Games Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Gaming
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 60 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Games 8 23 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.15% 2.01% 1.98%
As % of the General category 1.92% 3.94% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5 22 9
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £55,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +71.43% -53.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £97,250 £84,500
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -6.67%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 417 584 472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 59.83% 51.14% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 245 434 223
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £34,209
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.19%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Cambridgeshire

Games
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Games in Cambridgeshire

Games
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in Cambridgeshire

Games
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Cambridge -10 3 £85,000 +41.67% 20
Peterborough - 3 £37,500 -
Games
East of England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (12.50%) Broadband
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Developer
1 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
1 1 (12.50%) Compliance Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Developer
1 1 (12.50%) Developer in Test
1 1 (12.50%) Implementation Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
1 1 (12.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (12.50%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Animation
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) PDM
1 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Thinking
2 2 (25.00%) 3D Rendering
2 2 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) 3D Animation
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Benchmarking
3 1 (12.50%) Insurtech
3 1 (12.50%) Rapid Prototyping
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) SDET
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) HLSL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) VMware