Unity (Game Engine) Contracts in England

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Unity (Game Engine) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 519 633
Rank change year-on-year +47 +114 +122
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 13 23 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.053% 0.062% 0.040%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% 0.31% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 18
10th Percentile £278 £263 £267
25th Percentile £324 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £339 £378
Median % change year-on-year +18.47% -10.17% -13.71%
75th Percentile £444 £575 £469
90th Percentile £513 £618 £523
UK median daily rate £402 £300 £375
% change year-on-year +33.92% -20.00% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Unity (Game Engine) falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unity (Game Engine) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England.

Daily rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in England

Unity (Game Engine)
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 Unity (Game Engine) within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +29 8 £320 - 22
West Midlands +21 8 £320 - 11
London +25 4 £427 +33.55% 35
South East +43 1 £250 -58.33% 41
Unity (Game Engine)
UK

Unity (Game Engine)
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Figma
1 1 (7.69%) GCP
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Git
2 3 (23.08%) Plastic SCM
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Games
2 5 (38.46%) Polish Language
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Senior
2 5 (38.46%) Designer
2 5 (38.46%) Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Games Designer
3 4 (30.77%) Games Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Designer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Games Designer
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead UX Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Producer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Technical Producer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Artist
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Producer
4 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (7.69%) Babylonjs
2 1 (7.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (30.77%) Mobile Games
3 2 (15.38%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (7.69%) Animation
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) User Experience
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Generative AI
4 3 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 3 (23.08%) Data Management
4 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Project Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Software Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Game Development
5 2 (15.38%) UX Design
6 1 (7.69%) Budget Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Ingestion
6 1 (7.69%) Prototyping
6 1 (7.69%) User Research
6 1 (7.69%) User Stories
6 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) TypeScript
2 4 (30.77%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Databricks
1 1 (7.69%) Perforce