Games Contracts in Hertfordshire

Gaming
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 63 63
Rank change year-on-year +20 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Games 2 12 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.61% 1.45% 2.56%
As % of the General category 1.03% 2.34% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 15
10th Percentile £312 - £571
25th Percentile £320 £363 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £375 £725
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -48.28% +45.00%
75th Percentile £370 £428 £950
90th Percentile £381 £625 £1,050
East of England median daily rate £344 £375 £601
% change year-on-year -8.33% -37.55% +20.10%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 195 512 440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 59.27% 61.76% 56.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 134 209
10th Percentile £343 £200 £228
25th Percentile £425 £335 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £419 £513
Median % change year-on-year +31.34% -18.29% +13.26%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £700 £838
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 246 93
10th Percentile £17.38 - £42.60
25th Percentile £32.85 £38.12 £53.50
Median hourly rate £62.25 £48.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.35% -19.17% +22.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £69.75
East of England median hourly rate £30.78 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% +81.52% +44.83%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Hertfordshire

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Games in Hertfordshire

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Games in Hertfordshire

Games
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Watford +1 2 £344 -8.33% 10
Games
East of England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification