Games Contract Job Trends 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 27 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 69 70
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Games 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.14% 0.32% 0.24%
As % of the General category 0.22% 0.42% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% - -
Scotland median daily rate £245 £400 £129
% change year-on-year -38.75% +210.08% -57.00%

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 general skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 447 476 583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 64.32% 75.44% 70.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 228 302
10th Percentile £213 £263 £158
25th Percentile £375 £413 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £531
90th Percentile £650 £600 £609
Scotland median daily rate £463 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 16 16
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.21 £12.61
25th Percentile £16.25 - £13.60
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £18.65
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -4.18% +5.25%
75th Percentile £61.50 £49.35 £24.18
90th Percentile £70.95 £60.63 £56.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £19.23 £16.92
% change year-on-year -16.22% +13.65% -31.19%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Games relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Games job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Games
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Games.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Games

Games
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Games.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Games

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Vyond
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Learning Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 1 (100.00%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Infographics
1 1 (100.00%) Instructional Design
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Synthesia