Games Job Trends in London

Gaming
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 174 224
Rank change year-on-year -16 +50 -116
Permanent jobs citing Games 259 247 325
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 2.03% 1.32%
As % of the General category 2.21% 2.63% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 74 111 240
10th Percentile £30,160 £25,750 £37,425
25th Percentile £37,625 £46,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £103,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -12.00%

All General Skills
London

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 general skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,721 9,382 16,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 54.68% 76.95% 66.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,572 5,323 11,506
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,626 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £126,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Games relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Games job vacancy trend in London

Games
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Games

Games
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Games in London

Games
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
West London +13 38 - - 2
Central London -51 34 £67,500 -10.00% 18
East London +11 22 - - 4
South London - 18 £60,000 -
Games
England

Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (8.11%) Confluence
2 18 (6.95%) CMS
3 8 (3.09%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (8.88%) UserZoom
2 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 71 (27.41%) Adobe Analytics
2 38 (14.67%) Contentsquare
3 36 (13.90%) AWS
4 23 (8.88%) Figma
5 8 (3.09%) SaaS
6 7 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.32%) Azure
7 6 (2.32%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.54%) Asana
8 4 (1.54%) Slack
9 2 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.77%) Canva
9 2 (0.77%) GoToWebinar
9 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.77%) SurveyMonkey
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 100 (38.61%) Broadband
2 2 (0.77%) Firewall
2 2 (0.77%) Wireless
3 1 (0.39%) AMQP
3 1 (0.39%) Modbus
3 1 (0.39%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.04%) MongoDB
2 22 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.86%) DTS
4 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.77%) Power BI
5 1 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.39%) GIS
5 1 (0.39%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.39%) MySQL
5 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (2.32%) JIRA
2 2 (0.77%) Git
3 1 (0.39%) git-flow
3 1 (0.39%) JUnit
General
1 70 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.44%) Finance
3 25 (9.65%) Marketing
4 20 (7.72%) Legal
5 13 (5.02%) Advertising
6 11 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.86%) German Language
8 9 (3.47%) iGaming
9 8 (3.09%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.70%) Law
11 5 (1.93%) Retail
12 4 (1.54%) French Language
12 4 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.16%) Esports
13 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.77%) Banking
14 2 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.39%) Digital Economy
15 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 57 (22.01%) Lead
2 38 (14.67%) Senior
3 28 (10.81%) Developer
4 22 (8.49%) Architect
5 18 (6.95%) Software Engineer
6 12 (4.63%) User Researcher
7 11 (4.25%) Games Tester
7 11 (4.25%) Tester
8 10 (3.86%) Designer
8 10 (3.86%) Digital Designer
8 10 (3.86%) Python Developer
8 10 (3.86%) Senior Developer
8 10 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (3.47%) Digital User Researcher
10 8 (3.09%) 2D Animator
10 8 (3.09%) Analyst
10 8 (3.09%) Animator
10 8 (3.09%) Content Manager
10 8 (3.09%) Lead Designer
10 8 (3.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.49%) RESTful
2 7 (2.70%) Spring
2 7 (2.70%) Spring Boot
2 7 (2.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 5 (1.93%) .NET
4 4 (1.54%) .NET Core
4 4 (1.54%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.54%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (1.54%) Entity Framework
4 4 (1.54%) REST
5 3 (1.16%) CSS
5 3 (1.16%) HTML
6 2 (0.77%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.77%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (0.77%) Flask
6 2 (0.77%) LINQ
6 2 (0.77%) Vue
7 1 (0.39%) Lambda Expressions
7 1 (0.39%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 58 (22.39%) Social Media
2 28 (10.81%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (8.49%) Low-Code
3 22 (8.49%) Video\Live Streaming
4 20 (7.72%) Cloud Native
5 13 (5.02%) Mobile Games
5 13 (5.02%) Sports Betting
6 11 (4.25%) Smartphone
7 10 (3.86%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.09%) Animation
8 8 (3.09%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.70%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.93%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.93%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.93%) Virtual Reality
11 4 (1.54%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.54%) Thin Client
12 3 (1.16%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.09%) Linux
2 6 (2.32%) Windows
2 6 (2.32%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (45.95%) AI
2 93 (35.91%) Agile
3 86 (33.20%) Analytics
4 82 (31.66%) Roadmaps
5 81 (31.27%) Customer Experience
6 75 (28.96%) Storytelling
7 72 (27.80%) Product Roadmap
8 71 (27.41%) Digital Customer Experience
8 71 (27.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 56 (21.62%) User Research
10 50 (19.31%) Software Engineering
11 41 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (12.36%) CI/CD
12 32 (12.36%) Workshop Facilitation
13 31 (11.97%) Decision-Making
14 29 (11.20%) Machine Learning
14 29 (11.20%) Observability
15 28 (10.81%) Business Development
16 26 (10.04%) Full-Stack Development
17 25 (9.65%) DesignOps
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.97%) Go
2 30 (11.58%) Python
3 18 (6.95%) C#
4 17 (6.56%) Java
5 11 (4.25%) SQL
6 10 (3.86%) Rust
7 8 (3.09%) C++
8 3 (1.16%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.77%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.39%) Bash
10 1 (0.39%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 27 (10.42%) Degree
2 16 (6.18%) Master's Degree
3 12 (4.63%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.47%) PhD
5 2 (0.77%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.39%) PMP
6 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (28.96%) Accessibility
2 23 (8.88%) WCAG
3 5 (1.93%) SLA
4 4 (1.54%) GDPR
5 3 (1.16%) PMO
5 3 (1.16%) QA
6 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.77%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.77%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 73 (28.19%) Adobe
2 13 (5.02%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.86%) Dell
4 4 (1.54%) Acronis
4 4 (1.54%) Apple
4 4 (1.54%) Cognizant
4 4 (1.54%) Datto
5 3 (1.16%) Botify
5 3 (1.16%) Google
5 3 (1.16%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.16%) Monzo
6 2 (0.77%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.77%) VMware
7 1 (0.39%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle
7 1 (0.39%) SAP