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The table below looks at the demand for the Games Programmer role in IT jobs within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGame Programmer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank257254
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.010 %0.010 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£33,318£31,263
% change on same period last year+6.57 %
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads1020410488
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.646 %4.398 %
Salaries quoted88189023
Average minimum salary£32,040£31,954
Average salary£35,065£34,949
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Average maximum salary£38,090£37,943
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Games Programmer EnglandGames Programmer
England

Games Programmer
Demand Trend

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

South West Games Programmer Demand Trend

Games Programmer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Games Programmer across the South West region.

South West Games Programmer Salary Trend

Games Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Programmer within the South West region over the 3 months to 5 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
WiltshireNew entry-1--
Games Programmer EnglandGames Programmer
England

Games Programmer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Games Programmer in their job title 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 with Games Programmer in their job title.

19 (100.00 %)Flash
19 (100.00 %)Shockwave
19 (100.00 %)Games
28 (88.89 %)Flash Games
31 (11.11 %)Online Games
31 (11.11 %)Internet
31 (11.11 %)Dreamweaver
31 (11.11 %)C
31 (11.11 %)C++
31 (11.11 %)HTML
31 (11.11 %)JavaScript
31 (11.11 %)Perl
31 (11.11 %)SQL
31 (11.11 %)ActionScript
31 (11.11 %)Photoshop

Games Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Games Programmer in their job title 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 with Games Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)HTML
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (100.00 %)Shockwave
21 (11.11 %)Photoshop
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)Internet
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (100.00 %)Flash
21 (11.11 %)Dreamweaver
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (100.00 %)Games
28 (88.89 %)Flash Games
31 (11.11 %)Online Games
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)C
11 (11.11 %)C++
11 (11.11 %)JavaScript
11 (11.11 %)Perl
11 (11.11 %)SQL
11 (11.11 %)ActionScript