Game Development Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 693 724 789
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +65
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 172 176 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.158% 0.143% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.207% 0.192% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 147 164 65
Average salary £38,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.44% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £32,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £43,700
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-30.00% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 83042 91442 90017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.35% 74.55% 73.64%
Number of salaries quoted 68087 77706 75411
Average salary £45,000 £47,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -0.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Game Development within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Game Development within the UK.

Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Game Development over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Game Development Salary Histogram

Game Development
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +22 165 £38,500 -14.44%
London +1 75 £45,000 -5.26%
City of London +37 34 £47,500 +18.75%
South East +20 33 £32,500 -23.52%
Oxfordshire +8 24 £37,500 +36.36%
South West +20 20 £30,000 -25.00%
Oxford - 19 £32,500 -
North West +3 18 £27,000 -16.92%
Manchester -3 9 £27,500 -15.38%
Liverpool - 9 £26,500 -
Bristol - 9 £33,000 -
Merseyside - 9 £26,500 -
Somerset - 8 £22,500 -
Bath - 7 £22,500 -
Warwickshire +12 6 - -
East of England +10 6 £51,250 +13.88%
North East +5 6 £26,750 -10.83%
Scotland +3 6 £29,500 -28.48%
Leamington Spa 0 6 - -
Dundee -3 6 £29,500 -28.48%
West Midlands -12 6 - -
Tyne and Wear - 6 £26,750 -
Surrey +5 5 £27,500 -35.29%
Hampshire +7 4 £35,000 -22.22%
Guildford -14 4 £27,500 -35.29%
Teddington - 4 £35,000 -
Cambridgeshire +9 3 £93,750 +87.50%
Ipswich -7 3 £32,500 +51.16%
Suffolk -13 3 £32,500 +47.72%
Gloucestershire - 3 £30,000 -

Game Development
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 369 (100.00%) Games
2 160 (43.36%) C++
3 121 (32.79%) Java
4 98 (26.56%) Degree
5 89 (24.12%) Apple iOS
6 85 (23.04%) JavaScript
7 84 (22.76%) PHP
7 84 (22.76%) Android
8 83 (22.49%) Computer Science
9 76 (20.60%) OO
10 75 (20.33%) C
11 68 (18.43%) ActionScript
12 60 (16.26%) Flash
13 59 (15.99%) C#
13 59 (15.99%) Objective-C
13 59 (15.99%) Agile Software Development
14 54 (14.63%) HTML5
15 51 (13.82%) Mobile Games
16 50 (13.55%) Linux
17 49 (13.28%) Social Gaming
18 48 (13.01%) HTML
18 48 (13.01%) CSS
19 44 (11.92%) MySQL
19 44 (11.92%) Scrum
19 44 (11.92%) ActionScript 3.0
20 43 (11.65%) Windows
21 41 (11.11%) Mathematics
22 39 (10.57%) Unit Testing
22 39 (10.57%) Social Media
22 39 (10.57%) Facebook

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 60 (16.26%) Flash
2 54 (14.63%) HTML5
3 48 (13.01%) HTML
3 48 (13.01%) CSS
4 33 (8.943%) OpenGL
5 31 (8.401%) REST
6 30 (8.130%) JSON
7 27 (7.317%) Web Services
8 24 (6.504%) Google Maps API
8 24 (6.504%) CSS3
9 21 (5.691%) XHTML
9 21 (5.691%) XML
9 21 (5.691%) cocos2d
10 20 (5.420%) jQuery
11 19 (5.149%) Ajax
12 18 (4.878%) Apache Flex
13 16 (4.336%) ASP
14 15 (4.065%) .NET
15 14 (3.794%) BlazeDS
15 14 (3.794%) Adobe AIR
Application Platforms
1 17 (4.607%) Apache
2 10 (2.710%) Apache Pig
3 5 (1.355%) Amazon AWS
4 4 (1.084%) Umbraco
4 4 (1.084%) SAS
4 4 (1.084%) CMS
5 3 (0.813%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.542%) WordPress
7 1 (0.271%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.271%) Joomla!
7 1 (0.271%) Drupal
Applications
1 18 (4.878%) Photoshop
2 12 (3.252%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (2.710%) Maya
4 7 (1.897%) MS Excel
5 6 (1.626%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.626%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.626%) 3ds Max
6 5 (1.355%) MS Office
7 4 (1.084%) SPSS
8 1 (0.271%) InDesign
8 1 (0.271%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (0.271%) Blender
Business Applications
1 1 (0.271%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.775%) HTTP
2 5 (1.355%) Internet
3 3 (0.813%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.813%) DNS
4 2 (0.542%) Wireless
5 1 (0.271%) Intranet
5 1 (0.271%) Firewall
5 1 (0.271%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.92%) MySQL
2 12 (3.252%) Data Mining
3 11 (2.981%) Hadoop
4 10 (2.710%) Apache Hive
5 4 (1.084%) OLTP
5 4 (1.084%) OLAP
6 2 (0.542%) Big Data
6 2 (0.542%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.271%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.271%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (7.588%) Git (software)
2 17 (4.607%) Maven
2 17 (4.607%) Flash Builder
3 14 (3.794%) FlexUnit
4 9 (2.439%) JUnit
4 9 (2.439%) TestNG
5 6 (1.626%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.626%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.355%) Xcode
6 5 (1.355%) JIRA
6 5 (1.355%) MSBuild
7 3 (0.813%) PhoneGap
8 1 (0.271%) GCC
8 1 (0.271%) LLVM
8 1 (0.271%) Jasmine
General
1 369 (100.00%) Games
2 20 (5.420%) Finance
3 16 (4.336%) Marketing
3 16 (4.336%) Publishing
4 6 (1.626%) Legal
5 3 (0.813%) Banking
5 3 (0.813%) Multimedia
5 3 (0.813%) Music
6 2 (0.542%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.542%) Advertising
7 1 (0.271%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.271%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 215 (58.27%) Developer
2 71 (19.24%) Games Developer
3 53 (14.36%) Programmer
4 40 (10.84%) Software Engineer
5 32 (8.672%) C++ Developer
6 28 (7.588%) Software Developer
7 25 (6.775%) Graduate
8 24 (6.504%) iOS Developer
9 21 (5.691%) Java Developer
9 21 (5.691%) C++ Programmer
10 19 (5.149%) Games Programmer
10 19 (5.149%) Junior
10 19 (5.149%) Graduate Developer
11 17 (4.607%) Senior Developer
11 17 (4.607%) Senior Programmer
11 17 (4.607%) Junior Developer
12 14 (3.794%) Android Developer
12 14 (3.794%) Mobile Developer
13 13 (3.523%) Java Software Developer
13 13 (3.523%) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
1 83 (22.49%) Computer Science
2 51 (13.82%) Mobile Games
3 49 (13.28%) Social Gaming
4 41 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 39 (10.57%) Social Media
6 36 (9.756%) iPad
7 31 (8.401%) Animation
8 30 (8.130%) 3D Graphics
8 30 (8.130%) Online Games
9 27 (7.317%) iPhone
10 25 (6.775%) Physics
11 23 (6.233%) Social Network
12 17 (4.607%) Blackberry
13 16 (4.336%) Open Source
14 15 (4.065%) Statistics
14 15 (4.065%) Mobile App
15 12 (3.252%) Semantic Web
15 12 (3.252%) Augmented Reality
15 12 (3.252%) Ontologies
15 12 (3.252%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 89 (24.12%) Apple iOS
2 84 (22.76%) Android
3 50 (13.55%) Linux
4 43 (11.65%) Windows
5 9 (2.439%) Mac OS X
6 5 (1.355%) UNIX
7 4 (1.084%) Solaris
8 3 (0.813%) Mac OS X Server
9 2 (0.542%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.271%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.271%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.271%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (20.60%) OO
2 59 (15.99%) Agile Software Development
3 44 (11.92%) Scrum
4 39 (10.57%) Unit Testing
5 35 (9.485%) Multithreading
5 35 (9.485%) MVC
6 32 (8.672%) Analytics
7 25 (6.775%) Software Engineering
8 17 (4.607%) Web Development
9 16 (4.336%) Project Management
9 16 (4.336%) SEO
9 16 (4.336%) OOP
10 15 (4.065%) E-Commerce
10 15 (4.065%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (4.065%) Memory Management
11 14 (3.794%) OOD
12 12 (3.252%) SOA
12 12 (3.252%) UML
13 11 (2.981%) Web Application Development
14 10 (2.710%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 160 (43.36%) C++
2 121 (32.79%) Java
3 85 (23.04%) JavaScript
4 84 (22.76%) PHP
5 75 (20.33%) C
6 68 (18.43%) ActionScript
7 59 (15.99%) C#
7 59 (15.99%) Objective-C
8 44 (11.92%) ActionScript 3.0
9 35 (9.485%) Python
10 34 (9.214%) SQL
11 27 (7.317%) Ruby
12 16 (4.336%) ActionScript 2.0
12 16 (4.336%) Lua
12 16 (4.336%) Perl
13 6 (1.626%) VC++
14 4 (1.084%) R
15 2 (0.542%) Scala
16 1 (0.271%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 98 (26.56%) Degree
2 17 (4.607%) PhD
3 2 (0.542%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.271%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.271%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.336%) QA
Vendors
1 39 (10.57%) Facebook
2 33 (8.943%) Google
3 24 (6.504%) Adobe
4 21 (5.691%) Apple
5 16 (4.336%) Twitter
6 11 (2.981%) Microsoft
7 8 (2.168%) Sony
8 6 (1.626%) Tableau
9 4 (1.084%) Business Objects
9 4 (1.084%) MicroStrategy
10 3 (0.813%) Juniper
10 3 (0.813%) Perforce
10 3 (0.813%) Cisco
10 3 (0.813%) Brocade
11 2 (0.542%) Remedy
12 1 (0.271%) Autodesk
12 1 (0.271%) Zend
12 1 (0.271%) DevExpress
Flash Developer
London
If you have experience within game development using C++/Java and have a solid understanding of AS3 then this would be a great opportunity to join a growing...
Amiqus
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Game Developer - AS3 Flash C++
Central London / West End
Game Developer / Social Games Creator (ActionScript / AS3 Flash C++)... Good knowledge of ActionScript / AS3 and Flash, ideally also with knowledge of object orientated C++ Familiar with agile development...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Game Developer - AS3 Flash C++ Games
London
One of the UKs fastest growing games development companies is seeking a skilled Game Developer to join their expanding team. As a Game Developer you will work closely...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
C++ Game Developer - Social Gaming
Central London / West End
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
C++ Game Developer / C++ Software Engineer ( Social Gaming )
London
Global leader in social gaming is a skilled C++ Developer with games development experience... The games are developed using C++ for mobile based games and ActionScript3 / Flash for...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Games Developer, Unity, Objective-C, iOS, HTML, £30k, Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside
Technical Skills: C / C++ Objective C iOS Development / Android Development Unity / Cocos2D - x HTML / HTML5 CSS / CSS3 JavaScript PHP ASP Soft Skills: Ability to write and work within...
Roc Search
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Mobile Games Developer - Upto 25K - Hampshire
Hampshire
C++/C, Games Development, iOS, Android, Cocos2d, X-code, Eclipse) A really exciting opportunity has just come through the door... Game development experience using the Cocos2d-x Game...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior C++ Developer
Manchester, Lancashire
They are looking for someone with familiarity with Real Time operating systems, multi-threading and embedded systems... The Senior C/C++ Developer would be expected to mentor junior...
TEKsystems
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Junior Games Developer
Southampton, South East
Junior Gaming Developers (Mobile/Apps)Opus is looking for 2 full-time Gaming Programmers to work alongside a core team of experienced developers on a range of projects...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP24000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Junior Games Developer
Southampton, Hampshire
Technology required: - C/C++ Development - Game development experience - Cocos2d-x Game Engine - iOS or Android Desirable skills: - Objective-C and/or Java - HTML5/Javascript - Flash/AS3, PHP, CMS...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 to £24000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
iOS Developer - E-Commerce - London
London
Staying on top of trends in the Apple community, iOS development, and competitive landscape. * Leading conversations around proactive iOS development. * Working in a highly Agile environment using SCRUM...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + generous bonus and benefits package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Games Engine Graduate Software Developer
North West London
Key Skills: C or C++ (both Ideal),passion for graphics (home or commercial projects) Desirable skills: OpenGL, Games development (commercial, academic or home projects) and in particular Game...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Java Software Developer / Agile / Linux
Teddington, Middlesex
You must have an excellent understanding of OOD and Java coding skills on Linux and Windows platforms. Ideally experience of agile software development including peer review, exploratory and...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior JavaScript Developer/Programmer/Engineer - Online Gaming
City, London
Front End, Developer, HTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, UI, Performance, Scalability, High Availability, High Traffic, Git, SVN, Sass, Less, Agile, Scrum, Data Structures, Algorithms, Computer Science, Backbone, YUI,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + top benefits/bonus/perks package
Posted: 20 May 2013
C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer (Senior)
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. An independant games studio is looking for C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer at all levels. They are working on a range of Playstation 3...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer (Senior)
Guildford, Surrey
35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a Senior C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer. They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Visual Effects Supervisor / CG Supervisor: Games or VFX
Surrey
A well known company in the Games industry, working on some high profile projects with a solid portfolio is looking for a Visual Effects Supervisor / CG Supervisor: Games...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £70,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Junior Graphic Designer - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Art, Graphic Design
London
Junior Graphic Designer Essential Experience:- Experience in Adobe across Flash, Illustrator and Photoshop- Art for (UI) User Interfaces - Image optimization for web - Strong focus on art background techniques...
TRG
Salary: 23000-26000 Per Annum Benefits, Trendy Modern Offices
Posted: 17 May 2013
Junior Graphic Designer - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Art, Graphic Design
London
A leading global ecommerce client is looking for high calibre Junior Graphic Designer to join a leading Games Development team alongside some creative artists... Junior Graphic Designer Essential...
TRG
Salary: £23000 - 26000 Per Annum Benefits, Trendy Modern Offices
Posted: 16 May 2013
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