Games Contracts in Edinburgh

Gaming
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Games 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.30% - 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.39% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £400 - £438

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 514 614 882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 78.35% 70.33% 73.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 333 612
10th Percentile £206 £157 £214
25th Percentile £400 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £534 £550 £545
90th Percentile £600 £650 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 31 5
10th Percentile £16.46 £13.21 -
25th Percentile £18.54 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.13 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year +21.35% -14.72% -30.30%
75th Percentile £28.38 £59.13 £21.67
90th Percentile £48.64 £60.75 £33.27
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £17.50 £18.11
% change year-on-year +14.11% -3.37% -48.26%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Games in Edinburgh

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Development
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java