Games Jobs in Essex

Gaming
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 64 63
Rank change year-on-year +21 -1 +45
Permanent jobs citing Games 12 9 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 2.49% 1.01% 3.03%
As % of the General category 3.59% 1.78% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £29,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - £45,500 -
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -17.24% +38.10%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 334 505 664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 69.29% 56.87% 80.48%
Number of salaries quoted 129 401 251
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £47,480
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -5.22% -0.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,250 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Essex

Games
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Games in Essex

Games
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Essex region over the 6 months to 27 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
Chigwell - 2 - - 1
Colchester +14 1 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Waltham Abbey - 1 - -
Buckhurst Hill - 1 - -
Chelmsford - 1 £47,500 - 1
Games
East of England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (16.67%) CMS
1 2 (16.67%) EPiServer
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Google Analytics
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (16.67%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Looker
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Service Manager
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) GraphQL
1 8 (66.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 8 (66.67%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Animation
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (66.67%) 3D Animation
2 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 8 (66.67%) Rapid Prototyping
2 8 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 8 (66.67%) Visual Effects
3 2 (16.67%) Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) Conversational UI
3 2 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (16.67%) Pricing Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) SDLC
3 2 (16.67%) Software Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Google
1 2 (16.67%) HubSpot
1 2 (16.67%) PayPal
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow