Games Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 846 905 949
Rank change year-on-year +59 +44 -134
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 48 80 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.076% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.079% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 38 43 54
10th Percentile £31,500 £27,000 £37,875
25th Percentile £33,438 £40,625 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £86,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £110,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,235 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -34.02% -3.85% +36.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in the UK

Game Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Game Development.

Salary trend for Game Development in the UK

Game Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Game Development over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Game Development in the UK

Game Development
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +101 44 £52,500 -27.59% 58
UK excluding London +31 31 £41,235 -34.02% 34
Work from Home +96 19 £50,000 -21.57% 41
London +131 13 £71,250 -19.72% 22
North of England +55 11 £41,235 -16.70% 10
North West +17 11 £41,235 -12.27% 7
South West -7 8 £35,000 -17.65% 1
Midlands +10 7 £52,500 - 2
West Midlands +35 5 £75,000 - 1
South East +14 4 £35,000 -54.84% 18
East Midlands - 2 £52,500 - 1
Wales - 1 £37,500 -

Game Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (10.42%) Confluence
2 4 (8.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Maya
1 4 (8.33%) MotionBuilder
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.33%) Serverless
2 3 (6.25%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) Firebase
3 2 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (2.08%) GitHub
4 1 (2.08%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Big Data
2 4 (8.33%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (4.17%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.08%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (2.08%) ClickHouse
4 1 (2.08%) Couchbase
4 1 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.08%) MySQL
4 1 (2.08%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) Git
3 2 (4.17%) TeamCity
General
1 48 (100.00%) Games
2 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 7 (14.58%) Aviation
4 7 (14.58%) Law
4 7 (14.58%) Military
5 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.25%) Finance
6 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (47.92%) Developer
2 10 (20.83%) Games Developer
3 9 (18.75%) Senior
4 5 (10.42%) Software Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Data Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Engineering Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Product Specialist
5 4 (8.33%) Programmer
5 4 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) C# Developer
6 3 (6.25%) C# Programmer
6 3 (6.25%) Designer
6 3 (6.25%) Games Designer
6 3 (6.25%) Head of Production
6 3 (6.25%) Lead
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Designer
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Games Designer
7 2 (4.17%) Full Stack Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Lead Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 19 (39.58%) Unreal Engine
3 9 (18.75%) .NET
4 3 (6.25%) React Native
5 2 (4.17%) .NET Core
5 2 (4.17%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.17%) CSS
5 2 (4.17%) HTML
5 2 (4.17%) Laravel
5 2 (4.17%) React
5 2 (4.17%) Vue
6 1 (2.08%) Flask
6 1 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
2 7 (14.58%) Oculus
3 5 (10.42%) Animation
3 5 (10.42%) Mobile Games
3 5 (10.42%) Product Ownership
4 4 (8.33%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (6.25%) Algorithms
5 3 (6.25%) Client/Server
5 3 (6.25%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.17%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.08%) e-Learning
7 1 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Android
1 2 (4.17%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Unix
2 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.25%) Computer Science
2 11 (22.92%) Mentoring
3 7 (14.58%) Clean Code
3 7 (14.58%) Collaborative Culture
3 7 (14.58%) Eye Tracking
3 7 (14.58%) SOLID
4 6 (12.50%) Analytics
4 6 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 6 (12.50%) Physics
4 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 6 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 5 (10.42%) Coaching
5 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (8.33%) Data Engineering
6 4 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (8.33%) Digital Twin
6 4 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (8.33%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) C#
2 7 (14.58%) Python
3 4 (8.33%) C++
3 4 (8.33%) Go
4 3 (6.25%) C
4 3 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.17%) PHP
6 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.08%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Atlassian
1 4 (8.33%) Autodesk
2 2 (4.17%) Google
3 1 (2.08%) Apple
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Vertica