The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games 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 terms in our General category for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 1.449% - -
As % of the General category 5.714% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
35 38 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 25.36% 39.58% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26 26 30
Average salary £32,500 £31,125 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.41% -22.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,450 £25,000 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,050 £40,000 £39,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
West Yorkshire

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Games across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Wakefield Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

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

Wakefield Games Salary Trend

Games
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Games 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 Games.

1 10 (76.92%) ActionScript
1 10 (76.92%) Flash
2 9 (69.23%) Online Games
2 9 (69.23%) ActionScript 3.0
3 8 (61.54%) Facebook
4 7 (53.85%) Social Gaming
4 7 (53.85%) Flash Games
5 6 (46.15%) Java
6 5 (38.46%) C++
6 5 (38.46%) Facebook Platform
7 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
8 3 (23.08%) Ajax
8 3 (23.08%) OO
8 3 (23.08%) jQuery
8 3 (23.08%) PHP
8 3 (23.08%) MySQL
8 3 (23.08%) Linux
9 1 (7.692%) amfPHP
9 1 (7.692%) Game Development
9 1 (7.692%) Objective-C
9 1 (7.692%) Refactoring
9 1 (7.692%) Degree
9 1 (7.692%) MVC
9 1 (7.692%) OOP
9 1 (7.692%) HTML
9 1 (7.692%) CSS
9 1 (7.692%) XML
9 1 (7.692%) SQL

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Games 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (76.92%) Flash
2 3 (23.08%) Ajax
2 3 (23.08%) jQuery
3 1 (7.692%) amfPHP
3 1 (7.692%) HTML
3 1 (7.692%) CSS
3 1 (7.692%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) Facebook Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (76.92%) Flash Developer
3 7 (53.85%) Games Developer
3 7 (53.85%) Flash Games Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Junior Games Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Junior Flash Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Junior
4 4 (30.77%) Junior Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior Flash Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior Games Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Web Developer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
6 2 (15.38%) PHP Developer
6 2 (15.38%) PHP Web Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Flash ActionScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Online Games
2 7 (53.85%) Social Gaming
2 7 (53.85%) Flash Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) OO
2 1 (7.692%) Game Development
2 1 (7.692%) Refactoring
2 1 (7.692%) MVC
2 1 (7.692%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) ActionScript
2 9 (69.23%) ActionScript 3.0
3 6 (46.15%) Java
4 5 (38.46%) C++
5 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) PHP
7 1 (7.692%) Objective-C
7 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Facebook