Unity (Game Engine) Contract Job Trends in the South East

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Unity (Game Engine) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 152 212
Rank change year-on-year -56 +60 -
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.037% 0.034% 0.018%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.23% 0.20% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +180.00% - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £400 £422
% change year-on-year +31.25% -5.21% +20.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 858 499 792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.02% 16.98% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 318 442
10th Percentile £330 £350 £316
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +4.80% -7.83%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £613
90th Percentile £686 £663 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £543
% change year-on-year -2.42% -0.83% -5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 37
10th Percentile £40.00 £28.36 £44.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £44.43 £56.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +1.46% -5.23%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £71.81 £78.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Unity (Game Engine) job vacancy trend in the South East

Unity (Game Engine)
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unity (Game Engine).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unity (Game Engine)

Unity (Game Engine)
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unity (Game Engine).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Unity (Game Engine)

Unity (Game Engine)
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 March 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
Hampshire - 2 £700 - 1
Unity (Game Engine)
England

Unity (Game Engine)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mixed Reality
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware