Games Contracts in Warwickshire

Gaming
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Warwickshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games 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 31 36 39
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Games 11 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 3.56% 2.66% 1.77%
As % of the General category 5.85% 3.44% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £181 £155
25th Percentile £234 £220 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 £225 £221
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% +1.93% -69.55%
75th Percentile £251 £230 £406
90th Percentile - - £466
West Midlands median daily rate £243 £225 £325
% change year-on-year +7.78% -30.77% -38.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Median hourly rate £33.91 £39.92 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.91 £39.92 -
% change year-on-year -15.06% - -

All General Skills
Warwickshire

Games falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 188 262 271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 60.84% 77.51% 68.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 176 175
10th Percentile £344 £317 £312
25th Percentile £413 £425 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £606 £725 £625
90th Percentile £699 £850 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -6.86% - +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 32 2
10th Percentile £14.70 £13.18 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.89 £14.25 £15.15
Median hourly rate £21.00 £19.00 £16.18
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +17.43% -1.94%
75th Percentile £31.05 £27.34 £17.47
90th Percentile £33.91 £37.25 £18.09
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £19.59 £17.85
% change year-on-year -8.12% +9.75% +5.00%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Warwickshire

Games
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Warwickshire.

Daily rate trend for Games in Warwickshire

Games
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in Warwickshire.

Hourly rate trend for Games in Warwickshire

Games
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Warwickshire 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
Leamington Spa +4 4 £243 - 6
Gaydon - 3 - - 3
Warwick -5 2 - - 6
Stratford-upon-Avon +2 1 - - 2
Games
West Midlands

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 4 (36.36%) Maya
2 3 (27.27%) NUKE
3 1 (9.09%) ZBrush
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
1 3 (27.27%) Plastic SCM
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Automotive
1 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Games Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Games Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Designer
4 1 (9.09%) 3D Artist
4 1 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) JIRA Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Games Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) CSS
1 3 (27.27%) Django
1 3 (27.27%) HTML
1 3 (27.27%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Animation
2 3 (27.27%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile Games
4 1 (9.09%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) User Experience
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 3 (27.27%) Data Management
2 3 (27.27%) Design Patterns
2 3 (27.27%) DevOps
2 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Software Architecture
2 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
4 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) C++
2 3 (27.27%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Tcl
3 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA