Games Jobs in the South West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 24 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 General category for the South West region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 159 178 191
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +13
Permanent jobs citing Games 57 37 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.087% 0.668% 0.414%
As % of the General category 2.778% 1.707% 1.094%
Number of salaries quoted 52 36 21
Average salary £35,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £41,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Search 10 Games jobs in the South West
All of the General Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 2052 2168 2286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 39.12% 39.17% 37.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1686 1748 1866
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
England

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +7 24 £37,500 +15.38%
Somerset - 15 £25,000 -
Gloucestershire -2 8 £30,000 -25.00%
Wiltshire - 7 £47,500 -
Devon +2 1 - -
Dorset -12 1 £32,500 +20.37%
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 46 (34.59%) C++
2 32 (24.06%) Java
3 29 (21.80%) Degree
4 25 (18.80%) Game Development
4 25 (18.80%) SQL
5 23 (17.29%) Windows
6 21 (15.79%) HTML
6 21 (15.79%) JavaScript
6 21 (15.79%) Perl
6 21 (15.79%) C#
6 21 (15.79%) Computer Science
7 19 (14.29%) .NET
8 18 (13.53%) Microsoft
8 18 (13.53%) Finance
9 17 (12.78%) UNIX
9 17 (12.78%) CSS
9 17 (12.78%) Retail
10 16 (12.03%) WebSphere
10 16 (12.03%) Bash shell
10 16 (12.03%) JDBC
10 16 (12.03%) WebSphere Application Server
10 16 (12.03%) DB2
10 16 (12.03%) J2EE
10 16 (12.03%) Oracle
10 16 (12.03%) IBM
10 16 (12.03%) Linux
10 16 (12.03%) Middleware
10 16 (12.03%) MVC
10 16 (12.03%) Scrum
11 15 (11.28%) Flash

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 21 (15.79%) HTML
2 19 (14.29%) .NET
3 17 (12.78%) CSS
4 16 (12.03%) WebSphere
4 16 (12.03%) JDBC
4 16 (12.03%) J2EE
4 16 (12.03%) Middleware
5 15 (11.28%) Flash
5 15 (11.28%) ASP.NET
6 11 (8.271%) HTML5
7 9 (6.767%) MFC
7 9 (6.767%) JSP
8 8 (6.015%) JSTL
8 8 (6.015%) WCF
8 8 (6.015%) LINQ
8 8 (6.015%) XML
8 8 (6.015%) ATL
8 8 (6.015%) XHTML
8 8 (6.015%) STL
8 8 (6.015%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 16 (12.03%) WebSphere Application Server
2 8 (6.015%) IIS
2 8 (6.015%) Tomcat
2 8 (6.015%) MQSeries
2 8 (6.015%) IBM HTTP Server
3 3 (2.256%) Apache
4 1 (0.752%) CMS
4 1 (0.752%) Magento
4 1 (0.752%) nginx
4 1 (0.752%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (8.271%) Photoshop
2 10 (7.519%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (6.767%) Maya
4 8 (6.015%) MS Office
5 5 (3.759%) 3ds Max
6 4 (3.008%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (3.008%) Swift 3D
6 4 (3.008%) AutoCAD
7 3 (2.256%) MS Excel
8 1 (0.752%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.752%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.519%) HTTP
2 8 (6.015%) FTP
3 3 (2.256%) DNS
3 3 (2.256%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.03%) DB2
2 10 (7.519%) MySQL
3 9 (6.767%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.263%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 14 (10.53%) JUnit
2 8 (6.015%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 8 (6.015%) Eclipse
2 8 (6.015%) Rational Application Developer
3 7 (5.263%) MSBuild
3 7 (5.263%) Rhino Mocks
3 7 (5.263%) Moq
3 7 (5.263%) NUnit
4 4 (3.008%) Subversion
4 4 (3.008%) Dreamweaver
5 2 (1.504%) StarTeam
5 2 (1.504%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.752%) CppUnit
6 1 (0.752%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.752%) GoogleTest
General
1 18 (13.53%) Finance
2 17 (12.78%) Retail
3 6 (4.511%) Marketing
4 5 (3.759%) Advertising
4 5 (3.759%) Multimedia
5 4 (3.008%) Publishing
6 3 (2.256%) Automotive
7 2 (1.504%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.752%) Electronics
8 1 (0.752%) Music
Job Titles
1 70 (52.63%) Developer
2 21 (15.79%) Graduate
3 17 (12.78%) Analyst
4 15 (11.28%) C++ Developer
5 13 (9.774%) Designer
5 13 (9.774%) Graduate Developer
5 13 (9.774%) Java Developer
5 13 (9.774%) Software Engineer
5 13 (9.774%) Support Analyst
6 10 (7.519%) Games Developer
7 8 (6.015%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 8 (6.015%) J2EE Developer
7 8 (6.015%) Operations Analyst
7 8 (6.015%) Operations Support Analyst
7 8 (6.015%) .NET Developer
7 8 (6.015%) Programmer
7 8 (6.015%) Software Developer
8 6 (4.511%) Junior Developer
8 6 (4.511%) C++ Software Developer
8 6 (4.511%) Compiler Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.79%) Computer Science
2 14 (10.53%) iPhone
3 10 (7.519%) iPad
4 9 (6.767%) E-Learning
5 8 (6.015%) Animation
5 8 (6.015%) Social Gaming
