Online Gaming
England > North West
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Online Games over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 137 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Online Games | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | 0.037% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.14% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £500 | - |
| England median daily rate | £160 | £443 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | -63.84% | +31.11% | -34.15% |
All Generic Skills
North West
Online Games falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 557 | 695 | 1,034 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 28.56% | 25.95% | 33.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 374 | 460 | 679 |
| 10th Percentile | £203 | £287 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £360 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £466 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.90% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £581 | £620 |
| 90th Percentile | £654 | £675 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £545 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.91% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 39 | 78 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.72 | £13.00 | £16.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.51 | £15.00 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.25 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.81% | -27.86% | +79.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.90 | £37.44 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.50 | £57.50 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £34.50 | £32.31 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.79% | +43.68% | -16.72% |
Online Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Online Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Online Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Online Games in the North West.