Unreal Engine Contracts in the Midlands

Unreal Engine
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Unreal Engine skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 131 166
Rank change year-on-year +28 +35 -
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 8 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.42% 0.073% 0.029%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.51% 0.52% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £305 - -
25th Percentile £306 - £102
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 - £104
75th Percentile £327 - £106
90th Percentile £332 - -
England median daily rate £316 £339 £400
% change year-on-year -6.81% -15.22% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £39.92 -
England median hourly rate - £42.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year - +10.39% -18.95%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 319 384 595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.67% 13.93% 17.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 272 464
10th Percentile £319 £276 £313
25th Percentile £400 £362 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.06%
75th Percentile £575 £622 £588
90th Percentile £660 £725 £700
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 0
10th Percentile £23.96 £10.90 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £14.13 -
Median hourly rate £30.71 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% - -
75th Percentile £33.91 £40.00 -
90th Percentile - £56.25 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in the Midlands

Unreal Engine
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Unreal Engine in the Midlands

Unreal Engine
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +18 6 £316 - 13
East Midlands - 2 £316 - 8
Unreal Engine
England

Unreal Engine
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Games
2 5 (62.50%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Designer
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Designer
2 4 (50.00%) Games Designer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Games Designer
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Animator
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (50.00%) Mobile Games
3 2 (25.00%) Animation
4 1 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 4 (50.00%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Game Development
3 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python