Game Development Contracts in London

Games Development
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Game Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Game Development over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 497 586
Rank change year-on-year +112 +89 -131
Contract jobs citing Game Development 10 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.033% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.036% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 4
10th Percentile £261 £245 £253
25th Percentile £263 £291 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £333 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% -26.11% +95.65%
75th Percentile £525 £409 £534
90th Percentile £530 £449 £574
England median daily rate £288 £300 £513
% change year-on-year -4.17% -41.46% +45.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
England median hourly rate £10.30 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year -75.76% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Game Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,790 25,066 36,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.39% 91.04% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,322 17,932 26,478
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 288 426
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.63 £18.00
25th Percentile £19.92 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.88 £36.21
Median % change year-on-year -22.83% +7.37% +13.14%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.06 £50.72
90th Percentile £66.70 £78.15 £69.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

Game Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Game Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Game Development in London.

Daily rate trend for Game Development in London

Game Development
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Game Development in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Game Development in London

Game Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Game Development in London.

Hourly rate trend for Game Development in London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (30.00%) 3ds Max
1 3 (30.00%) Blender
1 3 (30.00%) Maya
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) dbt
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 10 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Designer
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) Technical Artist
1 2 (20.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Games Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Games Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) HTML Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (40.00%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Mobile Games
2 4 (40.00%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (20.00%) Animation
3 2 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (20.00%) HTC Vive
4 1 (10.00%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (30.00%) User Experience
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Physics
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) User Research
2 2 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Android Development
3 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) iOS Development
3 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Databricks
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft