The first table below looks at the demand for Game Development skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Game Development over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Games Development
Rank - 172 142
Permanent jobs citing Game Development 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.031% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.040% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.04%
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-30.00% +14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2882 2510 2085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 77.83% 77.09% 71.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2235 2065 1735
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Game Development
Yorkshire

Game Development
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Game Development Salary Trend

Game Development
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring

Game Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Flash Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C