Games Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Gaming
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 54 76
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 -29
Contract jobs citing Games 2 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.39% 1.27% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.68% 1.99% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £306 £200 -
25th Percentile £314 £203 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% -27.50% +29.03%
75th Percentile £352 £550 £525
90th Percentile £362 £569 -
East of England median daily rate £375 £613 £500
% change year-on-year -38.80% +22.55% +17.65%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 293 351 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 57.79% 63.47% 63.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 139 214
10th Percentile £221 £196 £161
25th Percentile £350 £286 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £525
90th Percentile £582 £625 £599
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £469
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.61% +10.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 142 235
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.30 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.52 £14.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £21.44 £20.48 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.58 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £20.25 £15.00
% change year-on-year +88.25% +35.00% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Games in Cambridgeshire

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Games in Cambridgeshire

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 22 May 2024. 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 £331 +55.88% 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) VTune
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) C Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) C/C++ Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Games Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) C++ Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Games Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Graphics Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) DirectX
1 1 (50.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (50.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (50.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Ray Tracing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) ATDD
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Linear Algebra
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) GLSL
1 1 (50.00%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Atlassian