Games Job Trends in Balerno

Gaming
Edinburgh > Balerno

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Balerno. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -
Permanent jobs citing Games 3 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Balerno 33.33% 100.00% 100.00%
As % of the General category 33.33% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,684 £21,840 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% -12.64% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £27,700
Edinburgh median annual salary £25,684 £60,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -57.19% +140.00% -60.00%

All General Skills
Balerno

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Balerno 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 12
10th Percentile £28,210 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £21,840 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.52% -12.64% -
75th Percentile £32,951 - -
90th Percentile £33,580 - £27,700
Edinburgh median annual salary £37,712 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -31.43% -15.38% +5.77%

Games
Salary Trend in Balerno

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Balerno citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Balerno citing Games

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Balerno 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (66.67%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Solution Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
1 2 (66.67%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Community of Practice
1 2 (66.67%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Static Code Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Apex Code
1 2 (66.67%) SOQL
1 2 (66.67%) SOSL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) BT