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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 35 44 35
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -9
Permanent jobs citing Games 6 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 2.679% 1.095% 0.943%
As % of the General category 7.692% 3.297% 2.740%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
Average salary £37,500 £22,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
78 91 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 34.82% 33.21% 34.43%
Number of salaries quoted 59 80 68
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £24,159
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £46,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Games
West Midlands

Games
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire 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
Malvern - 4 - -
Worcester - 2 £37,500 -
Games
West Midlands

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 6 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) OpenGL
2 4 (66.67%) DirectX
2 4 (66.67%) UML
2 4 (66.67%) ISO 9001
2 4 (66.67%) TickIT
2 4 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 4 (66.67%) Network Design
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Management
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (33.33%) Music
3 2 (33.33%) Node.js
3 2 (33.33%) Ninject
3 2 (33.33%) KnockoutJS
3 2 (33.33%) Web Application Development
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 2 (33.33%) WCF
3 2 (33.33%) Android
3 2 (33.33%) iPhone
3 2 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (33.33%) Google
3 2 (33.33%) MCTS
3 2 (33.33%) TDD

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 4 (66.67%) OpenGL
1 4 (66.67%) DirectX
2 2 (33.33%) WCF
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Node.js
2 2 (33.33%) Ninject
2 2 (33.33%) KnockoutJS
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Music
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (33.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Network Design
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Management
1 4 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) TDD
2 2 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
2 2 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (33.33%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) VB
3 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) MCP
2 2 (33.33%) MCAD
2 2 (33.33%) MCSD
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO 9001
1 4 (66.67%) TickIT
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Google