Games Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games 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 over the 3 months to 24 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 General category for the West Midlands region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 120 153 106
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -47
Permanent jobs citing Games 84 32 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.671% 0.702% 1.798%
As % of the General category 4.740% 2.114% 5.543%
Number of salaries quoted 57 31 34
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +63.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Search 9 Games jobs in the West Midlands
All of the General Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 1772 1514 1353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 35.24% 33.22% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1367 1302 1121
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
England

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Games Jobs Demand Trend

Games
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Games Salary Histogram

Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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 +25 22 £55,000 +61.76%
Birmingham -10 21 £48,397 +20.99%
Staffordshire +9 17 £45,000 -28.00%
Coventry - 7 £40,000 -
Worcestershire +6 6 £37,500 +66.66%
Solihull - 6 £40,000 -
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing 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 Games.

1 35 (33.33%) C#
2 27 (25.71%) SQL Server
3 22 (20.95%) .NET
4 21 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 20 (19.05%) Microsoft
6 18 (17.14%) Degree
6 18 (17.14%) Computer Science
7 17 (16.19%) MS Excel
7 17 (16.19%) XML
7 17 (16.19%) C++
8 16 (15.24%) JavaScript
8 16 (15.24%) CSS
8 16 (15.24%) TDD
9 15 (14.29%) Web Services
10 14 (13.33%) MVC
11 13 (12.38%) SQL
11 13 (12.38%) Ajax
11 13 (12.38%) QA
12 12 (11.43%) JSON
12 12 (11.43%) Software Testing
12 12 (11.43%) Android
12 12 (11.43%) HTML
12 12 (11.43%) Windows
12 12 (11.43%) SOAP
12 12 (11.43%) Project Management
13 11 (10.48%) Java
13 11 (10.48%) E-Commerce
13 11 (10.48%) jQuery
13 11 (10.48%) Automated Testing
14 10 (9.524%) Music

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing 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 Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (20.95%) .NET
2 21 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 17 (16.19%) XML
4 16 (15.24%) CSS
5 15 (14.29%) Web Services
6 13 (12.38%) Ajax
7 12 (11.43%) JSON
7 12 (11.43%) HTML
7 12 (11.43%) SOAP
8 11 (10.48%) jQuery
9 9 (8.571%) WCF
10 8 (7.619%) CSS3
10 8 (7.619%) HTML5
10 8 (7.619%) Flash
10 8 (7.619%) OpenGL
10 8 (7.619%) DirectX
10 8 (7.619%) KnockoutJS
11 7 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 7 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (6.667%) Ninject
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.905%) Windows Azure
1 2 (1.905%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.905%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.952%) Apache
2 1 (0.952%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.952%) Google App Engine
2 1 (0.952%) Magento
Applications
1 17 (16.19%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.667%) MS Office
3 6 (5.714%) Photoshop
4 4 (3.810%) MS Project
4 4 (3.810%) 3ds Max
4 4 (3.810%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.952%) Maya
5 1 (0.952%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.952%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.952%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 2 (1.905%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (1.905%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.952%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.714%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.762%) HTTP
3 2 (1.905%) Network Security
3 2 (1.905%) Firewall
3 2 (1.905%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (25.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.714%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (3.810%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.905%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (1.905%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.905%) SAP BI
4 2 (1.905%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.952%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.952%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.952%) MySQL
5 1 (0.952%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (5.714%) JIRA
2 4 (3.810%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (3.810%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (3.810%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.857%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (1.905%) Hudson
4 2 (1.905%) Maven
5 1 (0.952%) Xcode
5 1 (0.952%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.952%) JUnit
5 1 (0.952%) Subversion
5 1 (0.952%) Selenium
General
1 10 (9.524%) Music
2 9 (8.571%) Finance
3 4 (3.810%) Aerospace
4 3 (2.857%) Back Office
4 3 (2.857%) Advertising
4 3 (2.857%) Publishing
4 3 (2.857%) Retail
4 3 (2.857%) Multimedia
4 3 (2.857%) Billing
5 2 (1.905%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (35.24%) Developer
2 13 (12.38%) .NET Developer
3 11 (10.48%) Senior Developer
3 11 (10.48%) Team Leader
4 10 (9.524%) Test Team Leader
5 9 (8.571%) C# Developer
5 9 (8.571%) Designer
6 7 (6.667%) Programmer
6 7 (6.667%) ASP.NET Developer
7 6 (5.714%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (5.714%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 6 (5.714%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
7 6 (5.714%) Senior C# Developer
7 6 (5.714%) Senior .NET Developer
7 6 (5.714%) Graduate
7 6 (5.714%) Software Engineer
7 6 (5.714%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.762%) Tester
8 5 (4.762%) Web Developer
8 5 (4.762%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.14%) Computer Science
2 10 (9.524%) Online Games
3 8 (7.619%) Graphic Design
3 8 (7.619%) iPhone
4 7 (6.667%) Mobile App
4 7 (6.667%) Mobile Games
5 6 (5.714%) Mathematics
6 5 (4.762%) 3D Graphics
7 4 (3.810%) Visualisation
7 4 (3.810%) Physics
8 3 (2.857%) Animation
8 3 (2.857%) Social Gaming
8 3 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.905%) Kindle
9 2 (1.905%) EPoS
10 1 (0.952%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.952%) Statistics
10 1 (0.952%) Video Editing
10 1 (0.952%) New Media
10 1 (0.952%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.43%) Android
1 12 (11.43%) Windows
2 7 (6.667%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.952%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.24%) TDD
2 14 (13.33%) MVC
3 12 (11.43%) Software Testing
3 12 (11.43%) Project Management
4 11 (10.48%) E-Commerce
4 11 (10.48%) Automated Testing
5 9 (8.571%) Time Management
5 9 (8.571%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (8.571%) Game Development
6 8 (7.619%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (6.667%) OO
7 7 (6.667%) Domain-Driven Design
8 6 (5.714%) Dependency Injection
8 6 (5.714%) Capacity Planning
8 6 (5.714%) Test Scripting
8 6 (5.714%) Project Planning
8 6 (5.714%) Web Application Development
9 5 (4.762%) PRINCE2
9 5 (4.762%) UML
9 5 (4.762%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 35 (33.33%) C#
2 17 (16.19%) C++
3 16 (15.24%) JavaScript
4 13 (12.38%) SQL
5 11 (10.48%) Java
6 4 (3.810%) C
6 4 (3.810%) Python
7 3 (2.857%) Objective-C
7 3 (2.857%) ActionScript
7 3 (2.857%) PHP
7 3 (2.857%) RPG
8 2 (1.905%) VB
8 2 (1.905%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (17.14%) Degree
2 10 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.714%) MCTS
3 6 (5.714%) MCP
3 6 (5.714%) MCAD
3 6 (5.714%) MCSD
3 6 (5.714%) ISEB
4 3 (2.857%) HNC
4 3 (2.857%) HND
5 2 (1.905%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.905%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.905%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.905%) CCIE
5 2 (1.905%) CCSP
6 1 (0.952%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.38%) QA
2 4 (3.810%) ISO 9001
2 4 (3.810%) TickIT
Vendors
1 20 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.571%) Adobe
2 9 (8.571%) Google
3 7 (6.667%) Twitter
4 5 (4.762%) Oracle
5 3 (2.857%) Remedy
6 2 (1.905%) Facebook
6 2 (1.905%) RedPrairie
6 2 (1.905%) hybris
6 2 (1.905%) SAP
6 2 (1.905%) Business Objects
6 2 (1.905%) Cisco
6 2 (1.905%) JDA
6 2 (1.905%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.952%) Apple
7 1 (0.952%) Rackspace
Experience Mobile Application Engineer
Warwickshire
Proficient in Objective C or C# Experience of agile development methodologies... computer science, computer games, maths, science) iOS, Android, Window Phone or interactive touch screen development experience... Database...
Tinderstone
Salary: From £24,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Mobile Application Engineer
Warwickshire
Highly proficient in Objective C or C# Experienced scrum master... computer science, computer games, maths, science) iOS, Android, Window Phone or interactive touch screen development experience... Database Technology -...
Tinderstone
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Mobile Application Engineer
Warwickshire
Proficient in Objective C or C# 2:1 or above in a relevant degree (e.g. computer science, computer games, maths, science) iOS, Android, Window Phone or interactive...
Tinderstone
Salary: From £18,000 to £24,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Deputy CTO
Warwickshire
Experienced scrum master... computer science, computer games, maths, science) iOS, Android, Window Phone or interactive touch screen development experience... SQLLite, MS SQL or MongoDB/Redis... MVC, WPF, WCF.....
Tinderstone
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
.NET Developer - Digital Download Site - Birmingham
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Software QA Test Team Leader. eCommerce Payment Systems. Staffs
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eCommerce Payment, Windows and Mobile Systems... Skills and Exp: Strong team/project lead experienceStrong background in Software TestingExperience of leading large and diverse testing teams and projectsExperience of...
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Lead Graphic Designer
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Recruitment Consultant - Rec2Rec/ R2R/ Rec-to-Rec! Warm Desk!
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Who?... th. fastest growing privately owned business in the UK. Recruiting great talent for ‘capital invested’ businesses across Retail, Financial Services, Gaming/Interactive & Technology. Our market is buoyant,...
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Salary: £20k - 35k per year + Bonus (25% of billings)
Posted: 24 May 2013
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