Games Job Trends in County Down

Gaming
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in County Down. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Games 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 6.06% - -
As % of the General category 6.90% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £31,000 £95,000 -
% change year-on-year -67.37% - -

All General Skills
County Down

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 general skills in County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 29 19 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 87.88% 82.61% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £35,250
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.82%
75th Percentile - - £44,375
90th Percentile - - £44,750
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £59,715 £53,750
% change year-on-year -24.64% +11.10% +10.82%

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Anaplan
1 2 (100.00%) Genesys
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Verint