Games Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Game Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Game Developer salary in the West Midlands is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 272 280
Rank change year-on-year +32 +8 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer 2 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.028% 0.015% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.016% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £40,125
25th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% +73.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £65,938
90th Percentile - - £71,375
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,759 6,072 6,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.93% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,145 3,346 4,793
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,117 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Games Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Games Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Games Developer in the West Midlands

Games Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games Developer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Games Developer in the West Midlands

Games Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
Warwickshire - 2 £75,000 -
Games Developer
England

Games Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Games Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Games Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Games
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Game Development
1 2 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Games Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Games
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Game Development
1 2 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA