Games Jobs in the South West

Gaming
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 116 141
Rank change year-on-year -5 +25 +43
Permanent jobs citing Games 191 185 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.09% 2.64% 2.34%
As % of the General category 3.87% 4.09% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 147 33 108
10th Percentile £27,500 £40,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% -21.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £89,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
South West

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,934 4,523 4,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 53.94% 64.59% 59.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,370 2,461 2,980
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £29,725
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the South West

Games
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Games in the South West

Games
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the South West

Games
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 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 +43 96 £36,000 -34.55% 5
Dorset +25 47 £60,000 -25.00% 5
Bristol -75 21 £55,000 -13.73% 17
Somerset +15 10 £66,250 +181.91% 3
Wiltshire -31 10 £51,500 -6.36% 1
Devon -5 7 £35,000 -47.17% 4
Games
England

Games
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 90 (47.12%) Confluence
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) CMS
3 2 (1.05%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.05%) MS Project Server
3 2 (1.05%) WordPress
4 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.09%) Simulink
2 4 (2.09%) Stateflow
3 2 (1.05%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.05%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.76%) Azure
2 9 (4.71%) AWS
3 6 (3.14%) SaaS
4 2 (1.05%) BigCommerce
4 2 (1.05%) Figma
4 2 (1.05%) GitHub
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.05%) npm
5 1 (0.52%) Dropbox
5 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.52%) Google Drive
5 1 (0.52%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.52%) Firewall
1 1 (0.52%) LAN
1 1 (0.52%) Network Security
1 1 (0.52%) VPN
1 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.05%) MySQL
3 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 95 (49.74%) Git
2 90 (47.12%) JIRA
3 88 (46.07%) Bitbucket
3 88 (46.07%) Visual Studio
4 59 (30.89%) Sourcetree
5 4 (2.09%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (2.09%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.57%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.57%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (1.05%) GitLab
7 2 (1.05%) Grunt
7 2 (1.05%) MSI
7 2 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.05%) Postman
General
1 88 (46.07%) Presentation Skills
2 41 (21.47%) Finance
3 34 (17.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (9.95%) Aerospace
5 18 (9.42%) Social Skills
6 13 (6.81%) Military
7 7 (3.66%) Aviation
7 7 (3.66%) Law
8 6 (3.14%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 112 (58.64%) Developer
2 88 (46.07%) 3D Developer
2 88 (46.07%) Games Developer
2 88 (46.07%) Unity 3D Developer
3 55 (28.80%) Senior
4 38 (19.90%) Project Manager
5 37 (19.37%) Senior Developer
6 30 (15.71%) Senior Games Developer
7 12 (6.28%) Senior Manager
7 12 (6.28%) Senior Project Manager
8 6 (3.14%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (2.62%) C# Developer
9 5 (2.62%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (2.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 4 (2.09%) Java Engineer
10 4 (2.09%) Machine Learning Developer
10 4 (2.09%) SOC Manager
11 3 (1.57%) C# Programmer
11 3 (1.57%) Designer
11 3 (1.57%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (49.74%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 13 (6.81%) .NET
3 9 (4.71%) React
4 6 (3.14%) .NET Framework
4 6 (3.14%) AngularJS
4 6 (3.14%) Vue
5 4 (2.09%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.09%) CSS
5 4 (2.09%) HTML
5 4 (2.09%) Node.js
5 4 (2.09%) PyTorch
5 4 (2.09%) TensorFlow
6 3 (1.57%) Laravel
7 2 (1.05%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.05%) Express.js
7 2 (1.05%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (1.05%) REST
7 2 (1.05%) Sass
7 2 (1.05%) Semantic HTML
7 2 (1.05%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 95 (49.74%) Virtual Reality
2 9 (4.71%) Hedge funds
3 7 (3.66%) Oculus
3 7 (3.66%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (3.14%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (2.09%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.09%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (2.09%) Robotics
7 3 (1.57%) Animation
7 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.52%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.19%) Windows
2 5 (2.62%) Linux
3 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.52%) Android
4 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.52%) Unix
4 1 (0.52%) VMS
4 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (53.40%) Scrum
2 92 (48.17%) Design Patterns
3 91 (47.64%) Software Engineering
4 88 (46.07%) UML
4 88 (46.07%) Use Case
5 66 (34.55%) DevOps
6 40 (20.94%) Project Management
7 39 (20.42%) Decision-Making
8 32 (16.75%) Earned Value Management
9 20 (10.47%) Agile
10 15 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (5.24%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (5.24%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (5.24%) Mathematics
11 10 (5.24%) SOLID
12 9 (4.71%) Computer Science
12 9 (4.71%) Fintech
13 8 (4.19%) Game Development
13 8 (4.19%) Microservices
14 7 (3.66%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 105 (54.97%) C#
2 13 (6.81%) Python
3 10 (5.24%) Java
4 9 (4.71%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.66%) PHP
6 6 (3.14%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.62%) MATLAB
7 5 (2.62%) SQL
8 3 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.52%) Bash
9 1 (0.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 144 (75.39%) Security Cleared
2 137 (71.73%) Degree
3 123 (64.40%) SC Cleared
4 96 (50.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (4.71%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.14%) HNC
7 5 (2.62%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.62%) PMP
8 4 (2.09%) PhD
9 3 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.05%) MBA
11 1 (0.52%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 5 (2.62%) QA
3 4 (2.09%) GDPR
3 4 (2.09%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.05%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.05%) Docker
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.57%) SCCM
2 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.52%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 103 (53.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.09%) Apple
2 4 (2.09%) OpenAI
3 3 (1.57%) Google
4 1 (0.52%) ConnectWise
4 1 (0.52%) Draytek
4 1 (0.52%) Fujitsu
4 1 (0.52%) VMware
4 1 (0.52%) Webroot