The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 15 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills
2,287
1,096
3,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
59.48%
61.50%
56.13%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,711
772
2,587
10th Percentile
£363
£313
£313
25th Percentile
£463
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£570
£525
£513
Median % change year-on-year
+8.57%
+2.44%
-2.38%
75th Percentile
£675
£620
£613
90th Percentile
£770
£694
£688
Central London median daily rate
£560
£525
£500
% change year-on-year
+6.67%
+5.00%
-2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted
30
22
36
10th Percentile
£8.00
£15.00
£12.13
25th Percentile
£16.88
£17.13
£13.18
Median hourly rate
£25.50
£23.00
£20.17
Median % change year-on-year
+10.87%
+14.06%
+7.83%
75th Percentile
£34.69
£37.94
£21.56
90th Percentile
£42.30
£46.00
£26.50
Central London median hourly rate
£25.50
£23.00
£21.00
% change year-on-year
+10.87%
+9.52%
+12.30%
Games Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Games Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in the City of London.
Games Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 October 2021.
Games Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in the City of London.
Games Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 15 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Games also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Games.
Games Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
