Games Contracts in Central London

Gaming
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 120 154
Rank change year-on-year -2 +34 +20
Contract jobs citing Games 4 15 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.63% 0.53%
As % of the General category 0.27% 0.96% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 19
10th Percentile - £583 £258
25th Percentile - £594 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £638 £605
Median % change year-on-year - +5.37% -5.10%
75th Percentile - £716 £638
90th Percentile - £789 £656
London median daily rate £418 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -7.22% -5.26% -13.64%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,472 1,570 2,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 73.42% 66.24% 62.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 1,084 1,644
10th Percentile £331 £338 £313
25th Percentile £430 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £829
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 15
10th Percentile £21.02 £20.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.75 £20.92 £14.88
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.78 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +26.96% +29.34% -51.28%
75th Percentile £50.75 £41.06 £38.66
90th Percentile £70.21 £70.20 £53.35
London median hourly rate £34.00 £30.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.73% -7.20% -8.45%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Central London

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Games in Central London

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Games in Central London

Games
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
City of London -7 4 - - 174
Games
London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SPSS
1 1 (25.00%) Stata
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Games Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Product Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Python Developer
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Django
1 1 (25.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (25.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (25.00%) Sports Betting
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) ANOVA
2 1 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Eye Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Focus Group
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Remote Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Typography
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (25.00%) UX Research
2 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) R
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations