The first table below looks at the demand for the Gameplay Programmer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Gameplay Programmer in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gameplay Programmer
Rank 859 897 879
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Gameplay Programmer 3 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.003% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +24.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £45,000 £31,250
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £45,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £33,750 £45,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +24.13%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Gameplay Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Gameplay Programmer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Gameplay Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Gameplay Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Gameplay Programmer Salary Trend

Gameplay Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Gameplay Programmer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Gameplay Programmer Salary Histogram

Gameplay Programmer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Gameplay Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +26 3 £42,500 -5.55%
South East - 1 £42,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
Surrey - 1 £42,500 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £25,000 -
Nottingham - 1 £25,000 -
London - 1 £45,000 -
Guildford - 1 £42,500 -

Gameplay Programmer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Gameplay Programmer in their job title 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 with Gameplay Programmer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (66.67%) Animation
2 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
3 3 (50.00%) Physics
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) OO
5 1 (16.67%) Autodesk
5 1 (16.67%) Workflow
5 1 (16.67%) Mobile Games
5 1 (16.67%) HTML
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) PHP
5 1 (16.67%) CSS
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
5 1 (16.67%) HTML5
5 1 (16.67%) Social Gaming
5 1 (16.67%) CSS3

Gameplay Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Gameplay Programmer in their job title 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 with Gameplay Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5
1 1 (16.67%) CSS3
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Animation
1 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 3 (50.00%) Physics
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Games
3 1 (16.67%) Social Gaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Autodesk
Surrey
Excellent C ++ development skills in a games environment. Knowledge of animation systems such as Havok Animation, NaturalMotion Morpheme or Autodesk HumanIK... Knowledge of a range of animation techniques...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
This established and well known games company is working on some seriously exciting projects over the next couple of years and is looking for an experienced C++ Gameplay...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. 35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a... They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles and are looking for experienced programmers...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013