Games Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Gaming
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 114 77
Rank change year-on-year +25 -37 +56
Permanent jobs citing Games 5 14 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.49% 0.71% 2.78%
As % of the General category 0.59% 1.19% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 4
10th Percentile - £37,000 -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - -31.91% +17.50%
75th Percentile £54,750 £50,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £62,100 £56,250 £68,625
South East median annual salary £39,500 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.00% -20.00% -10.71%

All General Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 841 1,174 859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 82.29% 59.93% 64.64%
Number of salaries quoted 267 614 405
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,750 £29,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,687
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.57% -2.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,009 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.42%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Buckinghamshire

Games
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Games in Buckinghamshire

Games
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in Buckinghamshire

Games
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bletchley +8 2 £40,000 -
Milton Keynes +41 1 £40,000 - 7
Aylesbury - 1 - - 1
Games
South East

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) PHP Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) QA Leader
3 1 (20.00%) QA Manager
3 1 (20.00%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) QA Test Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) CodeIgniter
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) Symfony
2 1 (20.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (20.00%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) B2C
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) BT