Unreal Engine Contracts

Unreal Engine
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Unreal Engine skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 684 813
Rank change year-on-year +119 +129 -171
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 33 35 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.059% 0.041%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.37% 0.25% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 28 21
10th Percentile £288 £220 £175
25th Percentile £300 £269 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £488 £458 £700
90th Percentile £563 £550 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £295 £450
% change year-on-year +10.17% -34.44% +260.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £38.45 - -
25th Percentile £39.92 £25.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £38.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -18.95% +3.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £39.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.25 £51.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Unreal Engine is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Unreal Engine as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine.

Daily rate trend for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Unreal Engine.

Hourly rate trend for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Unreal Engine over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Unreal Engine in the UK

Unreal Engine
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +122 29 £350 -12.50% 59
London +102 20 £345 -13.86% 22
Work from Home +124 17 £339 -7.09% 38
UK excluding London +65 11 £325 +10.17% 41
North of England +34 2 - - 12
West Midlands +31 2 - -
Midlands +24 2 - - 1
South East +23 2 - - 19
South West +20 2 £488 +62.50% 2
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
Scotland - 2 £325 - 5
East of England - 1 £300 - 2

Unreal Engine
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Maya
2 9 (27.27%) Blender
3 6 (18.18%) 3ds Max
4 5 (15.15%) Photoshop
5 3 (9.09%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (9.09%) Houdini
6 2 (6.06%) NUKE
7 1 (3.03%) AutoCAD
7 1 (3.03%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Figma
1 1 (3.03%) GitHub
1 1 (3.03%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) VTune
General
1 21 (63.64%) Games
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Automotive
4 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Developer
2 4 (12.12%) Designer
2 4 (12.12%) Maya Artist
3 3 (9.09%) Games Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Senior
3 3 (9.09%) Senior Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Senior Games Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Software Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Technical Writer
4 2 (6.06%) C++ Developer
4 2 (6.06%) C++ Games Programmer
4 2 (6.06%) C++ Programmer
4 2 (6.06%) Games Programmer
4 2 (6.06%) Programmer
5 1 (3.03%) 3D Developer
5 1 (3.03%) C/C++ Programmer
5 1 (3.03%) C++ Games Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Games Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) UI Programmer
5 1 (3.03%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (45.45%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (12.12%) FFmpeg
3 2 (6.06%) DirectX
3 2 (6.06%) OpenGL
3 2 (6.06%) V-Ray
3 2 (6.06%) Vulkan
4 1 (3.03%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.03%) JSON
4 1 (3.03%) OpenGL ES
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Augmented Reality
1 7 (21.21%) Virtual Reality
2 5 (15.15%) Animation
3 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.06%) PropTech
4 1 (3.03%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (3.03%) CUDA
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.03%) HTC Vive
4 1 (3.03%) Interactive Media
4 1 (3.03%) Mixed Reality
4 1 (3.03%) Mobile Games
4 1 (3.03%) Ray Tracing
4 1 (3.03%) Social Media
4 1 (3.03%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Android Development
1 5 (15.15%) Prototyping
2 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
2 4 (12.12%) User Experience
2 4 (12.12%) Visual Effects
3 3 (9.09%) Computer Vision
3 3 (9.09%) Game Development
3 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.09%) Project Management
3 3 (9.09%) Psychology
3 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
3 3 (9.09%) Web Development
4 2 (6.06%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (6.06%) Interaction Design
4 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.06%) UX Design
5 1 (3.03%) 3D Modelling
5 1 (3.03%) Content Management
5 1 (3.03%) Physics
5 1 (3.03%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) C++
2 3 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (6.06%) C#
4 1 (3.03%) C
4 1 (3.03%) GLSL
4 1 (3.03%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Adobe
2 2 (6.06%) Perforce
3 1 (3.03%) NVIDIA
3 1 (3.03%) Sage