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 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 509 524 592
Rank change year-on-year +15 +68 +189
Contract jobs citing Mobile Games 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.012% 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.051% 0.040% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £321 -
UK median daily rate - £321 -

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 9,855 9,988 13,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.79% 30.72% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,185 6,163 9,659
10th Percentile £300 £300 £300
25th Percentile £408 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £792
UK median daily rate £515 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.07% -1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 418 415
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.89 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £67.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +12.36% +67.92%

Mobile Games
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Games 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
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
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 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
Midlands - 5 - - 1
West Midlands - 5 - - 1
Mobile Games
UK

Mobile Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (80.00%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Designer
1 5 (100.00%) Games Designer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Games Designer
1 5 (100.00%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 4 (80.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Generative AI
1 4 (80.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) Python