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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 482 548
Rank change year-on-year -79 +66 +130
Contract jobs citing Mobile Games 2 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.008% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.017% 0.023% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £384 £244
25th Percentile - £424 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £507 £363
Median % change year-on-year - +39.86% -14.71%
75th Percentile - £599 £494
90th Percentile - £645 £569
UK median daily rate - £507 £400
% change year-on-year - +26.75% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 12,040 8,581 11,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.98% 33.38% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,668 5,315 7,613
10th Percentile £283 £275 £257
25th Percentile £409 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 593 265 752
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £16.47
Median hourly rate £33.50 £37.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +17.46% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.50 £83.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £32.81 £30.58
% change year-on-year -0.18% +7.29% +36.00%

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
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 27 February 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 -45 2 - - 2
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 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) B2C
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL