Games Contracts in London

Gaming
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 323 384
Rank change year-on-year +8 +61 -58
Contract jobs citing Games 39 67 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the General category 0.46% 0.61% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 44 85
10th Percentile £159 £263 £263
25th Percentile £253 £322 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% -12.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £438 £552 £613
90th Percentile £470 £668 £638
England median daily rate £364 £400 £475
% change year-on-year -9.00% -15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - £38.05 -
25th Percentile £32.50 £40.75 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -29.17% +37.54%
75th Percentile £46.25 £44.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £51.50 £46.95 £72.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £41.21 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.07% -31.32% +37.54%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,471 11,016 16,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.70% 63.10% 63.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,694 7,867 11,866
10th Percentile £342 £336 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £709 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 233 212
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.60 £16.40
25th Percentile £23.13 £18.13 £21.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -9.68% -17.33%
75th Percentile £51.07 £44.75 £55.20
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.45 £30.16 £32.30
% change year-on-year -8.99% -6.63% +50.23%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in London

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Games in London

Games
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Games in London

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Games in London

Games
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Games in London

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 17 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
Central London +5 3 - - 25
South London - 3 - - 2
Games
England

Games
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 4 (10.26%) Maya
1 4 (10.26%) Photoshop
2 2 (5.13%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (5.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (5.13%) Blender
2 2 (5.13%) CINEMA 4D
2 2 (5.13%) Final Cut Pro
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.56%) SPSS
3 1 (2.56%) Stata
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Entra ID
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.69%) Figma
4 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.13%) BigCommerce
6 1 (2.56%) AWS
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.56%) Canva
6 1 (2.56%) GCP
6 1 (2.56%) GitHub
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) LAN
1 4 (10.26%) TCP/IP
1 4 (10.26%) WAN
1 4 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) Network Security
2 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Power BI
1 3 (7.69%) Tableau
2 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Git
2 2 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Marketing
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Retail
5 3 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Publishing
6 2 (5.13%) French Language
6 2 (5.13%) German Language
6 2 (5.13%) Italian Language
6 2 (5.13%) Japanese Language
6 2 (5.13%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.56%) Finance
7 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Senior
2 4 (10.26%) 3D Artist
2 4 (10.26%) Designer
3 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Animator
3 3 (7.69%) Games Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Lead
4 2 (5.13%) Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Content Editor
4 2 (5.13%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Data Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Data Scientist
4 2 (5.13%) Developer
4 2 (5.13%) Senior Designer
4 2 (5.13%) UI Designer
4 2 (5.13%) Video Editor
5 1 (2.56%) Applications Packager
5 1 (2.56%) Lead Designer
5 1 (2.56%) Senior Developer
5 1 (2.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (30.77%) Unreal Engine
2 6 (15.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 3 (7.69%) Godot
4 2 (5.13%) Framer.js
4 2 (5.13%) VML
5 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
5 1 (2.56%) Bazel
5 1 (2.56%) CSS
5 1 (2.56%) Django
5 1 (2.56%) MapLibre
5 1 (2.56%) Nuxt
5 1 (2.56%) PySpark
5 1 (2.56%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (2.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Animation
2 5 (12.82%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 4 (10.26%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.56%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.56%) Mixed Reality
4 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.56%) Mobile Games
4 1 (2.56%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Android
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
1 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.51%) Game Development
3 7 (17.95%) Agile
3 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (17.95%) User Experience
4 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
4 5 (12.82%) UX Design
5 4 (10.26%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (7.69%) B2B
6 3 (7.69%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.69%) Customer Acquisition
6 3 (7.69%) Data Science
6 3 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 3 (7.69%) Mathematics
6 3 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (7.69%) User Research
6 3 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) Python
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) C#
3 2 (5.13%) C++
3 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.56%) Bicep
4 1 (2.56%) PHP
4 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.56%) R
4 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 3 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Databricks
3 2 (5.13%) Adobe
3 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.13%) SAP
3 2 (5.13%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.56%) HP
4 1 (2.56%) Perforce