The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Online Games over the 3 months to 22 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 Miscellaneous category for the Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Gaming
Rank 64 68 59
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Online Games 6 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.007% 0.171% 0.176%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.681% 0.826% 0.794%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 1
Average salary £75,000 £50,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% +29.87%
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £41,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-18.78% +10.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
163 121 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 27.35% 20.65% 22.14%
Number of salaries quoted 128 113 99
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,425 £29,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Online Games
West Midlands

Online Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire Online Games Jobs Demand Trend

Online Games
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Online Games across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Online Games Salary Trend

Online Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Online Games within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stoke-on-Trent +12 4 £75,000 +50.00%
Online Games
West Midlands

Online Games
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Online 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 Online Games.

1 6 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 4 (66.67%) CSS
2 4 (66.67%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) XHTML
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) CCIE
3 2 (33.33%) CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Online 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 Online Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 4 (66.67%) CSS
1 4 (66.67%) XML
1 4 (66.67%) XHTML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Network Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Development Manager
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Development Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Software Development Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Development Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCIE
1 2 (33.33%) CCSP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft