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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the South Wales 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 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8294
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.622 %0.692 %
Salaries quoted147
Average minimum salary£26,500£32,857
Average salary£31,179£38,571
% change on same period last year-19.16 %
Average maximum salary£35,857£44,286
UK excluding London average salary£36,876£36,250
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads5721012
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.318 %0.426 %
Salaries quoted524928
Average minimum salary£33,514£32,298
Average salary£37,691£36,535
% change on same period last year+3.16 %
Average maximum salary£41,868£40,773
UK excluding London average salary£41,142£41,949
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Games WalesGames
Wales

Games
Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CardiffUp+1211£32,818-3.47 %
NewportNew entry-2£24,750-
BridgendNew entry-1£26,000-
Games WalesGames
Wales

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

117 (65.38 %)C++
216 (61.54 %)OpenGL
313 (50.00 %)DirectX
412 (46.15 %)DTV
58 (30.77 %)Internet
58 (30.77 %)Visual Studio
58 (30.77 %)VoIP
58 (30.77 %)Quicktime
66 (23.08 %)Degree
75 (19.23 %)Linux
84 (15.38 %)ActiveX
84 (15.38 %)MPEG
84 (15.38 %)Education
84 (15.38 %)Mobile Games
84 (15.38 %)Streaming Video
84 (15.38 %)Multimedia
93 (11.54 %)Ubuntu
93 (11.54 %)Lua
93 (11.54 %)CentOS
93 (11.54 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (11.54 %)SUSE
93 (11.54 %)Samba
93 (11.54 %)Debian
93 (11.54 %)Cocoa
93 (11.54 %)Xcode
93 (11.54 %)Fedora
93 (11.54 %)Lisp
93 (11.54 %)Red Hat
93 (11.54 %)Mac OS X
93 (11.54 %)Firewall

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (61.54 %)OpenGL
213 (50.00 %)DirectX
34 (15.38 %)ActiveX
43 (11.54 %)Cocoa
South Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (11.54 %)Apache
South Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (30.77 %)Quicktime
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (30.77 %)VoIP
18 (30.77 %)Internet
23 (11.54 %)Firewall
31 (3.846 %)Broadband
South Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (30.77 %)Visual Studio
23 (11.54 %)Xcode
31 (3.846 %)TestDirector
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (15.38 %)Education
14 (15.38 %)Mobile Games
14 (15.38 %)Multimedia
21 (3.846 %)Pensions
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (69.23 %)Developer
213 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
312 (46.15 %)C++ Developer
411 (42.31 %)C++ Software Engineer
59 (34.62 %)Software Developer
67 (26.92 %)C++ Software Developer
74 (15.38 %)Software Programmer
74 (15.38 %)Programmer
74 (15.38 %)C++ Programmer
83 (11.54 %)Systems Administrator
83 (11.54 %)Administrator
83 (11.54 %)Linux Administrator
83 (11.54 %)Linux Systems Administrator
92 (7.692 %)Games Developer
101 (3.846 %)Software Tester
101 (3.846 %)Tester
101 (3.846 %)Graduate
101 (3.846 %)Test Specialist
101 (3.846 %)Senior Software Engineer
101 (3.846 %)Analyst
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (46.15 %)DTV
24 (15.38 %)Streaming Video
24 (15.38 %)MPEG
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (19.23 %)Linux
23 (11.54 %)Mac OS X
23 (11.54 %)SUSE
23 (11.54 %)Debian
23 (11.54 %)Fedora
23 (11.54 %)Ubuntu
23 (11.54 %)CentOS
23 (11.54 %)Red Hat Linux
23 (11.54 %)UNIX
32 (7.692 %)Windows
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (3.846 %)Software Testing
11 (3.846 %)Security Cleared
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (65.38 %)C++
23 (11.54 %)Java
23 (11.54 %)Lisp
23 (11.54 %)Shell Script
23 (11.54 %)Lua
32 (7.692 %)C
41 (3.846 %)SQL
41 (3.846 %)VBA
South Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (23.08 %)Degree
22 (7.692 %)ISEB
South Wales IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (11.54 %)Samba
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (11.54 %)Oracle
13 (11.54 %)Red Hat