The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games 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 terms in our General category for the Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Games 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.683% - -
As % of the General category 1.630% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £47,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
368 322 406
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 41.87% 31.17% 37.70%
Number of salaries quoted 305 262 354
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
South West

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Games Salary Trend

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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swindon - 6 £47,500 -
Games
South West

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 8 (61.54%) .NET
1 8 (61.54%) C#
2 7 (53.85%) C++
2 7 (53.85%) Software Engineering
2 7 (53.85%) Degree
3 6 (46.15%) WCF
3 6 (46.15%) LINQ
3 6 (46.15%) TDD
3 6 (46.15%) NUnit
3 6 (46.15%) Kanban
3 6 (46.15%) MCTS
3 6 (46.15%) NHibernate
3 6 (46.15%) MVC
3 6 (46.15%) Scrum
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
3 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
3 6 (46.15%) MCP
3 6 (46.15%) MCAD
3 6 (46.15%) MCSD
3 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET MVC
3 6 (46.15%) HTML5
3 6 (46.15%) Rhino Mocks
3 6 (46.15%) Moq
3 6 (46.15%) BDD
3 6 (46.15%) Razor View Engine
3 6 (46.15%) Web Application Development
3 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 3 (23.08%) Game Development

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 8 (61.54%) .NET
2 6 (46.15%) WCF
2 6 (46.15%) LINQ
2 6 (46.15%) NHibernate
2 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET
2 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET MVC
2 6 (46.15%) HTML5
2 6 (46.15%) Razor View Engine
2 6 (46.15%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
3 2 (15.38%) ATL
3 2 (15.38%) STL
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server
1 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) NUnit
1 6 (46.15%) Rhino Mocks
1 6 (46.15%) Moq
2 2 (15.38%) MSBuild
3 1 (7.692%) GCC
3 1 (7.692%) LLVM
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Software Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Graduate
3 3 (23.08%) Graduate Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Software Engineering
2 6 (46.15%) TDD
2 6 (46.15%) Kanban
2 6 (46.15%) MVC
2 6 (46.15%) Scrum
2 6 (46.15%) BDD
2 6 (46.15%) Web Application Development
3 3 (23.08%) Game Development
3 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Multithreading
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (15.38%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) C#
2 7 (53.85%) C++
3 3 (23.08%) C
4 2 (15.38%) VC++
4 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 6 (46.15%) MCTS
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (46.15%) MCP
2 6 (46.15%) MCAD
2 6 (46.15%) MCSD
Swindon, South West
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), HTML5, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq),...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013