Gaming
North West > Merseyside
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 29 | 27 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Games | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 0.62% | 0.93% | - |
| As % of the General category | 1.03% | 1.67% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £210 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £425 | £415 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | +2.41% | - |
All General Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 97 | 120 | 169 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 59.88% | 56.07% | 54.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 63 | 56 | 111 |
| 10th Percentile | £152 | £151 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £305 | £213 | £433 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £410 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.85% | -18.00% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £548 | £494 | £563 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £588 | £659 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -1.40% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 34 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.39 | £14.50 | £16.13 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £15.50 | £16.23 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.44 | £17.75 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.75% | +1.43% | +34.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.52 | £34.29 | £27.98 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.04 | £37.18 | £39.90 |
| North West median hourly rate | £28.75 | £21.00 | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.90% | -19.23% | +15.56% |
Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Merseyside.
Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in Merseyside.
Games
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 0 | 1 | £210 | - | 11 |
| Games North West |
|||||