6 7 (5.263%) Mobile App
6 7 (5.263%) Mobile Games
7 6 (4.511%) Graphic Design
7 6 (4.511%) Social Media
8 5 (3.759%) Flash Games
8 5 (3.759%) Digital Media
9 4 (3.008%) Social Network
9 4 (3.008%) Learning Management System
9 4 (3.008%) Open Source
9 4 (3.008%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (3.008%) Online Games
9 4 (3.008%) SCORM
10 3 (2.256%) Mathematics
10 3 (2.256%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.29%) Windows
2 17 (12.78%) UNIX
3 16 (12.03%) Linux
4 14 (10.53%) Apple iOS
4 14 (10.53%) Android
5 8 (6.015%) AIX
5 8 (6.015%) Solaris
6 4 (3.008%) Mac OS X
7 3 (2.256%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.80%) Game Development
2 16 (12.03%) MVC
2 16 (12.03%) Scrum
3 13 (9.774%) Web Development
4 12 (9.023%) OO
4 12 (9.023%) E-Commerce
5 11 (8.271%) Web Application Development
6 10 (7.519%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (7.519%) Automated Testing
7 9 (6.767%) Content Management
7 9 (6.767%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (6.767%) Software Testing
8 8 (6.015%) TDD
8 8 (6.015%) Software Engineering
8 8 (6.015%) RAD
9 7 (5.263%) Project Management
9 7 (5.263%) BDD
9 7 (5.263%) Multithreading
9 7 (5.263%) Kanban
10 6 (4.511%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 46 (34.59%) C++
2 32 (24.06%) Java
3 25 (18.80%) SQL
4 21 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 21 (15.79%) Perl
4 21 (15.79%) C#
5 16 (12.03%) Bash shell
6 14 (10.53%) Python
7 11 (8.271%) C
8 9 (6.767%) PHP
9 7 (5.263%) VC++
10 6 (4.511%) ActionScript
11 5 (3.759%) ActionScript 3.0
12 4 (3.008%) Lua
12 4 (3.008%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (2.256%) Fortran
14 1 (0.752%) Lisp
14 1 (0.752%) Delphi
14 1 (0.752%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (21.80%) Degree
2 8 (6.015%) Sun Certification
3 7 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (5.263%) MCP
3 7 (5.263%) MCAD
3 7 (5.263%) MCSD
3 7 (5.263%) MCTS
4 4 (3.008%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.504%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.504%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.767%) QA
2 8 (6.015%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (2.256%) Nagios
Vendors
1 18 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.03%) Oracle
2 16 (12.03%) IBM
3 8 (6.015%) Sun
4 7 (5.263%) Adobe
5 5 (3.759%) Sony
6 4 (3.008%) SolidWorks
7 3 (2.256%) Perforce
8 1 (0.752%) Zend
8 1 (0.752%) Facebook
8 1 (0.752%) Twitter
C++ Developer
Bristol, Avon
C++ Programmer / Developer - Bristol or London... *Strong C++ and STL development skills. *Demonstrable OO design skills. *MFC 9.0 (VS C++ 2008) and practical experience of developing Microsoft...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
C++ Developer
Bristol, Avon
C++ Programmer / Developer - Bristol or London... *Strong C++ and STL development skills. *Demonstrable OO design skills. *MFC 9.0 (VS C++ 2008) and practical experience of developing Microsoft...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Compiler Engineer
Bristol, Avon
Qualifications and Experience BSc or higher degree in Computer Science or engineering, or equivalent... Good understanding of C++ and C... Experience with the Microsoft development process. Desirable technical...
Proteus Europe
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
.NET Developer - Computer Gaming Company - Swindon
Swindon, Wiltshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
.NET Developer - Computer Gaming Company - Swindon
Swindon, South West
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Graduate IT Systems Developer (VB.NET, SQL Server)
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Main Responsibilities Assist in the development of new applications for production; distribution; warehousing and sales order processing systems Support the senior engineers through design, implementation and test phases...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Lead IT Systems Developer (VB.NET, SQL Server)
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Design and develop new applications for distribution, warehousing, production and sales order processing Develop integrations between internal and third-party business applications Maintenance and improvement of existing applications,...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master
Bristol, Avon
Key skills: Full understanding of Project Management lifecycle Prince 2 certified or ISEB certification Strong understanding of Agile Experience of facilitating daily Scrums, Planning games etc... People Source...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Find IT Jobs| About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Friday 24 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.