Unreal Engine Contracts in England

Unreal Engine
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Unreal Engine skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 609 746
Rank change year-on-year +99 +137 -131
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 33 29 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.061% 0.050%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.43% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 22 18
10th Percentile £256 £228 £174
25th Percentile £277 £275 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £365 £413
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% -11.52% +3.13%
75th Percentile £375 £444 £556
90th Percentile £485 £500 £708
UK median daily rate £325 £350 £450
% change year-on-year -7.14% -22.22% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £39.19 - -
25th Percentile £39.92 £25.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £38.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -18.95% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £39.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £51.70 -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £38.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +10.39% -18.95% +3.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Unreal 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 7,660 10,753 18,845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.80% 22.65% 26.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,411 7,991 14,177
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 130 201
10th Percentile £22.53 £29.58 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +11.11%
75th Percentile £66.94 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.95 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%

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 31 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unreal Engine in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 31 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 +96 21 £325 -7.14% 11
North of England +28 3 - - 6
Yorkshire - 3 - -
Midlands +23 2 - - 10
West Midlands +17 2 - - 9
South East +8 2 - - 10
South West +7 2 £488 +62.50% 2
East of England - 1 £300 -
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 13 (39.39%) Maya
2 8 (24.24%) Blender
3 7 (21.21%) Photoshop
4 5 (15.15%) 3ds Max
5 3 (9.09%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (6.06%) NUKE
7 1 (3.03%) AutoCAD
7 1 (3.03%) Houdini
7 1 (3.03%) Revit
7 1 (3.03%) ZBrush
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) GitHub
1 1 (3.03%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) VTune
General
1 25 (75.76%) Games
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Automotive
4 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (15.15%) Developer
2 4 (12.12%) Maya Artist
2 4 (12.12%) Senior
2 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Technical Writer
3 3 (9.09%) Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Games Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Senior Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Senior Games Designer
4 2 (6.06%) C++ Developer
4 2 (6.06%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Lead
5 1 (3.03%) 3D Developer
5 1 (3.03%) C/C++ Programmer
5 1 (3.03%) C++ Games Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Vision Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Games Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Graphics Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Python Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (42.42%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (12.12%) FFmpeg
3 2 (6.06%) DirectX
3 2 (6.06%) OpenGL
3 2 (6.06%) V-Ray
3 2 (6.06%) Vulkan
4 1 (3.03%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.03%) JSON
4 1 (3.03%) OpenGL ES
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Augmented Reality
2 6 (18.18%) Virtual Reality
3 4 (12.12%) Animation
4 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.06%) Social Media
5 1 (3.03%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (3.03%) CUDA
5 1 (3.03%) Mixed Reality
5 1 (3.03%) Mobile Games
5 1 (3.03%) Ray Tracing
5 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.03%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Android Development
2 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
2 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.12%) Software Engineering
2 4 (12.12%) Visual Effects
2 4 (12.12%) Web Development
3 3 (9.09%) Computer Vision
3 3 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (9.09%) Game Development
3 3 (9.09%) Interaction Design
3 3 (9.09%) Project Management
3 3 (9.09%) Prototyping
3 3 (9.09%) Psychology
4 2 (6.06%) Emotional Intelligence
4 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.06%) User Experience
4 2 (6.06%) UX Design
5 1 (3.03%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (3.03%) Physics
5 1 (3.03%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) C++
2 2 (6.06%) C#
2 2 (6.06%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) C
3 1 (3.03%) GLSL
3 1 (3.03%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (3.03%) NVIDIA
2 1 (3.03%) Perforce
2 1 (3.03%) Sage