Games Jobs in Dorset

Gaming
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 55 76 77
Rank change year-on-year +21 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Games 47 6 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 3.99% 0.85% 2.82%
As % of the General category 6.54% 1.43% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 15
10th Percentile £36,000 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,938 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +45.45% +29.41%
75th Percentile £80,625 £93,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £95,000 £63,500
South West median annual salary £43,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.91% -21.43% +40.00%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 719 421 427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 60.98% 59.63% 54.74%
Number of salaries quoted 315 193 299
10th Percentile £27,020 £30,650 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% +15.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,300 £75,750 £71,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +8.33%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Dorset

Games
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Games in Dorset

Games
Salary Histogram in Dorset

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

Salary histogram for Games in Dorset

Games
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Dorset 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
Weymouth - 32 - -
Bournemouth -36 12 £63,750 -20.31% 3
Games
South West

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 2 (4.26%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.26%) S-PLUS
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) AWS
2 5 (10.64%) Azure
3 2 (4.26%) BigCommerce
3 2 (4.26%) npm
4 1 (2.13%) Dropbox
4 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.13%) Google Drive
4 1 (2.13%) Google Sheets
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Firewall
1 1 (2.13%) LAN
1 1 (2.13%) VPN
1 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.26%) MySQL
3 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Git
1 4 (8.51%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (8.51%) TeamCity
2 2 (4.26%) GitLab
2 2 (4.26%) Grunt
2 2 (4.26%) JIRA
2 2 (4.26%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (4.26%) Postman
General
1 41 (87.23%) Finance
2 32 (68.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (36.17%) Aerospace
4 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (68.09%) Project Manager
2 18 (38.30%) Senior
3 12 (25.53%) Senior Manager
3 12 (25.53%) Senior Project Manager
4 6 (12.77%) Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Designer
5 3 (6.38%) Games Designer
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Designer
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Games Designer
6 2 (4.26%) .NET Developer
6 2 (4.26%) .NET Developer - Fintech
6 2 (4.26%) Angular Developer
6 2 (4.26%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (4.26%) C# Developer
6 2 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Java Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Magento Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Software QA Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) UI Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Windows DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) .NET
1 4 (8.51%) .NET Framework
1 4 (8.51%) AngularJS
1 4 (8.51%) Vue
2 2 (4.26%) .NET Core
2 2 (4.26%) Angular 2
2 2 (4.26%) CSS
2 2 (4.26%) HTML
2 2 (4.26%) JSON
2 2 (4.26%) KnockoutJS
2 2 (4.26%) LESS
2 2 (4.26%) React
2 2 (4.26%) RequireJS
2 2 (4.26%) REST
2 2 (4.26%) Sass
2 2 (4.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Hedge funds
2 4 (8.51%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Linux
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) Decision-Making
1 32 (68.09%) Earned Value Management
1 32 (68.09%) Project Management
2 11 (23.40%) Agile
3 8 (17.02%) Fintech
3 8 (17.02%) Scrum
4 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
4 6 (12.77%) DevOps
5 4 (8.51%) Design Patterns
5 4 (8.51%) Integration Testing
5 4 (8.51%) Microservices
5 4 (8.51%) Refactoring
6 3 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (6.38%) Mathematics
6 3 (6.38%) Storyboarding
7 2 (4.26%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (4.26%) Continuous Deployment
7 2 (4.26%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (4.26%) Front End Development
7 2 (4.26%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) TypeScript
2 3 (6.38%) SQL
3 2 (4.26%) C#
3 2 (4.26%) Java
3 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.26%) PHP
4 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (68.09%) Degree
1 32 (68.09%) Security Cleared
2 27 (57.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) PMI Certification
3 5 (10.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (6.38%) Apple
2 1 (2.13%) ConnectWise
2 1 (2.13%) Draytek
2 1 (2.13%) Google
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) VMware
2 1 (2.13%) Webroot