Unity (Game Engine) Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Unity (Game Engine) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - -
UK median daily rate £245 £428 £422
% change year-on-year -42.69% +1.30% +4.84%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

Unity (Game 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 310 385 480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.27% 23.82% 20.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 259 302
10th Percentile £358 £350 £388
25th Percentile £413 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £482
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -2.39% +1.37%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £575
90th Percentile £628 £630 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £57.58 - £47.20
25th Percentile £58.65 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £61.36 - £56.40
Median % change year-on-year - - +148.62%
75th Percentile £63.15 - £73.75
90th Percentile £63.66 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unity (Game Engine) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Unity (Game Engine) job vacancy trend in Scotland

Unity (Game Engine)
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Unity (Game Engine).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Unity (Game Engine)

Unity (Game Engine)
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Unity (Game Engine).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Unity (Game Engine)

Unity (Game Engine)
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 January 2026. 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
Edinburgh - 1 £54 - 1
Unity (Game Engine)
UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 1 (100.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Lua
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared