Unreal Engine Jobs in the North of England

Unreal Engine
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Unreal Engine skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Unreal Engine over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 381 438
Rank change year-on-year +64 +57 -27
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 6 12 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.054% 0.069% 0.029%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.49% 0.35% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 2
10th Percentile £33,105 - -
25th Percentile £41,750 £39,720 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £41,235 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -58.77% +25.00%
75th Percentile £45,250 £42,749 £110,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £43,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -27.50% +4.35% -11.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,221 3,414 5,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.05% 19.72% 28.66%
Number of salaries quoted 966 2,736 2,422
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,198 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,375 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £80,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £66,253 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.42% -11.11% +3.85%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Unreal Engine in the North of England

Unreal Engine
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Unreal Engine in the North of England

Unreal Engine
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unreal Engine in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Unreal Engine in the North of England

Unreal Engine
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 Unreal Engine within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Yorkshire - 6 £43,500 - 10
Unreal Engine
England

Unreal Engine
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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Blender
1 4 (66.67%) Maya
2 2 (33.33%) ZBrush
3 1 (16.67%) 3ds Max
3 1 (16.67%) Pro Tools
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
General
1 6 (100.00%) Games
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Animator
1 1 (16.67%) Designer
1 1 (16.67%) Games Designer
1 1 (16.67%) Instructor
1 1 (16.67%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Animation
2 1 (16.67%) Interactive Media
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) State Machine
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Memory Management
2 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 2 (33.33%) Texturing
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Game Development
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Motion Capture
3 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe