Games Jobs in Central London

Gaming
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 167 188
Rank change year-on-year +31 +21 -7
Permanent jobs citing Games 59 81 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.56% 1.54% 1.43%
As % of the General category 2.51% 2.35% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 50 65 72
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £49,500
25th Percentile £42,125 £47,500 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.79% +16.00%
75th Percentile £66,438 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £68,875 £106,000 £112,250
London median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -2.14% +7.69%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,352 3,448 5,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 62.24% 65.56% 62.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,806 2,785 4,110
10th Percentile £38,449 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £108,875
London median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Central London

Games
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Games in Central London

Games
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Central London

Games
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
City of London +46 54 £50,000 -20.00% 21
City of Westminster +2 8 £51,875 -30.83% 2
West End of London +15 3 - - 5
Southwark +16 2 £60,000 +9.09%
Games
London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.08%) SAS
2 2 (3.39%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Adobe After Effects
1 4 (6.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (6.78%) Blender
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.69%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.69%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.64%) Google Workspace
2 10 (16.95%) AWS
2 10 (16.95%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (10.17%) Asana
3 6 (10.17%) Azure
4 4 (6.78%) SaaS
5 3 (5.08%) WhatsApp
6 2 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.39%) GCP
6 2 (3.39%) Google Drive
6 2 (3.39%) IaaS
6 2 (3.39%) PaaS
6 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.56%) Broadband
1 8 (13.56%) DNS
1 8 (13.56%) Firewall
1 8 (13.56%) NAS
1 8 (13.56%) Wireless
2 3 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.39%) HTTP
3 2 (3.39%) LAN
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.69%) Network Security
4 1 (1.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.25%) MySQL
2 7 (11.86%) Redis
3 3 (5.08%) Neo4j
3 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.08%) Tableau
4 2 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.39%) Power BI
4 2 (3.39%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.39%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.69%) Big Data
5 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.69%) JUnit
General
1 22 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 17 (28.81%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Finance
4 8 (13.56%) Retail
5 6 (10.17%) Advertising
5 6 (10.17%) iGaming
5 6 (10.17%) Marketing
6 4 (6.78%) Banking
6 4 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.39%) Law
7 2 (3.39%) Music Industry
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (16.95%) Senior
2 8 (13.56%) Consultant
2 8 (13.56%) Developer
2 8 (13.56%) IT Consultant
3 6 (10.17%) Lead
4 5 (8.47%) .NET Developer
4 5 (8.47%) Senior Developer
4 5 (8.47%) Software Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Animator
5 4 (6.78%) Games Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Graduate
5 4 (6.78%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Games Developer
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Data Scientist
6 3 (5.08%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.25%) Kafka
2 7 (11.86%) .NET
3 4 (6.78%) Node.js
3 4 (6.78%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 3 (5.08%) Keras
4 3 (5.08%) PyTorch
4 3 (5.08%) TensorFlow
5 2 (3.39%) React
5 2 (3.39%) RESTful
6 1 (1.69%) CSS
6 1 (1.69%) Django
6 1 (1.69%) HTML
6 1 (1.69%) HTML5
6 1 (1.69%) JSON
6 1 (1.69%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (13.56%) Onboarding
3 7 (11.86%) Algorithms
4 5 (8.47%) Animation
5 4 (6.78%) Mobile Games
5 4 (6.78%) Online Gambling
5 4 (6.78%) Product Ownership
5 4 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (5.08%) Apple TV
6 3 (5.08%) Social Media
7 2 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (3.39%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.69%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.34%) Mac OS
1 12 (20.34%) Windows
2 11 (18.64%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.78%) Android
4 3 (5.08%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.39%) Linux
6 1 (1.69%) Unix
6 1 (1.69%) VMS
6 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (23.73%) Computer Science
3 11 (18.64%) Software Engineering
4 10 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (16.95%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (15.25%) Data Protection
6 8 (13.56%) Actionable Insight
6 8 (13.56%) Asset Management
6 8 (13.56%) Business Continuity
6 8 (13.56%) Identity Management
6 8 (13.56%) IT Audit
6 8 (13.56%) Machine Learning
6 8 (13.56%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (13.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 7 (11.86%) Agile
7 7 (11.86%) Mathematics
7 7 (11.86%) Microservices
7 7 (11.86%) SOLID
7 7 (11.86%) Statistics
7 7 (11.86%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.95%) Python
2 9 (15.25%) Bash
3 8 (13.56%) C#
3 8 (13.56%) SQL
4 2 (3.39%) Java
4 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.39%) Scala
5 1 (1.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 24 (40.68%) Degree
2 7 (11.86%) Master's Degree
3 6 (10.17%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.08%) PhD
5 2 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (13.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (13.56%) SOC 2
2 2 (3.39%) ITGC
2 2 (3.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (18.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (13.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.69%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.69%) Puppet
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
2 1 (1.69%) WMI
2 1 (1.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (27.12%) Apple
3 15 (25.42%) Google
4 8 (13.56%) VMware
5 6 (10.17%) Adobe
6 4 (6.78%) Logitech
7 3 (5.08%) Instagram
8 1 (1.69%) Cisco