Games Jobs in Wales

Gaming
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 74 107
Rank change year-on-year +2 +33 -14
Permanent jobs citing Games 48 54 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.38% 3.24% 1.85%
As % of the General category 4.30% 4.83% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 32 7 31
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,750 £45,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -28.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile £58,125 £53,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
Wales

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,116 1,119 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 55.27% 67.09% 61.78%
Number of salaries quoted 766 540 746
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,666 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -5.97% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Wales

Games
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Wales.

Salary trend for Games in Wales

Games
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Wales

Games
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +1 30 £50,000 - 7
North Wales +14 5 £23,000 -
West Wales +3 4 £32,500 -35.00%
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (41.67%) Azure
2 11 (22.92%) AWS
2 11 (22.92%) GCP
3 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) Network Security
2 2 (4.17%) Firewall
2 2 (4.17%) FTP
2 2 (4.17%) HTTP
2 2 (4.17%) Internet
2 2 (4.17%) LAN
2 2 (4.17%) SMTP
2 2 (4.17%) Sourcefire
2 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.17%) VPN
2 2 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (10.42%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (22.92%) Git
1 11 (22.92%) Jenkins
1 11 (22.92%) Selenium
General
1 20 (41.67%) Finance
2 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 9 (18.75%) Banking
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.08%) Police
5 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (39.58%) Developer
2 11 (22.92%) Java Developer
3 9 (18.75%) Architect
3 9 (18.75%) Security Architect
4 8 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 8 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 8 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 8 (16.67%) Games Developer
4 8 (16.67%) Senior
5 5 (10.42%) Full Stack Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Technical Support
7 3 (6.25%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.25%) Senior Java Developer
8 2 (4.17%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (2.08%) Automation Analyst
9 1 (2.08%) Cloud Engineer
9 1 (2.08%) Games Producer
9 1 (2.08%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (39.58%) AngularJS
2 11 (22.92%) React
2 11 (22.92%) REST
2 11 (22.92%) Spring
2 11 (22.92%) Spring Boot
3 8 (16.67%) .NET
3 8 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
3 8 (16.67%) RESTful
4 5 (10.42%) .NET Core
4 5 (10.42%) ASP.NET
4 5 (10.42%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (10.42%) HTML
4 5 (10.42%) HTML5
4 5 (10.42%) Laravel
4 5 (10.42%) LINQ
4 5 (10.42%) Regular Expression
4 5 (10.42%) Symfony
4 5 (10.42%) Vue
5 2 (4.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.17%) PKI
2 2 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Unix
1 1 (2.08%) VMS
1 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Asset Management
1 20 (41.67%) Containerisation
2 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (27.08%) Full Stack Development
4 12 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 12 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (22.92%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (22.92%) Fintech
5 11 (22.92%) Integration Testing
5 11 (22.92%) Roadmaps
5 11 (22.92%) SIEM
5 11 (22.92%) Test Automation
6 10 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (18.75%) Agile
7 9 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
7 9 (18.75%) IT Asset Management
7 9 (18.75%) Network Segmentation
7 9 (18.75%) RBAC
8 8 (16.67%) Multithreading
9 5 (10.42%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.08%) JavaScript
2 11 (22.92%) Java
2 11 (22.92%) SQL
2 11 (22.92%) TypeScript
3 8 (16.67%) C#
4 5 (10.42%) Groovy
4 5 (10.42%) PHP
5 4 (8.33%) C++
6 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.50%) Degree
3 5 (10.42%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (22.92%) Docker
2 9 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.08%) SCCM
2 1 (2.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Oracle
2 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.17%) ArcSight
3 2 (4.17%) CheckPoint
3 2 (4.17%) Cisco
3 2 (4.17%) F5
3 2 (4.17%) IBM
3 2 (4.17%) Juniper
3 2 (4.17%) Splunk
3 2 (4.17%) TippingPoint
3 2 (4.17%) Trend Micro
4 1 (2.08%) Apple
4 1 (2.08%) Blue Prism
4 1 (2.08%) UiPath