Online Games Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Online Gaming
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Online Games in permanent job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Online Games over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Online Games 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.20% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -9.09% -

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 203 95 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 19.82% 31.15% 31.19%
Number of salaries quoted 151 75 254
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,119 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +18.95% -13.64%
75th Percentile £71,875 £69,125 £67,968
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £79,250
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Online Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Online Games relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Online Games job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Online Games
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Online Games.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Online Games

Online Games
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA