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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Games' in IT jobs within the Swindon 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Games
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5371
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads302
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.438 %0.498 %
Salaries quoted302
Average minimum salary£36,433£27,500
Average salary£37,817£31,250
% change on same period last year+21.01 %
Average maximum salary£39,200£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,814£36,069
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
General SwindonGeneral
Swindon
Matching permanent IT job ads466402
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.228 %0.178 %
Salaries quoted364341
Average minimum salary£35,615£32,937
Average salary£38,717£36,365
% change on same period last year+6.46 %
Average maximum salary£41,820£39,792
UK excluding London average salary£40,607£42,099
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Games WiltshireGames
Wiltshire

Games
Demand Trend

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

Swindon Games Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Games across the Swindon region.

Swindon Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Swindon region over the past 3 months.

Swindon Games Salary Histogram

Games
Top 27 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Swindon region citing Games also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Games.

130 (66.67 %)Flash
221 (46.67 %)Flash Games
310 (22.22 %)HTML
310 (22.22 %)Photoshop
49 (20.00 %)C
49 (20.00 %)C++
49 (20.00 %)Shockwave
58 (17.78 %)Physics
58 (17.78 %)Computer Science
58 (17.78 %)Advertising
58 (17.78 %)Degree
66 (13.33 %)ActionScript
66 (13.33 %)DAB
75 (11.11 %)Informatics
75 (11.11 %)Mathematics
84 (8.889 %)JavaScript
93 (6.667 %)XHTML
93 (6.667 %)Military
93 (6.667 %)Adobe Illustrator
102 (4.444 %)Finance
102 (4.444 %)Internet
111 (2.222 %)Dreamweaver
111 (2.222 %)Perl
111 (2.222 %)SQL
111 (2.222 %)Automotive
111 (2.222 %)Electronics
111 (2.222 %)Validation

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Swindon region citing Games also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
110 (22.22 %)HTML
23 (6.667 %)XHTML
Applications
110 (22.22 %)Photoshop
29 (20.00 %)Shockwave
33 (6.667 %)Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
16 (13.33 %)DAB
22 (4.444 %)Internet
Development Applications
130 (66.67 %)Flash
21 (2.222 %)Dreamweaver
General
121 (46.67 %)Flash Games
28 (17.78 %)Advertising
33 (6.667 %)Military
42 (4.444 %)Finance
51 (2.222 %)Automotive
51 (2.222 %)Electronics
Job Titles
112 (26.67 %)Developer
112 (26.67 %)Flash Developer
29 (20.00 %)Interactive Designer
29 (20.00 %)Programmer
29 (20.00 %)Games Programmer
38 (17.78 %)C++ Software Engineer
38 (17.78 %)Software Engineer
38 (17.78 %)C Software Engineer
44 (8.889 %)Graduate Software Engineer
44 (8.889 %)Graduate
53 (6.667 %)Flash Designer
53 (6.667 %)Flash Programmer
53 (6.667 %)Games Designer
62 (4.444 %)Copywriter
71 (2.222 %)Trainee
71 (2.222 %)Flash Games Developer
71 (2.222 %)Test Manager
71 (2.222 %)Development Manager
71 (2.222 %)Games Developer
Miscellaneous
18 (17.78 %)Physics
18 (17.78 %)Computer Science
25 (11.11 %)Informatics
25 (11.11 %)Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
11 (2.222 %)Validation
Programming Languages
19 (20.00 %)C
19 (20.00 %)C++
26 (13.33 %)ActionScript
34 (8.889 %)JavaScript
41 (2.222 %)Perl
41 (2.222 %)SQL
Qualifications
18 (17.78 %)Degree
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