75.00%) Game Development
1 12 (75.00%) SOA
1 12 (75.00%) UML
2 8 (50.00%) SEO
2 8 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (25.00%) CRM
3 4 (25.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 16 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 16 (100.00%) Ruby
2 12 (75.00%) PHP
2 12 (75.00%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) C#
3 4 (25.00%) C++
Salford, Lancashire
Experience of working with internet and/or mobile technologies... Knowledge of internet architectures and networking... Content management system... Configuration management systems... Open Games is currently working with 6...
BBC Future Media
Salary: £Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013