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 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 44 44
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +23
Contract jobs citing Games 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.57% 0.46% 1.13%
As % of the General category 0.97% 0.85% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £386 - £473
25th Percentile £432 £356 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £363 £550
Median % change year-on-year +42.76% -34.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £607 £369 £570
90th Percentile £655 - -
East of England median daily rate £360 £375 £588
% change year-on-year -4.00% -36.17% +17.50%

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 206 236 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 58.36% 53.88% 66.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 59 115
10th Percentile £213 £270 £185
25th Percentile £387 £369 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £586 £538
90th Percentile £688 £650 £620
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 109 185
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.44 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £18.50 £16.85 £17.72
90th Percentile £31.00 £48.75 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £17.72
% change year-on-year -34.02% +115.12% -10.55%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Games 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Games in Cambridgeshire

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 21 September 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 -2 2 £518 +42.76% 15
Games
East of England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Web Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CMDB
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Atomic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow