Games Jobs 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 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 135 89
Rank change year-on-year +1 -46 +68
Permanent jobs citing Games 54 87 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.41% 1.34% 2.92%
As % of the General category 2.13% 2.55% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11 76 44
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £42,500 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £103,750 £102,500
England median annual salary £25,267 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -54.06% -12.00% -3.85%

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 common skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,537 3,417 2,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 66.38% 52.77% 67.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 2,431 1,194
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,809 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,149 £34,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -9.80% +7.08%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the East of England

Games
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Games in the East of England

Games
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

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 10 July 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
Hertfordshire +35 22 £60,000 -2.04% 14
Essex +20 16 £47,500 +5.56% 8
Norfolk +33 6 - - 4
Cambridgeshire -5 4 £85,000 +41.67% 25
Suffolk -25 4 £47,500 +111.11% 2
Bedfordshire - 2 - - 2
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (5.56%) CMS
1 3 (5.56%) EPiServer
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.56%) Chatbot
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (3.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.96%) Google Analytics
3 4 (7.41%) Google Ads
3 4 (7.41%) Google Data Studio
3 4 (7.41%) Google Sheets
3 4 (7.41%) Google Tag Manager
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Advertising
4 3 (5.56%) Stripe
5 1 (1.85%) AWS
5 1 (1.85%) Azure
5 1 (1.85%) Figma
5 1 (1.85%) GitHub
5 1 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (61.11%) Broadband
2 2 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Looker
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 14 (25.93%) Marketing
2 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.70%) Aviation
6 2 (3.70%) Finance
6 2 (3.70%) Law
6 2 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (61.11%) Senior
2 7 (12.96%) Engineering Manager
2 7 (12.96%) Senior Manager
2 7 (12.96%) Senior Service Manager
2 7 (12.96%) ServiceNow Manager
3 4 (7.41%) Marketing Executive
3 4 (7.41%) Search Marketing Executive
4 3 (5.56%) Account Executive
4 3 (5.56%) E-Commerce Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Business Development Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Business Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Business Sales Executive
5 2 (3.70%) Development Manager
5 2 (3.70%) New Business Sales Executive
5 2 (3.70%) Programme Manager
5 2 (3.70%) Sales Executive
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Developer
6 1 (1.85%) C# Developer
6 1 (1.85%) Developer
6 1 (1.85%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (48.15%) GraphQL
1 26 (48.15%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 26 (48.15%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (48.15%) Animation
2 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.96%) Product Ownership
2 7 (12.96%) Video\Live Streaming
3 5 (9.26%) NHS
3 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.85%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (53.70%) Artificial Intelligence
2 27 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (48.15%) 3D Animation
3 26 (48.15%) Prototyping
3 26 (48.15%) Rapid Prototyping
3 26 (48.15%) Storytelling
3 26 (48.15%) Visual Effects
4 9 (16.67%) Change Management
5 8 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (12.96%) Analytics
6 7 (12.96%) Computer Science
6 7 (12.96%) Deployment Automation
6 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
6 7 (12.96%) Incident Management
6 7 (12.96%) ITSM
6 7 (12.96%) Problem Management
6 7 (12.96%) Service Delivery
6 7 (12.96%) Software Delivery
6 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
6 7 (12.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 26 (48.15%) HLSL
2 1 (1.85%) C#
2 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Degree
2 7 (12.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.70%) HND
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Ansible
1 1 (1.85%) Control-M
1 1 (1.85%) Grafana
1 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) Google
2 7 (12.96%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.56%) HubSpot
3 3 (5.56%) PayPal
4 2 (3.70%) JD Edwards
4 2 (3.70%) SAP
4 2 (3.70%) VMware
5 1 (1.85%) AppDynamics