Games Contracts in the East of England

Gaming
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 99 90
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 +45
Contract jobs citing Games 4 13 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.43% 0.68% 1.60%
As % of the General category 0.68% 1.10% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 27
10th Percentile - - £200
25th Percentile - £363 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £601
Median % change year-on-year - -37.55% +20.10%
75th Percentile - £423 £738
90th Percentile - £606 £990
England median daily rate £358 £419 £495
% change year-on-year -14.68% -15.35% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £66.20 - -
25th Percentile £74.38 - -
Median hourly rate £88.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.46 £39.92 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.69% -33.47% +31.87%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 592 1,183 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.11% 61.97% 60.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 448 692
10th Percentile £200 £237 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £625
90th Percentile £675 £655 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 458 261
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.19 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.63 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the East of England

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Games in the East of England

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Games in the East of England

Games
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Games in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Games in the East of England

Games
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bedfordshire - 4 - - 5
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (75.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (75.00%) FPGA
1 3 (75.00%) PCIe
1 3 (75.00%) Verilog
2 1 (25.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Physics
2 3 (75.00%) UVM
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Biotechnology
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (75.00%) SystemVerilog
1 3 (75.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) HNC
1 3 (75.00%) HND
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Actel
1 3 (75.00%) Altera
1 3 (75.00%) Intel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsemi
1 3 (75.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (25.00%) Anaplan
2 1 (25.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (25.00%) SAP