The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Sunderland 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 Sunderland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 17 8 8
Rank change year-on-year
-9 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 2 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sunderland 4.444% 9.524% 3.448%
As % of the General category 18.18% 22.22% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £34,625 £24,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.27% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Sunderland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
11 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sunderland 24.44% 42.86% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 7
Average salary £30,000 £34,250 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.40% -42.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,850 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,800 £67,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
Tyne and Wear

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sunderland 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 Sunderland region.

Sunderland Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

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

Sunderland Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sunderland 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 11 (68.75%) Java
1 11 (68.75%) JavaScript
2 10 (62.50%) PHP
2 10 (62.50%) Game Development
3 8 (50.00%) OOP
4 6 (37.50%) OO
4 6 (37.50%) ActionScript
4 6 (37.50%) Objective-C
4 6 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (37.50%) ActionScript 3.0
5 5 (31.25%) ActionScript 2.0
5 5 (31.25%) HTML5
5 5 (31.25%) Apple iOS
5 5 (31.25%) Ajax
5 5 (31.25%) Degree
5 5 (31.25%) Unit Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Multithreading
5 5 (31.25%) Android
5 5 (31.25%) 3D Graphics
5 5 (31.25%) Mobile Games
5 5 (31.25%) C#
5 5 (31.25%) C++
5 5 (31.25%) HTML
5 5 (31.25%) SQL
5 5 (31.25%) PhD
5 5 (31.25%) OOD
5 5 (31.25%) CSS
5 5 (31.25%) Windows
5 5 (31.25%) Linux
6 4 (25.00%) Open Source

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sunderland 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 5 (31.25%) HTML5
1 5 (31.25%) Ajax
1 5 (31.25%) HTML
1 5 (31.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.250%) JSON
2 1 (6.250%) XML
2 1 (6.250%) Flash
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Java Software Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Java Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Games Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Developer
3 4 (25.00%) PHP Developer
4 2 (12.50%) PHP MySQL Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Flash Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) 3D Graphics
1 5 (31.25%) Mobile Games
2 4 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (6.250%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Apple iOS
1 5 (31.25%) Android
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Game Development
2 8 (50.00%) OOP
3 6 (37.50%) OO
3 6 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (31.25%) Unit Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Multithreading
4 5 (31.25%) OOD
5 2 (12.50%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Java
1 11 (68.75%) JavaScript
2 10 (62.50%) PHP
3 6 (37.50%) ActionScript
3 6 (37.50%) Objective-C
3 6 (37.50%) ActionScript 3.0
4 5 (31.25%) ActionScript 2.0
4 5 (31.25%) C#
4 5 (31.25%) C++
4 5 (31.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
1 5 (31.25%) PhD