Games Jobs in England

Gaming
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 222 69
Rank change year-on-year +73 -153 +28
Permanent jobs citing Games 1,042 1,149 4,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.13% 1.34% 4.54%
As % of the General category 3.10% 2.26% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 522 888 768
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,750 £32,675
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.58% -14.80% -10.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £79,875 £85,375 £102,500
UK median annual salary £26,968 £54,450 £62,500
% change year-on-year -50.47% -12.88% -10.71%

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 33,599 50,887 61,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 68.82% 59.24% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16,553 35,691 33,301
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £104,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in England

Games
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Games in England

Games
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in England

Games
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England +72 413 £25,087 -54.30% 249
London +61 263 £62,500 -3.85% 924
North West +25 185 £23,504 -47.77% 166
South West +71 165 £25,087 -44.25% 62
North East +42 156 £25,087 -60.83% 32
Midlands +29 87 £42,500 -22.73% 104
South East +30 77 £39,500 -21.00% 366
Yorkshire +76 72 £25,267 -49.47% 55
West Midlands +12 48 £55,000 - 61
East Midlands +49 39 £42,500 -19.05% 37
East of England -13 22 £60,000 - 70
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 20 (1.92%) Apache Spark
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.48%) Confluence
4 5 (0.48%) IIS
5 3 (0.29%) CMS
5 3 (0.29%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.19%) WordPress
7 1 (0.096%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.096%) nginx
Applications
1 43 (4.13%) Maya
2 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.86%) Blender
4 8 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (0.77%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.48%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.29%) Trello
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.19%) Moqups
7 2 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.19%) ZBrush
8 1 (0.096%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.096%) InDesign
8 1 (0.096%) Pro Tools
8 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.11%) Dynamics AX
2 11 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.96%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.29%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.29%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.096%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.096%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.096%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 106 (10.17%) AWS
2 67 (6.43%) GCP
3 65 (6.24%) Azure
4 29 (2.78%) SaaS
5 28 (2.69%) GitHub
5 28 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (2.50%) Power Platform
7 21 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (1.06%) Boomi
9 11 (1.06%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 10 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (0.96%) Serverless
11 8 (0.77%) Amazon S3
11 8 (0.77%) Google Analytics
12 7 (0.67%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (0.67%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.58%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.48%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 528 (50.67%) Broadband
2 21 (2.02%) HTTP
3 11 (1.06%) Firewall
4 7 (0.67%) Internet
4 7 (0.67%) SAN
5 6 (0.58%) NAS
5 6 (0.58%) VPN
6 5 (0.48%) Bluetooth
6 5 (0.48%) DNS
6 5 (0.48%) VoIP
7 3 (0.29%) DHCP
7 3 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.096%) BGP
9 1 (0.096%) OSPF
9 1 (0.096%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.096%) Value-Added Service
9 1 (0.096%) WAN
9 1 (0.096%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.18%) MySQL
2 21 (2.02%) Power BI
3 18 (1.73%) Tableau
4 16 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.34%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.15%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.96%) SAP BW
9 9 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.86%) SQL Server
10 8 (0.77%) Redis
11 6 (0.58%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.48%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.38%) Looker
13 4 (0.38%) Power Query
13 4 (0.38%) PowerPivot
14 3 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 86 (8.25%) Git
2 25 (2.40%) webpack
3 21 (2.02%) gulp
4 15 (1.44%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.15%) Gradle
6 7 (0.67%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.58%) JIRA
7 6 (0.58%) Maven
7 6 (0.58%) TestRail
8 4 (0.38%) Grunt
8 4 (0.38%) Postman
8 4 (0.38%) Vite
9 3 (0.29%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.29%) GitLab
10 2 (0.19%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.19%) Selenium
10 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.19%) Xcode
General
1 489 (46.93%) Banking
2 168 (16.12%) Finance
3 159 (15.26%) Social Skills
4 90 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (8.35%) Law
6 84 (8.06%) Retail
7 70 (6.72%) Marketing
8 45 (4.32%) Manufacturing
9 41 (3.93%) Telecoms
10 38 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 34 (3.26%) Advertising
12 27 (2.59%) Billing
13 20 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.82%) iGaming
15 17 (1.63%) Legal
16 16 (1.54%) Dutch Language
17 14 (1.34%) French Language
18 10 (0.96%) Publishing
19 7 (0.67%) Automotive
20 6 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 463 (44.43%) Customer Service Advisor
2 228 (21.88%) Senior
3 115 (11.04%) Developer
4 61 (5.85%) Software Engineer
5 60 (5.76%) Lead
6 43 (4.13%) Senior Software Engineer
7 42 (4.03%) Analyst
8 36 (3.45%) Architect
9 32 (3.07%) Senior Developer
10 27 (2.59%) IT Architect
10 27 (2.59%) Senior Architect
11 24 (2.30%) Games Developer
11 24 (2.30%) JavaScript Developer
12 23 (2.21%) PHP Developer
13 22 (2.11%) Lead Developer
14 17 (1.63%) Android Developer
14 17 (1.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 17 (1.63%) PHP Software Engineer
14 17 (1.63%) Support Analyst
15 15 (1.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (7.58%) WebGL
2 72 (6.91%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 69 (6.62%) HTML
4 64 (6.14%) CSS
4 64 (6.14%) GraphQL
5 42 (4.03%) React
6 40 (3.84%) Kafka
6 40 (3.84%) Node.js
7 37 (3.55%) Laravel
8 33 (3.17%) LAMP
9 25 (2.40%) Pixi.js
10 17 (1.63%) RESTful
10 17 (1.63%) Spine.js
11 16 (1.54%) .NET
12 15 (1.44%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.34%) HTML5
14 13 (1.25%) Jest
14 13 (1.25%) WebSockets
15 12 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
15 12 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.14%) Mobile App
2 62 (5.95%) Animation
3 49 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (4.22%) Mobile Games
5 40 (3.84%) Algorithms
6 32 (3.07%) Blockchain
7 28 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.69%) Online Games
8 25 (2.40%) Cloud Native
9 24 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (2.30%) Robotics
10 22 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (1.73%) Sports Betting
12 17 (1.63%) IoT
13 14 (1.34%) Social Media
14 13 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.15%) Product Ownership
16 10 (0.96%) Clustering
16 10 (0.96%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.17%) Windows
2 31 (2.98%) Linux
3 24 (2.30%) Android
3 24 (2.30%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.48%) Mac OS X
5 5 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.19%) CentOS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.096%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 655 (62.86%) Problem-Solving
2 496 (47.60%) Customer Service
3 143 (13.72%) Artificial Intelligence
4 131 (12.57%) Software Engineering
5 127 (12.19%) Analytics
6 126 (12.09%) Agile
7 108 (10.36%) Mentoring
8 73 (7.01%) Prototyping
9 69 (6.62%) Business Strategy
10 68 (6.53%) Rapid Prototyping
11 66 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
12 65 (6.24%) Storytelling
13 62 (5.95%) Coaching
13 62 (5.95%) DevOps
14 61 (5.85%) E-Commerce
15 59 (5.66%) Machine Learning
15 59 (5.66%) Visual Effects
16 58 (5.57%) 3D Animation
16 58 (5.57%) Computer Science
17 56 (5.37%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 108 (10.36%) JavaScript
2 97 (9.31%) Python
3 69 (6.62%) PHP
4 65 (6.24%) SQL
5 58 (5.57%) HLSL
6 45 (4.32%) TypeScript
7 40 (3.84%) Java
8 26 (2.50%) C#
9 21 (2.02%) Scala
10 20 (1.92%) Swift
11 18 (1.73%) Kotlin
11 18 (1.73%) Objective-C
12 14 (1.34%) Go
13 13 (1.25%) C++
14 8 (0.77%) C
14 8 (0.77%) PowerShell
15 7 (0.67%) R
16 5 (0.48%) Bash
16 5 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
17 3 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 141 (13.53%) Degree
2 27 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (2.11%) CISA
3 22 (2.11%) ISACA
4 18 (1.73%) Master's Degree
5 13 (1.25%) PhD
6 9 (0.86%) PMI Certification
7 7 (0.67%) ACCA
8 6 (0.58%) CIMA
8 6 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (0.58%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.38%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.19%) CCSAS
11 2 (0.19%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.19%) SC Cleared
11 2 (0.19%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.096%) APMG
12 1 (0.096%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (5.57%) QA
2 22 (2.11%) ITGC
3 18 (1.73%) GDPR
4 13 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.48%) NCSC
5 5 (0.48%) SLA
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.096%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.096%) DICOM
7 1 (0.096%) HL7
7 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.096%) PMO
7 1 (0.096%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 21 (2.02%) Active Directory
1 21 (2.02%) Docker
2 11 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.34%) Terraform
3 13 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.96%) Argo
4 10 (0.96%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.67%) Ansible
6 6 (0.58%) Grafana
7 5 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.38%) Istio
8 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.38%) Puppet
8 4 (0.38%) SCCM
9 3 (0.29%) Consul
10 2 (0.19%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.096%) Kibana
11 1 (0.096%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.096%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 474 (45.49%) BT
2 84 (8.06%) Microsoft
3 59 (5.66%) SAP
4 46 (4.41%) Google
5 38 (3.65%) Oracle
6 32 (3.07%) Adobe
7 22 (2.11%) Apple
8 17 (1.63%) Commvault
9 15 (1.44%) New Relic
10 13 (1.25%) VMware
11 12 (1.15%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.15%) Twitter
12 11 (1.06%) Dell
12 11 (1.06%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.77%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.67%) Ariba
15 6 (0.58%) Meraki
16 5 (0.48%) Siemens
16 5 (0.48%) TikTok
17 4 (0.38%) Palo Alto