Unity (Game Engine) Contracts in England

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unity (Game Engine) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unity (Game Engine) over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 626 734
Rank change year-on-year +111 +108 -168
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 24 19 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.039% 0.044%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% 0.17% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 19
10th Percentile £263 £266 £218
25th Percentile £300 £350 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £380 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.76% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £475 £556
90th Percentile £618 £530 £705
UK median daily rate £300 £380 £450
% change year-on-year -21.05% -15.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £38.05 - £42.31
25th Percentile £40.75 - £42.97
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £45.63
75th Percentile £52.06 - £47.97
90th Percentile £68.83 - £48.44
UK median hourly rate £42.50 - £45.63
% change year-on-year - - +0.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Unity (Game Engine) is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,502 11,262 18,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.41% 23.04% 26.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,321 8,347 14,217
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.88% +13.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 139 215
10th Percentile £22.27 £29.15 £23.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +28.71% +12.22%
75th Percentile £65.01 £75.00 £67.65
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

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 11 May 2024.

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)
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 11 May 2024. 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 +105 18 £320 -15.91% 14
South East - 4 £600 - 7
Midlands +29 1 - - 14
West Midlands +16 1 - - 13
East of England - 1 £300 - 4
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:

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Maya
2 2 (8.33%) Blender
2 2 (8.33%) Houdini
3 1 (4.17%) 3ds Max
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (4.17%) AutoCAD
3 1 (4.17%) Photoshop
3 1 (4.17%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Figma
1 1 (4.17%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) VTune
General
1 17 (70.83%) Games
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Designer
2 5 (20.83%) Games Designer
3 4 (16.67%) Developer
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Writer
4 3 (12.50%) Graphics Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Python Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Designer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Games Designer
5 2 (8.33%) Android Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) C++ Android Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) UX Designer
6 1 (4.17%) C Programmer
6 1 (4.17%) C/C++ Programmer
6 1 (4.17%) C++ Programmer
6 1 (4.17%) Games Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Product Designer
6 1 (4.17%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (62.50%) Unreal Engine
2 4 (16.67%) DirectX
2 4 (16.67%) OpenGL
2 4 (16.67%) Vulkan
3 3 (12.50%) OpenGL ES
4 1 (4.17%) FastAPI
4 1 (4.17%) JSON
4 1 (4.17%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Augmented Reality
2 7 (29.17%) Animation
3 6 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
4 3 (12.50%) Algorithms
4 3 (12.50%) Mixed Reality
4 3 (12.50%) Mobile Games
5 2 (8.33%) Social Media
6 1 (4.17%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (4.17%) HoloLens
6 1 (4.17%) Oculus
6 1 (4.17%) Ray Tracing
6 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) User Experience
2 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
3 6 (25.00%) Android Development
4 5 (20.83%) Game Development
4 5 (20.83%) UX Design
5 4 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 4 (16.67%) Web Development
6 3 (12.50%) Linear Algebra
6 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.50%) Project Management
6 3 (12.50%) Psychology
7 2 (8.33%) 3D Modelling
7 2 (8.33%) Computer Vision
7 2 (8.33%) Data Science
7 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
7 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
7 2 (8.33%) Physics
7 2 (8.33%) User Research
8 1 (4.17%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C#
2 6 (25.00%) C++
3 3 (12.50%) GLSL
3 3 (12.50%) HLSL
3 3 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (8.33%) Java
4 2 (8.33%) Kotlin
5 1 (4.17%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Adobe
1 1 (4.17%) NVIDIA
1 1 (4.17%) Perforce