Games Jobs in the North of England

Gaming
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 162 34
Rank change year-on-year +74 -128 +73
Permanent jobs citing Games 417 276 1,314
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.62% 1.58% 7.67%
As % of the General category 5.08% 2.84% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 203 232 125
10th Percentile - £24,196 £22,500
25th Percentile £23,504 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £54,950 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.35% +9.90% -18.03%
75th Percentile £48,125 £67,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,100 £85,000
England median annual salary £36,250 £54,900 £62,500
% change year-on-year -33.97% -12.16% -10.71%

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,204 9,733 12,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.12% 55.64% 70.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,839 7,363 5,114
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,180
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -8.97% +4.36%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,320 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the North of England

Games
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the North of England.

Salary trend for Games in the North of England

Games
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in the North of England

Games
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
North West +17 188 £23,504 -47.77% 214
North East +39 156 £25,087 -60.83% 43
Yorkshire +69 73 £25,884 -48.23% 74
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (0.72%) Confluence
2 2 (0.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Blender
1 4 (0.96%) Maya
2 2 (0.48%) ZBrush
3 1 (0.24%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Pro Tools
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 30 (7.19%) AWS
2 14 (3.36%) GCP
3 5 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (1.20%) Serverless
4 4 (0.96%) Azure
5 2 (0.48%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (0.48%) Figma
5 2 (0.48%) Nutanix
5 2 (0.48%) SaaS
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon MSK
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.24%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.24%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.24%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 340 (81.53%) Broadband
2 2 (0.48%) DHCP
2 2 (0.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.12%) MySQL
2 5 (1.20%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.48%) Redis
4 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.24%) Couchbase
4 1 (0.24%) DocumentDB
4 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.88%) Git
2 5 (1.20%) TestRail
3 3 (0.72%) JIRA
3 3 (0.72%) Postman
4 2 (0.48%) GitLab
4 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 335 (80.34%) Banking
2 20 (4.80%) Social Skills
3 18 (4.32%) Finance
4 15 (3.60%) Billing
5 12 (2.88%) Retail
6 3 (0.72%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.48%) Dutch Language
7 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.48%) Wearables
8 1 (0.24%) Advertising
8 1 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.24%) Law
8 1 (0.24%) Legal
8 1 (0.24%) Local Government
8 1 (0.24%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 332 (79.62%) Customer Service Advisor
2 36 (8.63%) Senior
3 17 (4.08%) Developer
4 13 (3.12%) Software Engineer
5 12 (2.88%) Senior Developer
6 11 (2.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 9 (2.16%) PHP Software Engineer
7 9 (2.16%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (1.92%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 6 (1.44%) PHP Developer
9 6 (1.44%) Senior PHP Developer
10 5 (1.20%) Lead
11 4 (0.96%) AWS Engineer
11 4 (0.96%) AWS Software Engineer
11 4 (0.96%) C# Software Engineer
11 4 (0.96%) Head of Development
11 4 (0.96%) Head of Software Development
11 4 (0.96%) Technical Advisor
12 3 (0.72%) Designer
12 3 (0.72%) Games Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.32%) HTML
2 17 (4.08%) CSS
3 14 (3.36%) React
4 10 (2.40%) LAMP
5 8 (1.92%) Laravel
6 7 (1.68%) .NET
6 7 (1.68%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 6 (1.44%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.44%) jQuery
7 6 (1.44%) Unreal Engine
7 6 (1.44%) Vue
8 5 (1.20%) Node.js
9 4 (0.96%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.96%) Redux
9 4 (0.96%) WebGL
10 3 (0.72%) Amazon Corretto
10 3 (0.72%) Web Services
11 2 (0.48%) Hibernate
11 2 (0.48%) PyTorch
11 2 (0.48%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (1.68%) Product Ownership
1 7 (1.68%) Sports Betting
2 6 (1.44%) Animation
3 5 (1.20%) Online Games
3 5 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (0.96%) Mobile App
5 3 (0.72%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.48%) Clustering
6 2 (0.48%) PropTech
7 1 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.24%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.24%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.24%) Interactive Media
7 1 (0.24%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.24%) Social Media
7 1 (0.24%) State Machine
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.20%) Linux
1 5 (1.20%) Windows
2 2 (0.48%) CentOS
2 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (86.33%) Problem-Solving
2 341 (81.77%) Customer Service
3 21 (5.04%) Software Engineering
4 19 (4.56%) E-Commerce
5 17 (4.08%) Agile
6 15 (3.60%) Mentoring
7 13 (3.12%) Test Automation
8 11 (2.64%) Clean Code
8 11 (2.64%) OOP
8 11 (2.64%) SOLID
9 10 (2.40%) TDD
10 9 (2.16%) Project Delivery
11 8 (1.92%) Front End Development
12 7 (1.68%) DevOps
12 7 (1.68%) Software Testing
12 7 (1.68%) User Experience
13 6 (1.44%) Artificial Intelligence
13 6 (1.44%) Prototyping
13 6 (1.44%) Regression Testing
13 6 (1.44%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.80%) PHP
2 18 (4.32%) JavaScript
3 7 (1.68%) C#
3 7 (1.68%) SQL
4 5 (1.20%) Java
4 5 (1.20%) Python
4 5 (1.20%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.96%) HLSL
6 2 (0.48%) Bash
6 2 (0.48%) C++
7 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (0.72%) Degree
2 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.32%) QA
2 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (1.44%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (1.92%) Terraform
2 5 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.96%) Ansible
4 2 (0.48%) Grafana
4 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 342 (82.01%) BT
2 3 (0.72%) Sun
2 3 (0.72%) Twitter
3 2 (0.48%) Proofpoint
3 2 (0.48%) VMware
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.24%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle