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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Surrey 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank107206
Rank change on same period last yearUp+99
Matching permanent IT job ads15263
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.026 %
As % of the category below3.229 %1.243 %
Salaries quoted14058
Average minimum salary£34,844£34,759
Average salary£37,638£37,069
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Average maximum salary£40,433£39,379
UK excluding London average salary£35,678£35,675
% change on same period last year-
Surrey IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Surrey
Matching permanent IT job ads47075068
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.485 %2.075 %
Salaries quoted34354273
Average minimum salary£39,094£39,699
Average salary£42,834£43,656
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Average maximum salary£46,575£47,612
UK excluding London average salary£40,890£42,387
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Games South EastGames
South East

Games
Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Surrey Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WokingUp+2452£34,573+0.75 %
FarnhamNew entry-36£38,889-
GuildfordUp+3219£29,577-19.26 %
CamberleyUp+362£37,500+15.38 %
StainesDown-32£70,000+55.55 %
Sunbury-on-ThamesNew entry-2£65,000-
Games South EastGames
South East

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

1134 (50.57 %)Flash
2104 (39.25 %)ActionScript
390 (33.96 %)Online Games
483 (31.32 %)XML
578 (29.43 %)OO
664 (24.15 %)SQL
757 (21.51 %)Flash Games
855 (20.75 %)Degree
949 (18.49 %)PHP
1044 (16.60 %)Oracle
1143 (16.23 %)OOP
1235 (13.21 %)PL/SQL
1334 (12.83 %)Adobe
1432 (12.08 %)Client/Server
1529 (10.94 %)Java
1529 (10.94 %)Adobe Flex
1625 (9.434 %)C++
1723 (8.679 %)Photoshop
1821 (7.925 %)Oracle 10g
1821 (7.925 %)RDBMS
1920 (7.547 %)Spring
1920 (7.547 %)Hibernate
1920 (7.547 %)J2EE
2019 (7.170 %)JavaScript
2019 (7.170 %)WebServices
2019 (7.170 %)PHP5
2019 (7.170 %)PHP4
2118 (6.792 %)QA
2217 (6.415 %)Mathematics
2316 (6.038 %)UNIX

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
183 (31.32 %)XML
229 (10.94 %)Adobe Flex
320 (7.547 %)Hibernate
320 (7.547 %)Spring
320 (7.547 %)J2EE
419 (7.170 %)WebServices
516 (6.038 %)HTML
516 (6.038 %)CSS
613 (4.906 %)XHTML
613 (4.906 %)OpenGL
613 (4.906 %)Adobe AIR
711 (4.151 %)SOAP
810 (3.774 %)JSP
810 (3.774 %).NET
97 (2.642 %)EJB
97 (2.642 %)DOM
104 (1.509 %)J2ME
113 (1.132 %)MFC
113 (1.132 %)STL
113 (1.132 %)ActiveX
Surrey IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (4.906 %)JBoss
25 (1.887 %)Apache
25 (1.887 %)CMS
33 (1.132 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.755 %)NetWeaver
42 (0.755 %)Gentran
42 (0.755 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (0.755 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.377 %)Flash Media Server
Surrey IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
123 (8.679 %)Photoshop
26 (2.264 %)FreeHand
26 (2.264 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (0.755 %)3ds Max
32 (0.755 %)MS Project
41 (0.377 %)MS Office
41 (0.377 %)MS Excel
41 (0.377 %)Maya
Surrey IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.755 %)SAP R/3
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (4.528 %)Internet
26 (2.264 %)TCP/IP
33 (1.132 %)WAN
33 (1.132 %)Wireless
41 (0.377 %)BIG-IP
41 (0.377 %)VLAN
41 (0.377 %)Network Security
41 (0.377 %)LAN
41 (0.377 %)DHCP
41 (0.377 %)DNS
41 (0.377 %)BGP
41 (0.377 %)TACACS
41 (0.377 %)VRRP
41 (0.377 %)Firewall
Surrey IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (7.925 %)RDBMS
121 (7.925 %)Oracle 10g
27 (2.642 %)Oracle 9i
34 (1.509 %)MySQL
42 (0.755 %)GIS
51 (0.377 %)SQL Server
51 (0.377 %)BusinessObjects
Surrey IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1134 (50.57 %)Flash
213 (4.906 %)JUnit
31 (0.377 %)Dreamweaver
Surrey IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (33.96 %)Online Games
257 (21.51 %)Flash Games
314 (5.283 %)Marketing
413 (4.906 %)3D Graphics
512 (4.528 %)Animation
611 (4.151 %)Health
77 (2.642 %)Finance
85 (1.887 %)Pensions
94 (1.509 %)Multimedia
94 (1.509 %)Online Gambling
103 (1.132 %)Mobile Games
103 (1.132 %)Aerospace
103 (1.132 %)Automotive
103 (1.132 %)Music
112 (0.755 %)Education
112 (0.755 %)Billing
121 (0.377 %)Insurance
121 (0.377 %)Military
121 (0.377 %)Auditing
121 (0.377 %)Interactive Media
Surrey IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1122 (46.04 %)Developer
246 (17.36 %)Senior Developer
246 (17.36 %)Flash Developer
335 (13.21 %)ActionScript Developer
433 (12.45 %)Programmer
524 (9.057 %)Analyst
621 (7.925 %)Flash Programmer
720 (7.547 %)Games Developer
720 (7.547 %)Senior Analyst
818 (6.792 %)Development Manager
917 (6.415 %)Java Developer
1016 (6.038 %)Senior ActionScript Developer
1112 (4.528 %)Senior C++ Developer
1112 (4.528 %)C++ Developer
1112 (4.528 %)Analyst Developer
1211 (4.151 %)Senior Analyst Developer
1310 (3.774 %)Software Engineer
148 (3.019 %)Project Manager
148 (3.019 %)Analyst Programmer
148 (3.019 %)Senior Programmer
Surrey IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (12.08 %)Client/Server
217 (6.415 %)Mathematics
315 (5.660 %)Computer Science
43 (1.132 %)Multithreading
43 (1.132 %)Management Information System
52 (0.755 %)Clustering
52 (0.755 %)W3C
52 (0.755 %)Social Network
61 (0.377 %)RIA
61 (0.377 %)Physics
61 (0.377 %)Data Integration
61 (0.377 %)E-Learning
61 (0.377 %)Artificial Intelligence
61 (0.377 %)Economics
61 (0.377 %)Device Driver
61 (0.377 %)Handset
61 (0.377 %)PMI
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (6.038 %)UNIX
25 (1.887 %)Windows
32 (0.755 %)Linux
32 (0.755 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.377 %)Windows XP
Surrey IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
178 (29.43 %)OO
243 (16.23 %)OOP
311 (4.151 %)SEO
48 (3.019 %)Project Management
48 (3.019 %)E-Commerce
57 (2.642 %)Internet Marketing
66 (2.264 %)Content Management
75 (1.887 %)Logistics
83 (1.132 %)Software Engineering
83 (1.132 %)Configuration Management
83 (1.132 %)Web Design
92 (0.755 %)Asset Management
92 (0.755 %)PRINCE2
92 (0.755 %)Software Testing
92 (0.755 %)Time Management
101 (0.377 %)Security Cleared
101 (0.377 %)Integration Testing
101 (0.377 %)Project Planning
101 (0.377 %)Quantitative Analysis
101 (0.377 %)UML
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1104 (39.25 %)ActionScript
264 (24.15 %)SQL
349 (18.49 %)PHP
435 (13.21 %)PL/SQL
529 (10.94 %)Java
625 (9.434 %)C++
719 (7.170 %)JavaScript
719 (7.170 %)PHP5
719 (7.170 %)PHP4
87 (2.642 %)C
95 (1.887 %)VB
104 (1.509 %)C#
113 (1.132 %)VC++
122 (0.755 %)Transact-SQL
122 (0.755 %)Perl
122 (0.755 %)Ruby
131 (0.377 %)Delphi
131 (0.377 %)VB.NET
131 (0.377 %)Fortran
131 (0.377 %)Assembly Language
Surrey IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
155 (20.75 %)Degree
24 (1.509 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.132 %)Cisco Certification
33 (1.132 %)MCSA
42 (0.755 %)CCIE
51 (0.377 %)CCNP
51 (0.377 %)MCP
51 (0.377 %)Postgraduate
Surrey IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (6.792 %)QA
25 (1.887 %)WCAG
Surrey IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.377 %)Active Directory
11 (0.377 %)ISA Server
Surrey IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.755 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Surrey IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (16.60 %)Oracle
234 (12.83 %)Adobe
34 (1.509 %)SAP
34 (1.509 %)Microsoft
42 (0.755 %)IBM
42 (0.755 %)Symbian
42 (0.755 %)Sybase
42 (0.755 %)HP
42 (0.755 %)EMC
51 (0.377 %)CheckPoint
51 (0.377 %)Sony
51 (0.377 %)Omniture
51 (0.377 %)Business Objects
51 (0.377 %)Cisco
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