Games Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Gaming
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 60 66
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +31
Contract jobs citing Games 3 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.39% 0.77% 0.46%
As % of the General category 0.63% 1.33% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile - £275 -
25th Percentile £308 £402 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £418 £348
Median % change year-on-year -24.40% +20.29% -
75th Percentile £434 £470 £421
90th Percentile £500 £511 £482
England median daily rate £433 £414 £450
% change year-on-year +4.59% -8.11% -14.29%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 473 451 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.72% 57.60% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 270 293
10th Percentile £213 £249 £249
25th Percentile £331 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £479 £573 £638
90th Percentile £590 £625 £742
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 27
10th Percentile £15.62 £12.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.19 £14.56 £15.96
Median hourly rate £21.39 £17.00 £31.76
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% -46.47% +64.86%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.97 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.30 £53.45 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.68 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.97% +40.64% +10.93%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the East Midlands

Games
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Games.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Games

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Games in the East Midlands

Games
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Games.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Games

Games
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Leicestershire -2 2 £316 -24.40% 2
Nottinghamshire - 1 £538 - 3
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Animator
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Animation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Game Development
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft