Games Jobs in the East Midlands

Gaming
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 42 146
Rank change year-on-year -111 +104 -61
Permanent jobs citing Games 34 186 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.79% 6.47% 1.61%
As % of the General category 1.45% 9.45% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 24 20 22
10th Percentile £27,313 £21,250 £24,725
25th Percentile £40,313 £30,625 £35,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,615 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.99% +21.54% -11.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,125 £47,500
90th Percentile - £63,875 £57,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,337 1,969 2,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 54.15% 68.51% 60.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,608 866 1,327
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,188 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the East Midlands

Games
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Games in the East Midlands

Games
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the East Midlands

Games
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Nottinghamshire -4 19 £65,000 +44.44% 10
Leicestershire -87 6 - - 3
Derbyshire -31 5 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Northamptonshire 0 3 £26,250 - 5
Lincolnshire - 1 £67,500 - 1
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) IIS
2 1 (2.94%) TYPO3
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.94%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (2.94%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) AWS
2 8 (23.53%) Amazon ECS
2 8 (23.53%) Cloudflare
3 4 (11.76%) Azure
4 2 (5.88%) ClickUp
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Wireless
2 1 (2.94%) Firewall
2 1 (2.94%) Network Security
2 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.82%) Data Lake
2 3 (8.82%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.94%) MySQL
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Banking
4 2 (5.88%) Electronics
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Marketing
4 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Developer
2 8 (23.53%) Lead
2 8 (23.53%) Technical Leader
3 5 (14.71%) Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Security Architect
4 3 (8.82%) C# Developer
4 3 (8.82%) CAD Developer
4 3 (8.82%) Data Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Engineering Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Games Developer
5 2 (5.88%) Full Stack Developer
5 2 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) IT Support
5 2 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Software Support Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) CAD Technician
6 1 (2.94%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) Laravel
2 5 (14.71%) DirectX
3 4 (11.76%) HTML
4 3 (8.82%) .NET
4 3 (8.82%) .NET Core
4 3 (8.82%) CSS
4 3 (8.82%) OpenGL
5 2 (5.88%) React
5 2 (5.88%) Vue
6 1 (2.94%) HTML5
6 1 (2.94%) Pixi.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (8.82%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) Video Editing
4 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.94%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (2.94%) Online Games
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Unix
3 1 (2.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (23.53%) Cloud Security
3 8 (23.53%) DevOps
3 8 (23.53%) Fintech
3 8 (23.53%) Incident Response
3 8 (23.53%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (23.53%) Security Auditing
3 8 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 6 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (14.71%) Asset Management
5 5 (14.71%) CAD
5 5 (14.71%) Containerisation
5 5 (14.71%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (14.71%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (14.71%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (14.71%) RBAC
5 5 (14.71%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) PHP
2 8 (23.53%) Rust
3 5 (14.71%) C#
4 3 (8.82%) SQL
4 3 (8.82%) T-SQL
5 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.94%) C++
6 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.94%) CCNA
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) GDPR
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) SCCM
1 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Apple
3 2 (5.88%) Adobe
3 2 (5.88%) HubSpot
3 2 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) F5