Games Jobs in Kent

Gaming
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 95 98
Rank change year-on-year +29 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Games 3 12 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.37% 0.80% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.60% 1.49% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 0 12 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -47.06%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £39,500 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.00% -20.00% -10.71%

All General Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 497 806 782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 60.98% 53.77% 69.63%
Number of salaries quoted 231 558 303
10th Percentile £24,634 £25,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Kent

Games
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Games in Kent

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Broadband
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 3 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (100.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) 3D Animation
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) HLSL