Games Contracts with Work from Home Options

Gaming
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 342 303
Rank change year-on-year +38 -39 +52
Contract jobs citing Games 44 135 366
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.53% 0.82%
As % of the General category 0.49% 0.90% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 111 306
10th Percentile £267 £250 £375
25th Percentile £325 £369 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £625
90th Percentile £708 £700 £690
UK median daily rate £419 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -16.20% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £39.92 - £35.00
UK median hourly rate £38.71 £60.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -35.48% +37.54% +40.73%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,910 14,926 24,203
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.80% 58.44% 54.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,842 10,512 17,550
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 473 342 349
10th Percentile £14.01 £19.01 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £26.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £31.85
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +56.99% +32.71%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £64.80
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% +47.73% -2.22%

Games
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Games trend for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games.

Games daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Games over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Games daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Games.

Games hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (4.55%) Maya
1 2 (4.55%) NUKE
1 2 (4.55%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) AWS
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
3 2 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.27%) Figma
4 1 (2.27%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.27%) Delta Lake
1 1 (2.27%) MySQL
1 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.27%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) Jasmine
2 1 (2.27%) PostCSS
General
1 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.55%) Automotive
3 2 (4.55%) Back Office
3 2 (4.55%) Finance
3 2 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Electronics
4 1 (2.27%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.27%) Retail
4 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Developer
2 8 (18.18%) Architect
3 5 (11.36%) Designer
3 5 (11.36%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Senior
5 3 (6.82%) AWS Architect
5 3 (6.82%) AWS Solution Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) C++ Developer
6 2 (4.55%) Compliance Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Digital Designer
6 2 (4.55%) Integration Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Lead
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Designer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Developer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Digital Designer
6 2 (4.55%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (25.00%) Unreal Engine
2 7 (15.91%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (9.09%) FFmpeg
4 2 (4.55%) React
4 2 (4.55%) V-Ray
5 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.27%) CSS
5 1 (2.27%) Kafka
5 1 (2.27%) Node.js
5 1 (2.27%) NumPy
5 1 (2.27%) React Native
5 1 (2.27%) SciPy
5 1 (2.27%) SwiftUI
5 1 (2.27%) Vue
5 1 (2.27%) web3js
5 1 (2.27%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Animation
1 3 (6.82%) e-Learning
1 3 (6.82%) Learning Management System
2 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.55%) Mobile Games
2 2 (4.55%) Sports Betting
3 1 (2.27%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.27%) Blockchain
3 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.27%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.27%) Interactive Media
3 1 (2.27%) Online Games
3 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.27%) Social Media
3 1 (2.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.27%) Video Editing
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (2.27%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (9.09%) User Experience
3 3 (6.82%) Agile
3 3 (6.82%) Game Development
3 3 (6.82%) Instructional Design
3 3 (6.82%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (6.82%) UX Design
4 2 (4.55%) Change Management
4 2 (4.55%) Compliance Audit
4 2 (4.55%) Data Management
4 2 (4.55%) Data Sharing
4 2 (4.55%) Emotional Intelligence
4 2 (4.55%) ITIL
4 2 (4.55%) Migration
4 2 (4.55%) Physics
4 2 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (4.55%) Programme Management
4 2 (4.55%) Roadmaps
4 2 (4.55%) User Stories
4 2 (4.55%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) C#
2 3 (6.82%) C++
2 3 (6.82%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.27%) Bash
4 1 (2.27%) Java
4 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.27%) PHP
4 1 (2.27%) Rust
4 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.27%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.27%) Ansible
2 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.27%) Puppet
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (6.82%) Okta
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Databricks
3 1 (2.27%) Facebook
3 1 (2.27%) Instagram
3 1 (2.27%) SAP
3 1 (2.27%) Twitter
3 1 (2.27%) YouTube