Unreal Engine Job Trends in Essex

Unreal Engine
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.14% - 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.08% - 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £47,500 - £125,000

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Essex

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 48 75 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 6.95% 16.48% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 44 20 79
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,350 £31,850
25th Percentile £27,500 £56,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% -11.54% +18.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,125 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unreal Engine relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Unreal Engine job vacancy trend in Essex

Unreal Engine
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unreal Engine within the Essex region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Saffron Walden - 1 £47,500 - 1
Unreal Engine
East of England

Unreal Engine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) 3ds Max
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (100.00%) Blender
1 1 (100.00%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (100.00%) Fusion 360
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Texturing
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens