The first table below looks at the demand for the Games Programmer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Game Programmer
Rank 829 894 851
Rank change year-on-year
+65 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Programmer 30 18 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.015% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.016% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 7
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +12.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,400
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £35,900
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101379 114752 114698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 84338 98449 96828
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%

Games Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Games Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Games Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Games Programmer Salary Trend

Games Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games Programmer over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Games Programmer Salary Histogram

Games Programmer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +39 30 £37,500 +4.89%
South East +23 15 - -
London +48 9 £40,000 +6.66%
Guildford - 8 - -
Surrey - 8 - -
Oxfordshire -13 7 - -
Oxford - 7 - -
City of London +5 4 £50,000 +33.33%
South West - 3 £30,000 -
Gloucestershire - 3 £30,000 -
Cheshire - 2 - -
Runcorn - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £25,000 -
Nottingham - 1 £25,000 -

Games Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Games 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 Games Programmer in their job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Games
2 34 (80.95%) C++
3 19 (45.24%) Game Development
4 18 (42.86%) Apple iOS
4 18 (42.86%) Android
5 17 (40.48%) C#
6 13 (30.95%) Perforce
6 13 (30.95%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (28.57%) Mathematics
8 11 (26.19%) Xcode
9 10 (23.81%) Windows
9 10 (23.81%) Linux
9 10 (23.81%) Google
9 10 (23.81%) Mac OS
10 8 (19.05%) Physics
10 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
10 8 (19.05%) PHP
11 7 (16.67%) MySQL
11 7 (16.67%) C
11 7 (16.67%) Perl
11 7 (16.67%) Degree
11 7 (16.67%) Multithreading
12 5 (11.90%) Mobile Games
12 5 (11.90%) OpenGL
12 5 (11.90%) Social Network
12 5 (11.90%) Social Gaming
13 4 (9.524%) Scrum
13 4 (9.524%) Objective-C
13 4 (9.524%) Java
14 3 (7.143%) JavaScript

Games Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (11.90%) OpenGL
2 3 (7.143%) HTML5
3 2 (4.762%) CSS3
3 2 (4.762%) COM
3 2 (4.762%) CSS
3 2 (4.762%) DirectX
4 1 (2.381%) Cocoa
4 1 (2.381%) Ajax
4 1 (2.381%) Sass
4 1 (2.381%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) Photoshop
1 2 (4.762%) Maya
2 1 (2.381%) Blender
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.381%) HTTP
1 1 (2.381%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Xcode
2 3 (7.143%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.381%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.381%) Subversion
3 1 (2.381%) Git (software)
General
1 42 (100.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 8 (19.05%) Physics
2 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
3 5 (11.90%) Social Network
3 5 (11.90%) Mobile Games
3 5 (11.90%) Social Gaming
4 3 (7.143%) iPhone
5 2 (4.762%) Social Media
5 2 (4.762%) iPad
5 2 (4.762%) Animation
6 1 (2.381%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (2.381%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.381%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 18 (42.86%) Android
1 18 (42.86%) Apple iOS
2 10 (23.81%) Mac OS
2 10 (23.81%) Windows
2 10 (23.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Game Development
2 13 (30.95%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (16.67%) Multithreading
4 4 (9.524%) Scrum
5 3 (7.143%) Software Engineering
6 2 (4.762%) Resource Management
6 2 (4.762%) TDD
6 2 (4.762%) OO
7 1 (2.381%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.381%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (80.95%) C++
2 17 (40.48%) C#
3 8 (19.05%) PHP
4 7 (16.67%) C
4 7 (16.67%) Perl
5 4 (9.524%) Java
5 4 (9.524%) Objective-C
6 3 (7.143%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.762%) Assembly Language
8 1 (2.381%) Lua
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Perforce
2 10 (23.81%) Google
3 2 (4.762%) Twitter
3 2 (4.762%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.762%) Apple
Guildford, Surrey
An independent games studio is looking for a Senior C++ Games Programmer / Game Animation / Animation Programmer... Knowledge of third-party animation systems such as Havok Animation, NaturalMotion Morpheme...
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Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
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...
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Salary: From £30,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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...
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Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013