Games Contracts in Central London

Gaming
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 145 160
Rank change year-on-year +19 +15 -22
Contract jobs citing Games 7 27 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.29% 0.70% 0.81%
As % of the General category 0.44% 1.13% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 24 34
10th Percentile £260 £343 £413
25th Percentile £463 £469 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £593 £638
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -7.06% +15.91%
75th Percentile £638 £627 £644
90th Percentile £660 £631 -
London median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £42.50 £60.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -29.17% +37.14% +43.44%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,587 2,393 2,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 65.71% 62.24% 56.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,689 1,900
10th Percentile £334 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £475 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +4.80% +6.51%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £675
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 26
10th Percentile £20.04 £15.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £21.36 £18.42 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -21.35% +122.50%
75th Percentile £30.25 £53.25 £61.00
90th Percentile £47.65 £58.75 £68.75
London median hourly rate £28.25 £31.92 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.50% -14.88% +33.93%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 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
City of London +27 4 £375 -36.71% 21
West End of London - 3 £638 - 5
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 (14.29%) Adobe XD
1 1 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Compliance Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Lead Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Games Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Change Management
1 2 (28.57%) Compliance Audit
1 2 (28.57%) Data Management
2 1 (14.29%) Affiliate Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Affiliate Network
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Acquisition
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Fraud Detection
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Generation
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) People Management
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Workday