Unreal Engine Contracts in the North of England

Unreal Engine
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 184 215
Rank change year-on-year - +31 +22
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 0 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England - 0.064% 0.017%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.33% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £290
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.50%
75th Percentile - - £295
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £316 £332 £400
% change year-on-year -4.84% -16.99% -13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
England median hourly rate - £42.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year - +10.39% -18.95%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 696 898 1,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 21.07% 19.02% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 612 875
10th Percentile £358 £350 £366
25th Percentile £400 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £555 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £694 £688
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 30 10
10th Percentile £65.25 £13.87 £44.28
25th Percentile £68.81 £21.25 £45.88
Median hourly rate £86.46 £46.18 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.22% -26.11% +50.60%
75th Percentile £99.42 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £72.50 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +32.65%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in the North of England

Unreal Engine
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Unreal Engine in the North of England