The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Online Games over the 3 months to 17 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 Miscellaneous category for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Gaming
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Online Games 7 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 4.895% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 20.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-16.25% +6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35 37 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 24.48% 37.00% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 35 20 48
Average salary £32,500 £39,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.19% -1.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,800 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,400 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Online Games
West Yorkshire

Online Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield Online Games Jobs Demand Trend

Online Games
Salary Trend

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

Wakefield Online Games Salary Trend

Online Games
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Online 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 Online Games.

1 9 (100.00%) Games
2 7 (77.78%) Flash
2 7 (77.78%) ActionScript
2 7 (77.78%) Flash Games
2 7 (77.78%) ActionScript 3.0
2 7 (77.78%) Social Gaming
2 7 (77.78%) Facebook
3 5 (55.56%) Facebook Platform
3 5 (55.56%) C++
3 5 (55.56%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) PHP
4 2 (22.22%) MySQL
4 2 (22.22%) Linux
4 2 (22.22%) OO
4 2 (22.22%) Ajax
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Online 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 Online Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) Flash
2 2 (22.22%) Ajax
2 2 (22.22%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Facebook Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
General
1 9 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (77.78%) Games Developer
2 7 (77.78%) Flash Developer
2 7 (77.78%) Flash Games Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Junior Games Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Junior Flash Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Junior Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Junior
4 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 3 (33.33%) Senior Flash Developer
4 3 (33.33%) Senior Games Developer
5 2 (22.22%) Web Developer
5 2 (22.22%) PHP Developer
5 2 (22.22%) PHP Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Flash Games
1 7 (77.78%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) OO
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) ActionScript
1 7 (77.78%) ActionScript 3.0
2 5 (55.56%) C++
2 5 (55.56%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) PHP
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Facebook