Games Jobs in Brighton

Gaming
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Brighton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 56 63
Rank change year-on-year +41 +7 -9
Permanent jobs citing Games 17 1 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 8.76% 0.23% 2.59%
As % of the General category 12.88% 0.53% 5.70%
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 12
10th Percentile - - £59,375
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -57.14% -22.22%
75th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - - £78,375
East Sussex median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -57.14% -22.22%

All General Skills
Brighton

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 Brighton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 132 189 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 68.04% 43.35% 45.43%
Number of salaries quoted 90 162 228
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,000 £30,425
25th Percentile £35,313 £25,760 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,750 £51,805
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -9.76% -13.66%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
East Sussex median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £51,805
% change year-on-year +17.65% -17.96% -13.66%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Brighton

Games
Salary Trend in Brighton

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

Salary trend for Games in Brighton

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (94.12%) Git
1 16 (94.12%) gulp
1 16 (94.12%) webpack
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Developer
2 16 (94.12%) Games Developer
2 16 (94.12%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (94.12%) Node.js
1 16 (94.12%) Pixi.js
1 16 (94.12%) Spine.js
1 16 (94.12%) WebGL
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (5.88%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.88%) 3D Rendering
1 1 (5.88%) OO
1 1 (5.88%) OOP
1 1 (5.88%) Software Architecture
1 1 (5.88%) User Experience
1 1 (5.88%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 16 (94.12%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) Go
3 1 (5.88%) Java