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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 144 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 -89 +142
Permanent jobs citing Games 43 82 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.27% 1.34% 4.89%
As % of the General category 1.88% 2.41% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 13 74 55
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £54,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,813 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £107,500 £100,500
England median annual salary £36,250 £54,900 £62,500
% change year-on-year -33.97% -12.16% -10.71%

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 2,288 3,398 3,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 67.65% 55.58% 70.96%
Number of salaries quoted 961 2,454 1,319
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,199 £31,250 £35,764
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.67% +13.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,250 £81,900
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +31 22 £60,000 +37.14% 28
Essex +19 10 £47,500 +5.56% 9
Norfolk +19 4 - - 4
Cambridgeshire +5 3 - - 34
Suffolk -28 3 £47,500 +111.11% 9
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 9
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 (6.98%) CMS
1 3 (6.98%) EPiServer
2 1 (2.33%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.98%) AWS
2 3 (6.98%) Google Analytics
2 3 (6.98%) Stripe
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon EMR
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon MSK
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.33%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (60.47%) Broadband
2 2 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Power BI
2 3 (6.98%) Looker
3 2 (4.65%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (4.65%) MySQL
3 2 (4.65%) OLTP
3 2 (4.65%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.33%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Android Studio
1 1 (2.33%) Xcode
General
1 13 (30.23%) Marketing
2 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.33%) Aviation
4 1 (2.33%) Finance
4 1 (2.33%) Law
4 1 (2.33%) Legal
4 1 (2.33%) Publishing
4 1 (2.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (62.79%) Senior
2 3 (6.98%) Account Executive
2 3 (6.98%) E-Commerce Manager
3 2 (4.65%) Business Sales Executive
3 2 (4.65%) Developer
3 2 (4.65%) New Business Sales Executive
3 2 (4.65%) PHP Developer
3 2 (4.65%) Sales Executive
4 1 (2.33%) Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Business Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Designer
4 1 (2.33%) Development Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (2.33%) Programme Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (2.33%) Team Leader
4 1 (2.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (60.47%) GraphQL
1 26 (60.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 26 (60.47%) WebGL
2 2 (4.65%) Kafka
2 2 (4.65%) Laravel
2 2 (4.65%) NestJS
2 2 (4.65%) Node.js
2 2 (4.65%) React
2 2 (4.65%) Symfony
3 1 (2.33%) React Native
3 1 (2.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (60.47%) Animation
2 5 (11.63%) NHS
2 5 (11.63%) Online Games
2 5 (11.63%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Android
1 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (67.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 27 (62.79%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (60.47%) 3D Animation
3 26 (60.47%) Prototyping
3 26 (60.47%) Rapid Prototyping
3 26 (60.47%) Storytelling
3 26 (60.47%) Visual Effects
4 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
5 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (11.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (9.30%) Agile
6 4 (9.30%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (6.98%) Analytics
7 3 (6.98%) E-Commerce
7 3 (6.98%) Marketing Strategy
7 3 (6.98%) Mobile Commerce
7 3 (6.98%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (6.98%) Pricing Strategy
7 3 (6.98%) Scrum
7 3 (6.98%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 26 (60.47%) HLSL
2 3 (6.98%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) PHP
4 1 (2.33%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) R
4 1 (2.33%) SQL
4 1 (2.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (4.65%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) HND
2 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Google
2 3 (6.98%) HubSpot
2 3 (6.98%) PayPal
3 2 (4.65%) VMware
4 1 (2.33%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.33%) SAP