Unreal Engine Contracts in London

Unreal Engine
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Unreal Engine skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 481 583
Rank change year-on-year +113 +102 -135
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 21 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.070% 0.049%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% 0.25% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 9
10th Percentile - £225 £215
25th Percentile £288 £300 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £450 £441 £725
90th Percentile £530 £550 £739
England median daily rate £350 £400 £463
% change year-on-year -12.50% -13.51% +19.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £36.85 - -
25th Percentile £37.75 £25.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £26.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.94% -44.21% -
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.63 £48.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £53.45 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £38.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +10.39% -18.95% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

Unreal Engine is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks 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 technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,456 7,462 12,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.01% 27.47% 31.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,350 5,556 9,402
10th Percentile £375 £413 £425
25th Percentile £456 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £730 £700
90th Percentile £813 £813 £788
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 41 69
10th Percentile £16.25 £30.75 £30.25
25th Percentile £23.80 £37.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £36.84 £65.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -43.32% +33.80% +3.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £68.80 £76.00 £80.10
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in London

Unreal Engine
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Unreal Engine in London

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unreal Engine in London

Unreal Engine
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Unreal Engine in London

Unreal Engine
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 Unreal Engine within the London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
West London - 3 £60 - 1
Unreal Engine
England

Unreal Engine
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 9 (42.86%) Maya
2 8 (38.10%) Blender
3 7 (33.33%) 3ds Max
4 2 (9.52%) Houdini
5 1 (4.76%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (4.76%) AutoCAD
5 1 (4.76%) Photoshop
5 1 (4.76%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Figma
General
1 15 (71.43%) Games
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Designer
2 4 (19.05%) Maya Artist
3 3 (14.29%) Games Designer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Designer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Games Designer
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Writer
4 2 (9.52%) C++ Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Artist
5 1 (4.76%) 3D Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.76%) C++ Games Developer
5 1 (4.76%) C++/C# Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Writer
5 1 (4.76%) Games Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (61.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (19.05%) FFmpeg
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (19.05%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (14.29%) Animation
4 2 (9.52%) HTC Vive
5 1 (4.76%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (4.76%) Mobile Games
5 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Android
2 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Prototyping
2 4 (19.05%) Android Development
2 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
2 4 (19.05%) Game Development
2 4 (19.05%) Visual Effects
3 3 (14.29%) Psychology
3 3 (14.29%) User Experience
3 3 (14.29%) Web Development
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Vision
4 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
4 2 (9.52%) Project Management
4 2 (9.52%) UX Design
5 1 (4.76%) Data Science
5 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
5 1 (4.76%) Iconography
5 1 (4.76%) iOS Development
5 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.76%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (4.76%) Texturing
5 1 (4.76%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (9.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Adobe
1 1 (4.76%) Perforce