Games Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Gaming
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Games 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 2.61% 0.62% -
As % of the General category 4.05% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £60 - -
25th Percentile £61 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £62 - -
75th Percentile £62 - -
90th Percentile £63 - -
East of England median daily rate £63 £313 £413
% change year-on-year -79.84% -24.24% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 148 126 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 64.35% 77.78% 76.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 57 140
10th Percentile £207 £320 £350
25th Percentile £413 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £694 £550
90th Percentile £650 £705 £600
East of England median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 4
10th Percentile £57.85 £23.63 £36.87
25th Percentile £75.25 £29.75 £46.11
Median hourly rate £80.00 £36.31 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +120.32% -32.45% -8.12%
75th Percentile £89.38 £56.43 £55.63
90th Percentile £91.50 £70.00 £56.75
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £20.50 £17.88
% change year-on-year -2.88% +14.69% -14.88%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Games relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Games job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Games
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Games.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Games

Games
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Games.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Games

Games
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton -2 5 £62 - 8
Leighton Buzzard - 1 - -
Games
East of England

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 5 (83.33%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Firmware Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Algorithms
1 5 (83.33%) FPGA
1 5 (83.33%) PCIe
1 5 (83.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) AI
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) Cryptography
1 5 (83.33%) Machine Learning
1 5 (83.33%) Physics
1 5 (83.33%) UVM
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) MATLAB
1 5 (83.33%) SystemVerilog
1 5 (83.33%) Tcl
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) HNC
1 5 (83.33%) HND
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) DO-254
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Actel
1 5 (83.33%) Altera
1 5 (83.33%) Intel
1 5 (83.33%) Microsemi
1 5 (83.33%) Xilinx
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Meraki
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk