Gaming
England > Yorkshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 99 | 98 | 102 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +4 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Games | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire | 0.48% | 0.47% | 0.65% |
| As % of the General category | 0.76% | 0.84% | 1.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £578 | £423 | £269 |
| 25th Percentile | £581 | £456 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £513 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.07% | +13.89% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £572 | £592 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £634 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £388 | £403 | £444 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.73% | -9.30% | -11.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £62.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £50.00 | £41.21 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.33% | -31.32% | +37.14% |
All General Skills
Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 791 | 954 | 1,322 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire | 63.48% | 55.56% | 61.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 476 | 534 | 881 |
| 10th Percentile | £247 | £213 | £269 |
| 25th Percentile | £374 | £400 | £428 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £467 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.60% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £570 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £645 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £518 | £535 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.21% | -2.73% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 35 | 78 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.96 | £12.03 | £12.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.29 | £12.15 | £13.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.14 | £14.63 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.38% | -23.03% | +1.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.63 | £15.23 | £21.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.53 | £30.08 | £30.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £27.50 | £32.70 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.90% | +8.99% | +28.26% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire
Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Games in Yorkshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Games in Yorkshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 July 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 Yorkshire | +5 | 6 | £600 | +17.07% | 102 |
| Games England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:
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