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 in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 88 118
Rank change year-on-year -87 +30 +24
Permanent jobs citing Games 20 80 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.44% 3.23% 2.37%
As % of the General category 0.86% 5.16% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 30
10th Percentile £40,375 £35,938 £25,300
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,238 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,365 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +30.91% -11.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £70,500 £61,125 £59,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,325 1,549 2,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 51.29% 62.59% 65.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 738 1,231
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,033 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,375 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -15 12 £65,000 +36.84% 7
Derbyshire +6 8 £52,500 +0.26% 5
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
2 5 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
2 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) Cloudflare
3 1 (5.00%) Amazon Neptune
3 1 (5.00%) Azure AKS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (15.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (35.00%) Lead
3 5 (25.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Technical Leader
4 4 (20.00%) Games Developer
4 4 (20.00%) Senior
5 3 (15.00%) Data Manager
5 3 (15.00%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (15.00%) Full Stack Developer
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
5 3 (15.00%) Senior JavaScript Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Lead Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Senior Games Developer
7 1 (5.00%) .NET Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 1 (5.00%) Junior Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) Laravel
2 6 (30.00%) HTML
3 5 (25.00%) Pixi.js
4 3 (15.00%) CSS
4 3 (15.00%) HTML5
4 3 (15.00%) JSON
4 3 (15.00%) React
4 3 (15.00%) Vue
5 2 (10.00%) .NET
5 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
6 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
6 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
6 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (5.00%) DirectX
6 1 (5.00%) Node.js
6 1 (5.00%) React Native
6 1 (5.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (10.00%) Online Games
4 1 (5.00%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (5.00%) Legacy Code
4 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (35.00%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (25.00%) DevOps
3 5 (25.00%) Fintech
3 5 (25.00%) Game Development
3 5 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (25.00%) Security Auditing
3 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (15.00%) Data Engineering
4 3 (15.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (15.00%) Data Management
4 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (15.00%) Full Stack Development
4 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) PHP
2 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (25.00%) Rust
4 2 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft