Games Developer Jobs in the South West

Game Developer
England > South West

The median Game Developer salary in the South West is £36,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 274 -
Rank change year-on-year +74 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer 88 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.97% 0.028% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.031% -
Number of salaries quoted 88 2 0
10th Percentile - £38,000 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 -
90th Percentile - £47,000 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 8,730 6,358 7,638
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 89.35% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,420 3,924 5,112
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Games Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Games Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Games Developer in the South West

Games Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games Developer in the South West.

Salary trend for Games Developer in the South West

Games Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games Developer in the South West

Games Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire - 88 £36,000 -
Games Developer
England

Games Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Games Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Games Developer in the job title.

1 88 (100.00%) C#
1 88 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 88 (100.00%) UML
1 88 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 88 (100.00%) Games
1 88 (100.00%) Scrum
1 88 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 88 (100.00%) Degree
1 88 (100.00%) JIRA
1 88 (100.00%) Use Case
1 88 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 88 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 88 (100.00%) Git
1 88 (100.00%) Confluence
1 88 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 88 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 88 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 88 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 88 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
1 88 (100.00%) Design Patterns
2 59 (67.05%) Sourcetree
2 59 (67.05%) DevOps
3 29 (32.95%) ISO/IEC 15288

Games Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 88 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 88 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 88 (100.00%) Git
1 88 (100.00%) JIRA
1 88 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 59 (67.05%) Sourcetree
General
1 88 (100.00%) Games
1 88 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 88 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 88 (100.00%) Scrum
1 88 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 88 (100.00%) UML
1 88 (100.00%) Use Case
2 59 (67.05%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 88 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 88 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 88 (100.00%) Degree
1 88 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 88 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (32.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 88 (100.00%) Microsoft