The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 57 63 53
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -10
Permanent jobs citing Games 6 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 1.024% 0.333% 1.391%
As % of the General category 3.529% 1.754% 5.755%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 6
Average salary £27,750 £35,000 £28,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.71% +23.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £35,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £33,250 £35,000 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
170 114 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 29.01% 18.97% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 146 95 122
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,200 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Games
South Yorkshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 6 (66.67%) Adobe
2 5 (55.56%) HTML
2 5 (55.56%) CSS
3 4 (44.44%) Flash
3 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
4 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 3 (33.33%) ActionScript
4 3 (33.33%) MySQL
4 3 (33.33%) Xcode
4 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
4 3 (33.33%) jQuery
4 3 (33.33%) Zend
4 3 (33.33%) Zend Framework
4 3 (33.33%) HTML5
4 3 (33.33%) Digital Media
4 3 (33.33%) CSS3
4 3 (33.33%) PhoneGap
4 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
4 3 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
5 2 (22.22%) QA
5 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
5 2 (22.22%) WordPress
5 2 (22.22%) Android
5 2 (22.22%) Smartphone
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Apple
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Workflow
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 5 (55.56%) HTML
1 5 (55.56%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) Flash
3 3 (33.33%) jQuery
3 3 (33.33%) Zend Framework
3 3 (33.33%) HTML5
3 3 (33.33%) CSS3
4 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) WCF
5 1 (11.11%) Node.js
5 1 (11.11%) Ninject
5 1 (11.11%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe After Effects
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Xcode
1 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 3 (33.33%) PhoneGap
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) PHP Developer
3 2 (22.22%) QA Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Designer
4 1 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Media
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (22.22%) Smartphone
3 1 (11.11%) Flash Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Workflow
2 2 (22.22%) OOP
3 1 (11.11%) MVC
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
3 1 (11.11%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) PHP
2 3 (33.33%) ActionScript
3 2 (22.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCP
1 1 (11.11%) MCAD
1 1 (11.11%) MCSD
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Adobe
2 3 (33.33%) Zend
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Apple
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