Unreal Engine Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Unreal Engine
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 354 392
Rank change year-on-year -48 +38 +93
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 2 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.033% 0.040%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.060% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £333 £269
25th Percentile - £373 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £455 £325
Median % change year-on-year -60.44% +40.00% -35.00%
75th Percentile - £476 £366
90th Percentile - £479 £381
UK median daily rate £375 £399 £426
% change year-on-year -5.90% -6.46% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - £42.50

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,320 2,677 3,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.47% 17.86% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,183 1,669 2,423
10th Percentile £333 £340 £325
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 72 139
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.00 £36.29
25th Percentile £45.94 £43.64 £46.18
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +16.82% -17.69%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Unreal Engine relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Unreal Engine job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Unreal Engine.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Unreal Engine.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Unreal Engine

Unreal 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 Unreal Engine within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
West Midlands -32 1 - - 14
Midlands -43 1 - - 22
South East - 1 £180 - 29
Unreal Engine
UK

Unreal Engine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (50.00%) Maya
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Django
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Animation
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Autodesk