The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Gaming in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Gaming over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Gaming
Rank 156 147 155
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +8
Permanent jobs citing Social Gaming 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.032% 0.029% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.110% 0.110% 0.216%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
Average salary - £35,000 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.70% +12.50%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
911 909 925
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.15% 26.40% 26.26%
Number of salaries quoted 534 633 655
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,300
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Social Gaming
UK

Social Gaming
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Social Gaming Salary Trend

Social Gaming
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Gaming within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dundee - 1 - -
Social Gaming
UK

Social Gaming
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Games
2 2 (66.67%) Game Development
2 2 (66.67%) Facebook
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) lighttpd
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development

Social Gaming
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) lighttpd
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Games Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Games Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Game Development
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Facebook
Scotland
An industry leader, our client is looking for someone to plan and implement systems to facilitate the delivery of their hugely popular games across mobile and social gaming...
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Salary: Negotiable - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013