Games Contracts in the City of London

Gaming
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 122 144
Rank change year-on-year +6 +22 +16
Contract jobs citing Games 3 4 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.18% 0.75%
As % of the General category 0.24% 0.28% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 24
10th Percentile - £173 £343
25th Percentile - £244 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £593
Median % change year-on-year - -36.71% -7.06%
75th Percentile - £494 £627
90th Percentile - £558 £631
Central London median daily rate - £600 £593
% change year-on-year - +1.27% -7.06%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,243 1,452 2,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.23% 66.36% 62.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 1,030 1,589
10th Percentile £330 £338 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -4.96% +5.22%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £738
90th Percentile £775 £825 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £560 £600
% change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 14
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.13 £14.48
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £15.78
Median hourly rate £29.58 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +14.29% -51.72%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £96.38 £32.05 £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -14.29% -35.63%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Games 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.

Daily rate trend for Games in the City of London

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.

Hourly rate trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (33.33%) SPSS
1 1 (33.33%) Stata
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Games Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Product Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Python Developer
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Django
1 1 (33.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Sports Betting
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) ANOVA
2 1 (33.33%) Asynchronous Programming
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Eye Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Focus Group
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Remote Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Typography
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) UX Research
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations