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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 506 619
Rank change year-on-year +47 +113 +125
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 21 32 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.088% 0.088% 0.065%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.39% 0.43% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 25
10th Percentile £159 £250 £235
25th Percentile £195 £288 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £325 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% -18.75% -8.57%
75th Percentile £404 £375 £500
90th Percentile £436 £490 £550
UK median daily rate £362 £332 £400
% change year-on-year +8.94% -16.99% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 5
10th Percentile - £39.19 -
25th Percentile - £39.92 £25.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +10.39% -18.95%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £39.25
90th Percentile - £67.00 £51.70
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year +17.65% +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 5,325 7,506 10,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.34% 20.66% 22.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,690 5,336 8,145
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £557
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.26% -3.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £791 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 234 129
10th Percentile £27.97 £22.50 £25.75
25th Percentile £43.70 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% +30.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £74.48 £80.40
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% +30.00%

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 23 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 23 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 +47 12 £316 -2.77% 59
Midlands +25 9 £316 - 160
West Midlands +18 7 £320 - 86
East Midlands - 2 £316 - 64
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 6 (28.57%) Maya
2 4 (19.05%) Photoshop
3 2 (9.52%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.76%) SPSS
4 1 (4.76%) Stata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 21 (100.00%) Games
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Polish Language
4 4 (19.05%) Marketing
5 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Automotive
6 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Senior
2 5 (23.81%) Animator
3 4 (19.05%) 3D Artist
3 4 (19.05%) Designer
3 4 (19.05%) Games Designer
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Designer
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Games Designer
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Games Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
5 1 (4.76%) Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Games Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Geospatial Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Artist
5 1 (4.76%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (14.29%) Godot
3 2 (9.52%) CSS
3 2 (9.52%) Django
3 2 (9.52%) HTML
3 2 (9.52%) V-Ray
4 1 (4.76%) MapLibre
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Animation
1 8 (38.10%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (19.05%) Mobile Games
2 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (28.57%) Game Development
3 5 (23.81%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Mathematics
3 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) User Experience
4 4 (19.05%) Generative AI
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
6 2 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (4.76%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (4.76%) ANOVA
7 1 (4.76%) B2B
7 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (4.76%) Data Ingestion
7 1 (4.76%) Data Science
7 1 (4.76%) Performance Testing
7 1 (4.76%) Psychology
7 1 (4.76%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) TypeScript
2 3 (14.29%) C++
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 2 (9.52%) Java
3 2 (9.52%) Python
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Adobe
1 2 (9.52%) Autodesk
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Perforce