Games Jobs in Devon

Gaming
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 76 65
Rank change year-on-year +66 -11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Games 77 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 15.59% 0.80% 0.53%
As % of the General category 21.33% 1.47% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 41 6 3
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,625 £33,650
25th Percentile - £31,375 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £35,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.32% -57.58% +17.86%
75th Percentile £25,267 £37,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £31,500 - £86,750
South West median annual salary £25,087 £46,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -45.46% -16.36% -21.43%

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 361 475 427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 73.08% 54.41% 75.58%
Number of salaries quoted 127 346 276
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £25,177 £30,625 £27,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,603 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.96% +8.27% -7.41%
75th Percentile £53,125 £52,188 £48,705
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £56,625
South West median annual salary £48,507 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.12% -5.00% +3.09%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Devon

Games
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Games in Devon

Games
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Devon over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in Devon

Games
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Devon region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Plymouth - 28 £25,087 - 2
Tavistock - 15 £25,087 -
Ivybridge - 13 £25,087 -
Exeter +10 3 £31,000 -11.43%
Games
South West

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.60%) AWS
2 2 (2.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 72 (93.51%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Git
General
1 69 (89.61%) Banking
2 3 (3.90%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.60%) Finance
Job Titles
1 69 (89.61%) Customer Service Advisor
2 3 (3.90%) Analyst
2 3 (3.90%) Desktop Analyst
2 3 (3.90%) Desktop Support
2 3 (3.90%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 3 (3.90%) Senior
2 3 (3.90%) Support Analyst
3 2 (2.60%) Development Team Leader
3 2 (2.60%) Lead
3 2 (2.60%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) GraphQL
1 3 (3.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (3.90%) WebGL
2 2 (2.60%) CSS
2 2 (2.60%) HTML
2 2 (2.60%) LAMP
2 2 (2.60%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.90%) Animation
1 3 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (2.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (93.51%) Customer Service
1 72 (93.51%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (3.90%) 3D Animation
2 3 (3.90%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (3.90%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (3.90%) ITSM
2 3 (3.90%) Prototyping
2 3 (3.90%) Rapid Prototyping
2 3 (3.90%) Storytelling
2 3 (3.90%) Visual Effects
3 2 (2.60%) E-Commerce
3 2 (2.60%) MVC
3 2 (2.60%) OOP
3 2 (2.60%) Software Engineering
3 2 (2.60%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) HLSL
2 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.60%) PHP
Vendors
1 69 (89.61%) BT
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow