The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online 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 Online Games over the 3 months to 21 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 Miscellaneous category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Online Gaming
Rank 195 178 132
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -46
Permanent jobs citing Online Games 8 3 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.160% 0.066% 0.979%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.632% 0.266% 4.086%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 3
Average salary £75,000 £50,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £41,500 £36,750
% change year-on-year
-19.27% +12.92%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1265 1129 979
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.25% 25.01% 23.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 955 797
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Online Games
England

Online Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Online Games Jobs Demand Trend

Online Games
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Online Games Salary Trend

Online Games
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Online Games within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Staffordshire +1 6 £75,000 +50.00%
Warwickshire +6 2 - -
Online Games
England

Online Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Online 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 Online Games.

1 9 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
2 4 (44.44%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) XML
2 4 (44.44%) XHTML
3 3 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) JIRA
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile Games
4 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
4 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) CCIE
4 2 (22.22%) CCSP
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) QA
4 2 (22.22%) Load Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning

Online Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Online 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 Online Games. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
1 4 (44.44%) CSS
1 4 (44.44%) XML
1 4 (44.44%) XHTML
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (11.11%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 9 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Security Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Development Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Network Manager
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Development Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Software Development Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile Games
1 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Load Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Game Development
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) CCIE
2 2 (22.22%) CCSP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Twitter