Games Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 187 74
Rank change year-on-year -70 -113 +41
Permanent jobs citing Games 246 504 3,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.19% 1.86% 5.26%
As % of the General category 1.73% 2.75% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 156 290 760
10th Percentile £34,375 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £110,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +13.04%

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 common skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14,244 18,353 53,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 68.68% 67.67% 70.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,429 13,938 24,332
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,993 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +5.70% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Games in London

Games
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Central London +29 65 £55,000 -19.41% 9
West London -24 5 - - 12
South London -43 3 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 27 (10.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.25%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.22%) nginx
4 2 (0.81%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.41%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.63%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (1.63%) Blender
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.41%) Revit
5 1 (0.41%) Sketch
5 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (9.76%) Endur
2 2 (0.81%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.41%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.57%) Azure
2 24 (9.76%) AWS
3 12 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.47%) GCP
4 11 (4.47%) SaaS
5 10 (4.07%) Google Workspace
6 9 (3.66%) Asana
7 8 (3.25%) PaaS
8 7 (2.85%) IaaS
9 6 (2.44%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.03%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.22%) MinIO
11 3 (1.22%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.81%) Anthos
12 2 (0.81%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.81%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.81%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 2 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.47%) Firewall
2 10 (4.07%) DNS
2 10 (4.07%) Wireless
3 9 (3.66%) Broadband
3 9 (3.66%) NAS
4 6 (2.44%) HTTP
5 2 (0.81%) Internet
5 2 (0.81%) LAN
5 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) SMS
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.41%) VoIP
6 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 29 (11.79%) RDBMS
2 29 (11.79%) Relational Database
3 15 (6.10%) MySQL
4 13 (5.28%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.44%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.44%) Power BI
6 6 (2.44%) Redis
6 6 (2.44%) Tableau
7 5 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.81%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.81%) Looker
9 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.41%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (10.98%) Git
2 7 (2.85%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.44%) Maven
4 5 (2.03%) GitLab
5 2 (0.81%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.81%) Storybook
5 2 (0.81%) webpack
6 1 (0.41%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.41%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.41%) Grunt
6 1 (0.41%) gulp
6 1 (0.41%) JIRA
6 1 (0.41%) JUnit
6 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 74 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.07%) Marketing
3 34 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.57%) Finance
5 22 (8.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (6.91%) Advertising
6 17 (6.91%) Retail
7 14 (5.69%) iGaming
8 9 (3.66%) Legal
9 7 (2.85%) Publishing
10 6 (2.44%) Law
11 3 (1.22%) Banking
11 3 (1.22%) German Language
11 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Electronics
12 2 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Police
12 2 (0.81%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (26.42%) Senior
2 50 (20.33%) Developer
3 23 (9.35%) Software Engineer
4 20 (8.13%) Architect
5 19 (7.72%) Lead
6 18 (7.32%) Senior Developer
7 17 (6.91%) Senior Manager
8 16 (6.50%) Development Manager
9 14 (5.69%) Graduate
10 13 (5.28%) Endur Manager
10 13 (5.28%) OpenLink Manager
10 13 (5.28%) Senior Development Manager
10 13 (5.28%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (5.28%) Software Development Manager
10 13 (5.28%) Software Manager
11 12 (4.88%) Games Developer
12 10 (4.07%) .NET Developer
12 10 (4.07%) Consultant
12 10 (4.07%) Python Developer
12 10 (4.07%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.35%) Node.js
2 21 (8.54%) React
2 21 (8.54%) RESTful
3 17 (6.91%) HTML
4 14 (5.69%) Kafka
4 14 (5.69%) Unreal Engine
5 13 (5.28%) .NET
6 11 (4.47%) CSS
6 11 (4.47%) JSON
7 10 (4.07%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 9 (3.66%) HTML5
9 8 (3.25%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.25%) Spring
10 7 (2.85%) Django
10 7 (2.85%) REST
11 6 (2.44%) Laravel
11 6 (2.44%) WebSockets
12 5 (2.03%) DirectX
12 5 (2.03%) OpenGL
12 5 (2.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.16%) Mobile Games
2 24 (9.76%) Swaptions
3 12 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.47%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (4.07%) Algorithms
5 10 (4.07%) Online Games
6 9 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.66%) Sports Betting
7 8 (3.25%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.25%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.25%) Operational Technology
7 8 (3.25%) SCADA
8 7 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.03%) 3D Graphics
10 5 (2.03%) Animation
10 5 (2.03%) Blockchain
10 5 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.03%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.03%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.54%) Linux
2 18 (7.32%) Windows
3 12 (4.88%) Android
4 11 (4.47%) Windows Server
5 10 (4.07%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.81%) Unix
8 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (17.07%) Roadmaps
2 41 (16.67%) Agile
3 37 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (14.63%) Software Engineering
5 34 (13.82%) Technology Strategy
6 32 (13.01%) IT Strategy
7 29 (11.79%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (11.79%) Data Modelling
8 28 (11.38%) SDLC
9 26 (10.57%) Computer Science
9 26 (10.57%) Strategic Roadmap
10 24 (9.76%) Business Transformation
10 24 (9.76%) Creative Thinking
10 24 (9.76%) Machine Learning
10 24 (9.76%) Microservices
11 23 (9.35%) Workshop Facilitation
12 21 (8.54%) Game Development
12 21 (8.54%) Project Management
13 20 (8.13%) Customer Experience
13 20 (8.13%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.36%) Python
2 42 (17.07%) Java
3 30 (12.20%) SQL
4 27 (10.98%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.76%) VB
6 19 (7.72%) C#
7 17 (6.91%) Bash
8 12 (4.88%) C++
9 11 (4.47%) TypeScript
10 8 (3.25%) C
11 6 (2.44%) Kotlin
11 6 (2.44%) Scala
12 4 (1.63%) R
13 3 (1.22%) Go
13 3 (1.22%) PHP
13 3 (1.22%) Ruby
14 1 (0.41%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 47 (19.11%) Degree
2 13 (5.28%) DBS Check
3 11 (4.47%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.22%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.81%) PhD
5 2 (0.81%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.88%) QA
2 10 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.66%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) ITGC
5 1 (0.41%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.10%) Docker
2 12 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (3.66%) Terraform
3 8 (3.25%) QRadar
4 6 (2.44%) Progress Chef
4 6 (2.44%) Puppet
5 3 (1.22%) Grafana
5 3 (1.22%) Istio
6 2 (0.81%) Kibana
7 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.57%) Apple
2 26 (10.57%) Google
3 25 (10.16%) Oracle
4 24 (9.76%) OpenLink
4 24 (9.76%) Sybase
4 24 (9.76%) TIBCO
5 14 (5.69%) Adobe
6 11 (4.47%) VMware
7 8 (3.25%) Darktrace
8 5 (2.03%) YouTube
9 4 (1.63%) Instagram
9 4 (1.63%) Logitech
10 3 (1.22%) NVIDIA
11 2 (0.81%) Databricks
11 2 (0.81%) Facebook
11 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.81%) Siebel
12 1 (0.41%) SAP
12 1 (0.41%) Twitter