Games Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Gaming
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 32 42
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 +15
Contract jobs citing Games 1 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.26% 1.86% 0.70%
As % of the General category 0.51% 3.41% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £524
25th Percentile £663 - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £570
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +22.81% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £63 £313 £413
% change year-on-year -79.84% -24.24% -25.00%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 common skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 198 176 306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 50.90% 54.49% 71.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 63 86
10th Percentile £166 £313 £160
25th Percentile £213 £425 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +8.46% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £562
90th Percentile £695 £648 £644
East of England median daily rate £479 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.24% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 52 172
10th Percentile £13.33 - £13.41
25th Percentile £13.80 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £16.50 £16.85 £15.13
90th Percentile £24.49 £26.68 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £20.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -0.45% +8.11% -6.61%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Games job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Games
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Games

Games
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Games

Games
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Cambridge -11 1 £675 -3.57% 1
Games
East of England

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow