The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank 201 180 164
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -16
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 6 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.121% 0.200% 0.145%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.161% 0.289% 0.210%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 6
Average salary - £42,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-30.00% +23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3728 3115 2859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.09% 69.18% 68.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3143 2685 2417
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
England

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Game Development Jobs Demand Trend

Game Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Game Development across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Game Development within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwickshire +13 6 - -
Game Development
England

Game Development
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Game Development 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 Game Development.

1 6 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) MS Office
2 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) JIRA
2 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 4 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (66.67%) Twitter
2 4 (66.67%) Mobile Games
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Social Gaming
3 2 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (33.33%) Online Games
3 2 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (33.33%) Remedy
3 2 (33.33%) Publishing
3 2 (33.33%) Music

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Game Development 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 Game Development. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (33.33%) Music
2 2 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Games Producer
1 2 (33.33%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Mobile Games
1 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Online Games
2 2 (33.33%) Social Gaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Project Planning
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
1 4 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
2 2 (33.33%) Load Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Twitter
2 2 (33.33%) Remedy