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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the St Albans 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3541
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads912
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below6.767 %6.977 %
Salaries quoted98
Average minimum salary£23,778£35,500
Average salary£26,056£39,750
% change on same period last year-34.45 %
Average maximum salary£28,333£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,854£35,696
% change on same period last year+6.04 %
St Albans IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
St Albans
Matching permanent IT job ads133172
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.074 %
Salaries quoted125136
Average minimum salary£35,430£35,631
Average salary£38,927£39,654
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,425£43,677
UK excluding London average salary£41,275£41,778
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
Games HertfordshireGames
Hertfordshire

Games
Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the St Albans region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

St Albans Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

112 (80.00 %)C++
112 (80.00 %)Java
112 (80.00 %)J2EE
29 (60.00 %)Oracle
29 (60.00 %)SQL Server
29 (60.00 %)Quark
29 (60.00 %)Publishing
29 (60.00 %)Data Mining
29 (60.00 %)Text Mining
29 (60.00 %)Content Management
29 (60.00 %)Asset Management
37 (46.67 %)Lucene
37 (46.67 %)Adobe
37 (46.67 %)Degree
44 (26.67 %)CSS
44 (26.67 %)HTML
53 (20.00 %)UNIX
53 (20.00 %)Windows
53 (20.00 %)Web Design
53 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
53 (20.00 %)Marketing
53 (20.00 %)Product Marketing
62 (13.33 %)Mathematics
62 (13.33 %)AJAX
62 (13.33 %)Web 2.0
62 (13.33 %)Flash
62 (13.33 %)JavaScript
62 (13.33 %)WebServices
71 (6.667 %)MS Visio
71 (6.667 %)Multimedia

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (80.00 %)J2EE
27 (46.67 %)Lucene
34 (26.67 %)CSS
34 (26.67 %)HTML
42 (13.33 %)WebServices
42 (13.33 %)AJAX
St Albans IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Visio
St Albans IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (60.00 %)SQL Server
19 (60.00 %)Data Mining
19 (60.00 %)Text Mining
St Albans IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (13.33 %)Flash
St Albans IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (60.00 %)Publishing
23 (20.00 %)Marketing
23 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
31 (6.667 %)Multimedia
St Albans IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Graduate
22 (13.33 %)Software Developer
22 (13.33 %)Software Engineer
22 (13.33 %)Developer
22 (13.33 %)C++ Developer
22 (13.33 %)Senior Software Engineer
22 (13.33 %)Java Software Engineer
22 (13.33 %)C++ Software Developer
22 (13.33 %)Senior Java Software Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Senior C++ Software Engineer
31 (6.667 %)GUI Designer
31 (6.667 %)UI Designer
31 (6.667 %)Interactive Designer
31 (6.667 %)Senior Interactive Designer
31 (6.667 %)C++ Software Engineer
St Albans IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Web 2.0
12 (13.33 %)Mathematics
St Albans IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (20.00 %)UNIX
13 (20.00 %)Windows
St Albans IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (60.00 %)Asset Management
19 (60.00 %)Content Management
23 (20.00 %)Product Marketing
23 (20.00 %)Web Design
St Albans IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (80.00 %)C++
112 (80.00 %)Java
22 (13.33 %)JavaScript
St Albans IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (46.67 %)Degree
St Albans IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (60.00 %)Oracle
19 (60.00 %)Quark
27 (46.67 %)Adobe