Games Job Trends in the East of England

Gaming
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 154 147
Rank change year-on-year +47 -7 -85
Permanent jobs citing Games 78 17 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.24% 0.58% 1.33%
As % of the General category 2.76% 0.83% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 74
10th Percentile - £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £49,063 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £42,500 £65,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -12.00%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,831 2,050 3,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 45.03% 69.70% 55.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,592 916 2,461
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,809
25th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Games relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Games job vacancy trend in the East of England

Games
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Games

Games
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Games in the East of England

Games
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +3 38 £57,500 -4.17% 8
Essex -4 22 £75,000 +57.89% 3
Bedfordshire +23 8 - - 2
Norfolk -9 8 £38,750 - 1
Suffolk +18 2 - - 3
Games
England

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.13%) WordPress
2 2 (2.56%) CMS
2 2 (2.56%) Confluence
2 2 (2.56%) SAS
2 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.28%) Apache
3 1 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 57 (73.08%) Adobe Analytics
2 23 (29.49%) Figma
3 12 (15.38%) Contentsquare
4 2 (2.56%) AWS
4 2 (2.56%) Azure
4 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.28%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (1.28%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.28%) Datadog
5 1 (1.28%) GitHub
5 1 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (76.92%) Broadband
2 2 (2.56%) DHCP
2 2 (2.56%) DNS
2 2 (2.56%) Firewall
2 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.41%) DTS
2 1 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.28%) Big Data
2 1 (1.28%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.28%) Metadata
2 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (10.26%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.41%) Marketing
3 3 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (1.28%) Advertising
4 1 (1.28%) Legal
4 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (44.87%) Lead
2 21 (26.92%) Designer
3 17 (21.79%) Lead Designer
4 15 (19.23%) Digital Designer
5 8 (10.26%) Senior
6 7 (8.97%) Product Manager
6 7 (8.97%) Systems Manager
7 6 (7.69%) Lead UX Designer
7 6 (7.69%) UX Designer
8 5 (6.41%) Developer
9 4 (5.13%) Customer Experience Designer
9 4 (5.13%) Digital Product Manager
9 4 (5.13%) Digital Service Designer
9 4 (5.13%) Digital UX Designer
9 4 (5.13%) Marketing Executive
9 4 (5.13%) Senior Marketing Executive
9 4 (5.13%) Service Designer
9 4 (5.13%) User Researcher
10 3 (3.85%) Digital User Researcher
10 3 (3.85%) Head of Digital
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) Laravel
2 1 (1.28%) OpenGL
2 1 (1.28%) REST
2 1 (1.28%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 57 (73.08%) Social Media
2 7 (8.97%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.41%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.28%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.28%) CUDA
6 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.28%) Over-the-Top Content
6 1 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Linux
1 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (85.90%) AI
2 65 (83.33%) Agile
3 61 (78.21%) Storytelling
4 59 (75.64%) Customer Experience
4 59 (75.64%) Roadmaps
5 58 (74.36%) Analytics
6 57 (73.08%) Digital Customer Experience
6 57 (73.08%) Product Roadmap
6 57 (73.08%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 55 (70.51%) User Research
8 33 (42.31%) Prototyping
9 32 (41.03%) Workshop Facilitation
10 23 (29.49%) DesignOps
11 22 (28.21%) Customer Insight
12 14 (17.95%) User Experience
13 12 (15.38%) Inclusive Design
13 12 (15.38%) Product Strategy
13 12 (15.38%) Usability Testing
14 11 (14.10%) Empathy Maps
14 11 (14.10%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.13%) PHP
2 3 (3.85%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) C
3 1 (1.28%) C++
3 1 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.28%) GLSL
3 1 (1.28%) Go
3 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.85%) Degree
3 2 (2.56%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (71.79%) Accessibility
2 14 (17.95%) WCAG
3 2 (2.56%) SLA
4 1 (1.28%) GDPR
4 1 (1.28%) PERC
4 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.56%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.28%) Grafana
2 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (73.08%) Adobe
2 6 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Dell
4 2 (2.56%) Cisco
4 2 (2.56%) SonicWALL