The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 22 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Games is in the General Skills 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 common skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills
10,499
10,141
19,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London
47.16%
43.89%
46.12%
Number of daily rates quoted
7,633
7,245
13,836
10th Percentile
£350
£325
£325
25th Percentile
£438
£419
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£538
£525
£525
Median % change year-on-year
+2.38%
-
+5.00%
75th Percentile
£650
£638
£625
90th Percentile
£725
£725
£700
England median daily rate
£500
£500
£500
Number of hourly rates quoted
120
129
191
10th Percentile
£15.74
£12.44
£12.76
25th Percentile
£21.19
£16.08
£16.87
Median hourly rate
£27.50
£25.00
£21.00
Median % change year-on-year
+10.00%
+19.05%
-4.55%
75th Percentile
£46.69
£43.75
£36.34
90th Percentile
£63.78
£61.60
£51.42
England median hourly rate
£23.49
£20.98
£21.00
% change year-on-year
+11.97%
-0.12%
-2.33%
Games Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Games Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in London.
Games Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 22 April 2021.
Games Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in London.
Games Hourly Rate Histogram in London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 22 April 2021.
Games Contract Job Locations in London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London region over the 6 months to 22 April 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 22 April 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Games also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Games.
Games Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
