The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Games over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gaming
Rank 167 164 158
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Games 44 42 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.808% 0.806% 0.842%
As % of the General category 2.579% 2.605% 2.481%
Number of salaries quoted 35 30 15
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £20,000 £27,900
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £39,000 £46,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All of the General Category
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1706 1612 1733
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 31.33% 30.92% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1352 1314 1366
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,400 £55,000
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Games Salary Trend

Games
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Games across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -2 31 £41,750 +11.33%
North Yorkshire -1 7 £30,000 +50.00%
South Yorkshire +5 2 £32,000 -8.57%
Games
England

Games
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 40 (38.46%) E-Commerce
2 35 (33.65%) Online Games
3 25 (24.04%) JIRA
3 25 (24.04%) SQL
3 25 (24.04%) Bugzilla
4 24 (23.08%) Automated Testing
4 24 (23.08%) HP Quality Center
5 20 (19.23%) Degree
5 20 (19.23%) Java
6 19 (18.27%) JavaScript
6 19 (18.27%) C#
6 19 (18.27%) OO
6 19 (18.27%) Project Management
7 16 (15.38%) MVC
8 15 (14.42%) .NET
9 14 (13.46%) C++
9 14 (13.46%) PHP
9 14 (13.46%) ActionScript
9 14 (13.46%) Flash
9 14 (13.46%) jQuery
10 13 (12.50%) Statistics
10 13 (12.50%) MS Excel
10 13 (12.50%) ASP.NET
10 13 (12.50%) VBA
10 13 (12.50%) HTML
10 13 (12.50%) MySQL
10 13 (12.50%) Microsoft
11 12 (11.54%) SQL Server
11 12 (11.54%) CSS
11 12 (11.54%) .NET Framework

Games
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 15 (14.42%) .NET
2 14 (13.46%) Flash
2 14 (13.46%) jQuery
3 13 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 13 (12.50%) HTML
4 12 (11.54%) CSS
4 12 (11.54%) .NET Framework
5 11 (10.58%) .NET Compact Framework
5 11 (10.58%) SOAP
5 11 (10.58%) Web Services
6 9 (8.654%) BlazeDS
6 9 (8.654%) Apache Flex
6 9 (8.654%) WPF
6 9 (8.654%) Spring Integration
6 9 (8.654%) Spring
7 8 (7.692%) J2EE
7 8 (7.692%) HTML5
8 7 (6.731%) CSS3
9 5 (4.808%) Ajax
10 4 (3.846%) amfPHP
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.808%) Facebook Platform
2 1 (0.962%) Apache
2 1 (0.962%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.962%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.962%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 13 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.962%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.962%) Maya
2 1 (0.962%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 4 (3.846%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.654%) Internet
2 4 (3.846%) HTTP
3 1 (0.962%) Firewall
3 1 (0.962%) Broadband
3 1 (0.962%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.50%) MySQL
2 12 (11.54%) SQL Server
3 10 (9.615%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (8.654%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.962%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 25 (24.04%) JIRA
1 25 (24.04%) Bugzilla
2 11 (10.58%) Subversion
3 9 (8.654%) Hudson
3 9 (8.654%) Maven
4 2 (1.923%) PhoneGap
4 2 (1.923%) Xcode
4 2 (1.923%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (6.731%) Banking
2 3 (2.885%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.962%) Finance
3 1 (0.962%) Marketing
3 1 (0.962%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 48 (46.15%) Developer
2 35 (33.65%) Analyst
3 24 (23.08%) Test Analyst
4 17 (16.35%) Software Developer
5 13 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 13 (12.50%) Statistical Analyst
6 11 (10.58%) Technical Analyst
6 11 (10.58%) Flash Developer
6 11 (10.58%) Technical Test Analyst
7 9 (8.654%) PHP Developer
7 9 (8.654%) Java Developer
8 8 (7.692%) Senior Software Developer
8 8 (7.692%) Project Manager
8 8 (7.692%) Programmer
9 7 (6.731%) Flash Games Developer
9 7 (6.731%) Games Developer
10 6 (5.769%) Senior Software Engineer
10 6 (5.769%) Senior Programmer
10 6 (5.769%) Web Developer
10 6 (5.769%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 35 (33.65%) Online Games
2 13 (12.50%) Statistics
3 11 (10.58%) PDA
3 11 (10.58%) N-Tier
4 9 (8.654%) Social Gaming
4 9 (8.654%) Flash Games
5 5 (4.808%) Wiki
6 4 (3.846%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.923%) Social Media
7 2 (1.923%) W3C
8 1 (0.962%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.962%) BBC
8 1 (0.962%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.962%) Animation
8 1 (0.962%) Online Gambling
8 1 (0.962%) SaaS
8 1 (0.962%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.962%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.58%) Windows Phone
2 9 (8.654%) Linux
3 3 (2.885%) Android
4 1 (0.962%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (38.46%) E-Commerce
2 24 (23.08%) Automated Testing
3 19 (18.27%) OO
3 19 (18.27%) Project Management
4 16 (15.38%) MVC
5 11 (10.58%) Test Strategy
5 11 (10.58%) CRM
5 11 (10.58%) ERP
6 8 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (5.769%) SEO
7 6 (5.769%) Workflow
7 6 (5.769%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (4.808%) Build Automation
9 4 (3.846%) Analytics
9 4 (3.846%) Competitor Analysis
10 3 (2.885%) Data Analysis
10 3 (2.885%) TDD
10 3 (2.885%) Mobile Application Development
11 2 (1.923%) Web Application Development
11 2 (1.923%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 25 (24.04%) SQL
2 20 (19.23%) Java
3 19 (18.27%) JavaScript
3 19 (18.27%) C#
4 14 (13.46%) C++
4 14 (13.46%) PHP
4 14 (13.46%) ActionScript
5 13 (12.50%) VBA
6 11 (10.58%) T-SQL
7 9 (8.654%) ActionScript 3.0
8 4 (3.846%) C
9 1 (0.962%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.962%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.962%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 20 (19.23%) Degree
2 1 (0.962%) MCP
2 1 (0.962%) MCAD
2 1 (0.962%) MCSD
2 1 (0.962%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.962%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 10 (9.615%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (23.08%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (4.808%) Puppet
3 1 (0.962%) MOM
3 1 (0.962%) Nagios
Vendors
1 13 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.58%) Facebook
3 9 (8.654%) Oracle
4 4 (3.846%) Google
5 3 (2.885%) Adobe
6 2 (1.923%) Twitter
6 2 (1.923%) Zend
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