Games Contracts in Cambridge

Gaming
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 25 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing Games 1 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.52% 3.40% 1.52%
As % of the General category 0.84% 6.76% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £200 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £225 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -55.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £538 £525
90th Percentile - £575 -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £300 £225 £500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -55.00% +29.03%

All General Skills
Cambridge

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 119 148 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 61.98% 50.34% 53.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 85 116
10th Percentile £219 £167 £195
25th Percentile £350 £225 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -4.00% +10.29%
75th Percentile £536 £569 £538
90th Percentile £575 £650 £613
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £425 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +3.03% -8.33% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 12
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.84 £13.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.11 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.53% -8.81% +71.11%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.10 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Cambridge

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Games in Cambridge

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Games in Cambridge

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) VTune
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) C/C++ Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Games Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Games Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Graphics Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Ray Tracing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) GLSL
1 1 (100.00%) HLSL