Online Games Jobs in the Midlands

Online Gaming
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Online Games over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 305 355
Rank change year-on-year -27 +50 -66
Permanent jobs citing Online Games 3 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.022% 0.012% 0.044%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.071% 0.030% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £35,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £20,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £21,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +229.41% -52.78% -2.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £21,875 £50,000
90th Percentile - - £54,500
England median annual salary £71,500 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.16% -1.92% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Online Games falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,210 3,369 4,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.31% 39.70% 41.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,674 1,454 2,760
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,795 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Online Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Online Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Online Games in the Midlands

Online Games
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Online Games in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Online Games in the Midlands

Online Games
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Online Games within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
East Midlands -34 3 £70,000 +229.41% 1
Online Games
England

Online Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) IIS
1 1 (33.33%) TYPO3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (66.67%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Pixi.js
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Game Development
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker