Mobile Games Contract Job Trends in England

Mobile Game
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile Games in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mobile Games over the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 506 542
Rank change year-on-year -113 +36 +67
Contract jobs citing Mobile Games 6 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.022% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.040% 0.063% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £446 - £276
25th Percentile £478 - £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £300
75th Percentile £653 - £345
90th Percentile £689 - £346
UK median daily rate £563 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £66.88 - -
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Generic Skills
England

Mobile Games falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,004 9,564 10,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.28% 34.86% 31.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,297 6,038 6,938
10th Percentile £318 £306 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £542
% change year-on-year - -3.13% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 481 623
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.48 £12.40
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £16.86
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.71 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.39% -27.31% +11.23%
75th Percentile £71.00 £60.00 £66.38
90th Percentile £86.23 £80.00 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -25.00% +11.89%

Mobile Games
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Mobile Games job vacancy trend in England

Mobile Games
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mobile Games.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mobile Games

Mobile Games
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile Games in England over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile Games in England

Mobile Games
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mobile Games.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Mobile Games

Mobile Games
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mobile Games in England over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile Games in England

Mobile Games
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Games within the England region over the 6 months to 28 July 2026. 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
London - 5 £563 - 14
Midlands -56 1 - - 7
West Midlands -57 1 - - 4
Mobile Games
UK

Mobile Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CMake
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Polish Language
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Animator
2 1 (16.67%) Build Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Games Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Games Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Bazel
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Data Science
2 1 (16.67%) Design Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Fintech
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Open Source
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (16.67%) Product Management
2 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) CA Agile Central