Games Contract Job Trends in Burton-upon-Trent

Gaming
Staffordshire > Burton-upon-Trent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Burton-upon-Trent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Games 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Burton-upon-Trent - - 8.33%
As % of the General category - - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Staffordshire median daily rate - - £500

All General Skills
Burton-upon-Trent

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 Burton-upon-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Burton-upon-Trent 75.00% 40.00% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile - £209 £430
25th Percentile £400 £222 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £263 £500
Median % change year-on-year +80.95% -47.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £575 £322 £544
90th Percentile - £346 £570
Staffordshire median daily rate £325 £375 £500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -25.00% +5.26%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Burton-upon-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Games relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Burton-upon-Trent.

Games job vacancy trend in Burton-upon-Trent