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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Gaming
Rank 49 60 65
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Online Games 30 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 4.304% 1.077% 0.618%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.72% 3.030% 1.587%
Number of salaries quoted 30 6 4
Average salary £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £24,050
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £41,250 £34,200
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £41,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-18.78% +10.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
256 198 252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 36.73% 35.55% 38.95%
Number of salaries quoted 238 169 224
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Online Games
East of England

Online Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich +12 24 £32,500 +16.07%
Online Games
East of England

Online Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 34 (100.00%) Games
2 28 (82.35%) Java
2 28 (82.35%) CSS
3 25 (73.53%) JavaScript
4 21 (61.76%) HTML
5 18 (52.94%) C#
6 16 (47.06%) OO
6 16 (47.06%) ActionScript
6 16 (47.06%) ActionScript 3.0
7 13 (38.24%) CSS3
7 13 (38.24%) HTML5
8 12 (35.29%) ActionScript 2.0
8 12 (35.29%) Degree
9 10 (29.41%) Flash
10 9 (26.47%) Android
11 7 (20.59%) WebGL
11 7 (20.59%) WebSockets
11 7 (20.59%) HTML5 Canvas
11 7 (20.59%) Mobile App
11 7 (20.59%) E-Commerce
12 4 (11.76%) JMS
12 4 (11.76%) JAXB
12 4 (11.76%) JBoss
12 4 (11.76%) Apache
12 4 (11.76%) Tomcat
12 4 (11.76%) Oracle
12 4 (11.76%) Ant
12 4 (11.76%) Photoshop
12 4 (11.76%) WebLogic
12 4 (11.76%) IIS

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 28 (82.35%) CSS
2 21 (61.76%) HTML
3 13 (38.24%) CSS3
3 13 (38.24%) HTML5
4 10 (29.41%) Flash
5 7 (20.59%) WebGL
5 7 (20.59%) WebSockets
5 7 (20.59%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (11.76%) JMS
6 4 (11.76%) JAXB
6 4 (11.76%) EJB
6 4 (11.76%) JSP
6 4 (11.76%) Servlets
6 4 (11.76%) SOAP
6 4 (11.76%) Struts
6 4 (11.76%) Web Services
6 4 (11.76%) JPA
6 4 (11.76%) EJB 3.0
6 4 (11.76%) Hibernate
6 4 (11.76%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) Apache
1 4 (11.76%) Tomcat
1 4 (11.76%) WebLogic
1 4 (11.76%) IIS
1 4 (11.76%) Resin
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Ant
1 4 (11.76%) Subversion
2 1 (2.941%) JIRA
General
1 34 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (2.941%) Finance
Job Titles
1 32 (94.12%) Developer
2 28 (82.35%) Software Developer
3 4 (11.76%) Games Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Flex Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Test Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Junior
6 1 (2.941%) Graduate
6 1 (2.941%) Junior Test Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Mobile App
2 4 (11.76%) Mathematics
2 4 (11.76%) Physics
2 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.941%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) OO
2 7 (20.59%) E-Commerce
3 4 (11.76%) UML
3 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.941%) Regression Testing
4 1 (2.941%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (2.941%) Test Scripting
4 1 (2.941%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (82.35%) Java
2 25 (73.53%) JavaScript
3 18 (52.94%) C#
4 16 (47.06%) ActionScript
4 16 (47.06%) ActionScript 3.0
5 12 (35.29%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Degree
2 1 (2.941%) ISEB
2 1 (2.941%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) JBoss
1 4 (11.76%) Oracle