Unreal Engine Contracts in England

Unreal Engine
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Unreal Engine skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unreal 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 467 513 618
Rank change year-on-year +46 +105 +131
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 18 29 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.078% 0.069%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.33% 0.39% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 28
10th Percentile - £279 £220
25th Percentile £159 £288 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £339 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% -15.22% -11.11%
75th Percentile £335 £375 £458
90th Percentile £434 £540 £550
UK median daily rate £320 £339 £400
% change year-on-year -5.64% -15.22% -17.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 5
10th Percentile - £38.45 -
25th Percentile - £39.92 £25.75
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year - +10.39% -18.95%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £39.25
90th Percentile - £70.25 £51.70
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year - +10.39% -18.95%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Unreal 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%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Unreal Engine as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine in England.

Daily rate trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal Engine
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine in England.

Hourly rate trend for Unreal Engine in England

Unreal 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 Unreal 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
London +28 10 £316 -4.84% 31
Midlands +28 8 £316 - 22
West Midlands +18 6 £316 - 13
East Midlands - 2 £316 - 8
Unreal Engine
UK

Unreal 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 4 (22.22%) Maya
1 4 (22.22%) Photoshop
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 17 (94.44%) Games
2 5 (27.78%) Polish Language
3 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Senior
2 5 (27.78%) Designer
2 5 (27.78%) Senior Designer
3 4 (22.22%) 3D Artist
3 4 (22.22%) Animator
3 4 (22.22%) Games Designer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Games Designer
3 4 (22.22%) Technical Designer
4 2 (11.11%) Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Games Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Games Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Geospatial Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Artist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 2 (11.11%) Godot
3 1 (5.56%) MapLibre
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Animation
1 5 (27.78%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (22.22%) Mobile Games
2 4 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (27.78%) Game Development
3 4 (22.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Generative AI
3 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) User Experience
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (5.56%) Application Security
5 1 (5.56%) Code Quality
5 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.56%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (5.56%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 2 (11.11%) C++
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Perforce