Unity (Game Engine) Contracts in the UK excluding London

Unity Game Engine (Unity3D)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Unity (Game Engine) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Unity (Game 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 327 393 455
Rank change year-on-year +66 +62 +52
Contract jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) 9 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.029% 0.029%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.38% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £256 £355 £301
25th Percentile £264 £438 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £600 £375
Median % change year-on-year -52.50% +60.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £314 £625 £450
90th Percentile £327 - £555
UK median daily rate £402 £300 £375
% change year-on-year +33.92% -20.00% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,378 3,296 4,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.63% 15.87% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,644 2,154 3,299
10th Percentile £350 £324 £357
25th Percentile £406 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 198 91
10th Percentile £30.98 £21.59 £22.50
25th Percentile £56.25 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £74.13
90th Percentile £81.95 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Unity (Game Engine)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Unity (Game Engine) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK excluding London

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK excluding London

Unity (Game Engine)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unity (Game Engine) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Unity (Game Engine) in the UK excluding London

Unity (Game Engine)
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
Midlands +29 8 £320 - 22
West Midlands +21 8 £320 - 11
South East +43 1 £250 -58.33% 41
Unity (Game Engine)
UK

Unity (Game Engine)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
1 3 (33.33%) Plastic SCM
General
1 8 (88.89%) Games
2 5 (55.56%) Polish Language
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Games Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Games Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Games Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Technical Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (11.11%) Babylonjs
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (44.44%) Mobile Games
3 2 (22.22%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) User Experience
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Generative AI
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
3 3 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 3 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) TypeScript
2 3 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA