Games Jobs in Cambridge

Gaming
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 50 86
Rank change year-on-year +8 +36 -55
Permanent jobs citing Games 42 47 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 4.23% 4.67% 2.81%
As % of the General category 7.78% 7.05% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 42 12 5
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £59,375 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -21.88% +33.33%
75th Percentile £80,001 £77,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £107,500 - £93,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +108.33% -50.00%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 540 667 982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 54.38% 66.30% 59.91%
Number of salaries quoted 416 222 305
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £28,700
25th Percentile £38,000 £37,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.75% -8.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,001 £81,125 £82,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -8.65%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Cambridge

Games
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Games in Cambridge

Games
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Cambridge over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Cambridge

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 7 (16.67%) Blender
1 7 (16.67%) Maya
2 4 (9.52%) ZBrush
3 3 (7.14%) Houdini
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) AWS
2 2 (4.76%) SaaS
3 1 (2.38%) Azure
3 1 (2.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) Internet
1 11 (26.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.38%) MySQL
2 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
General
1 11 (26.19%) Electronics
2 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Agriculture
4 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
5 1 (2.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (52.38%) Senior
2 11 (26.19%) Electronics Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Hardware Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) Lead
4 7 (16.67%) Developer
4 7 (16.67%) Machine Learning Researcher
4 7 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 7 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
4 7 (16.67%) Software Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Art Director
5 4 (9.52%) Data Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Lead Data Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Python Data Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Python Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Artist
7 2 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 7 (16.67%) TensorFlow
2 6 (14.29%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 3 (7.14%) CryEngine
3 3 (7.14%) DirectX
3 3 (7.14%) Unreal Engine
3 3 (7.14%) Vulkan
4 1 (2.38%) .NET
4 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.38%) GraphQL
4 1 (2.38%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.38%) TypeORM
4 1 (2.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Algorithms
1 11 (26.19%) IoT
2 7 (16.67%) Animation
2 7 (16.67%) Blockchain
2 7 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
3 5 (11.90%) Client/Server
4 4 (9.52%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (7.14%) Ray Tracing
5 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (26.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 7 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (16.67%) Cryptography
4 7 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (16.67%) Deep Learning
4 7 (16.67%) Differential Privacy
4 7 (16.67%) Game Theory
4 7 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 7 (16.67%) Multi-Agent System
4 7 (16.67%) Open Source
4 7 (16.67%) Open Source Development
4 7 (16.67%) Probability Theory
4 7 (16.67%) Statistics
4 7 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 4 (9.52%) Containerisation
5 4 (9.52%) Data Engineering
5 4 (9.52%) Data Ingestion
5 4 (9.52%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.19%) Python
2 8 (19.05%) C#
3 7 (16.67%) RPG
4 5 (11.90%) SQL
5 1 (2.38%) C++
5 1 (2.38%) Java
5 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.38%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) F5
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft