Games Jobs in the City of Westminster

Gaming
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the City of Westminster. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 28 25
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -
Permanent jobs citing Games 23 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 12.64% 4.60% 1.92%
As % of the General category 15.33% 6.96% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 £34,375 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,875 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -30.83% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,125 £80,000
90th Percentile - £86,250 -
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +30.00% -18.37% -15.52%

All General Skills
City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 150 115 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 82.42% 66.09% 63.46%
Number of salaries quoted 35 57 33
10th Percentile £44,590 £28,250 £39,200
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -33.33% +28.47%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,969 £93,750
90th Percentile - £102,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £71,328 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.90% -3.45% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the City of Westminster

Games
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the City of Westminster.

Salary trend for Games in the City of Westminster

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 16 (69.57%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) HTTP
2 2 (8.70%) Broadband
2 2 (8.70%) Internet
General
1 19 (82.61%) Finance
2 17 (73.91%) Social Skills
3 16 (69.57%) Advertising
3 16 (69.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (69.57%) Retail
4 3 (13.04%) Financial Institution
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Billing
5 2 (8.70%) Law
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Senior
2 16 (69.57%) Senior Software Engineer
2 16 (69.57%) Software Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (69.57%) Kafka
2 1 (4.35%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.35%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (4.35%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (69.57%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (13.04%) Cyberattack
3 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.70%) IoT
3 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.35%) Animation
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Computer Science
1 17 (73.91%) Software Engineering
2 16 (69.57%) Agile
2 16 (69.57%) Machine Learning
2 16 (69.57%) Performance Metrics
2 16 (69.57%) Programmatic Advertising
3 4 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (13.04%) Cryptography
4 3 (13.04%) Cyber Resilience
4 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.04%) Risk Register
5 2 (8.70%) Analytics
5 2 (8.70%) Due Diligence
5 2 (8.70%) Game Development
5 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
6 1 (4.35%) 3D Animation
6 1 (4.35%) Software Delivery
6 1 (4.35%) Storytelling
6 1 (4.35%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) Python
1 16 (69.57%) Scala
2 1 (4.35%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) ACCA
2 2 (8.70%) CIMA
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) NCSC
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Apple
1 16 (69.57%) Google
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow