The first table below looks at the demand for the Games Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Game Developer
Rank 204 187 -
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Games Developer 3 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.044% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.046% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £49,295 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.23% -
UK excluding London average salary £26,500 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-29.33% +25.00%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4760 4322 3982
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.87% 95.98% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3980 3784 3409
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Games Developer
England

Games Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Games Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Games Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Games Developer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Games Developer Salary Trend

Games Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games Developer 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
Birmingham -23 3 £49,295 +23.23%
Games Developer
England

Games Developer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Games Developer in their job title 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 with Games Developer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Games
2 3 (75.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) RPG
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Billing
2 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (25.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) Kindle
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Games
3 1 (25.00%) Objective-C

Games Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Games Developer in their job title 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 with Games Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (100.00%) Games
2 3 (75.00%) Billing
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Games
1 1 (25.00%) Kindle
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) RPG
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Objective-C