Games Jobs in Birmingham

Gaming
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 43 127
Rank change year-on-year -72 +84 -25
Permanent jobs citing Games 31 119 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.14% 5.90% 2.02%
As % of the General category 2.13% 9.08% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 31 29 39
10th Percentile - £22,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £26,250 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -40.00% +39.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £53,750 £41,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +31.10% -13.68% +11.76%

All General Skills
Birmingham

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,452 1,310 1,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 53.60% 64.95% 57.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,168 955 1,252
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,650 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £66,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% +3.80%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Birmingham

Games
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Games in Birmingham

Games
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Birmingham

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe XD
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Photoshop
1 1 (3.23%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) AWS
1 4 (12.90%) SaaS
2 2 (6.45%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.23%) Figma
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Git
1 4 (12.90%) Jenkins
1 4 (12.90%) JUnit
2 1 (3.23%) Axure RP
General
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Marketing
3 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.68%) Electronics
4 3 (9.68%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.23%) Advertising
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Developer
2 9 (29.03%) C++ Developer
2 9 (29.03%) Senior
3 7 (22.58%) Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Java Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Product Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Designer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Designer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior UI Designer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior UI/UX Designer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (3.23%) UI Designer
7 1 (3.23%) UI/UX Designer
7 1 (3.23%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) React
2 5 (16.13%) HTML
3 4 (12.90%) CSS
3 4 (12.90%) Hibernate
3 4 (12.90%) JWT
3 4 (12.90%) Lambda Expressions
3 4 (12.90%) REST
3 4 (12.90%) RESTful
3 4 (12.90%) Spring
3 4 (12.90%) Spring Boot
3 4 (12.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Video\Live Streaming
1 6 (19.35%) Virtual Reality
2 4 (12.90%) Educational Technology
2 4 (12.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.45%) Social Media
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Mathematics
2 7 (22.58%) Analytics
3 6 (19.35%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (19.35%) Agile
3 6 (19.35%) Data Visualisation
3 6 (19.35%) Innovative Thinking
3 6 (19.35%) Statistical Modelling
3 6 (19.35%) Visualisation
4 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (12.90%) B2B
4 4 (12.90%) B2C
4 4 (12.90%) Containerisation
4 4 (12.90%) Data Science
4 4 (12.90%) Full Stack Development
4 4 (12.90%) Migration
4 4 (12.90%) Product Management
4 4 (12.90%) Programme Management
5 3 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
5 3 (9.68%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) SQL
2 10 (32.26%) C++
3 9 (29.03%) JavaScript
4 6 (19.35%) TypeScript
5 4 (12.90%) Java
6 3 (9.68%) Python
7 2 (6.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.45%) CCNA
3 2 (6.45%) CCNA CyberOps
3 2 (6.45%) CCNP
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) SAP
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe