Games Jobs in the North West

Gaming
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the North West. 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 179 77 123
Rank change year-on-year -102 +46 +45
Permanent jobs citing Games 98 254 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.06% 3.93% 2.79%
As % of the General category 2.03% 5.94% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 91 33 127
10th Percentile £24,196 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,125 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,822 4,276 6,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.07% 66.08% 62.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,089 2,275 3,444
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,350 £28,902
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,854 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,500 £66,140
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in the North West

Games
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Games in the North West

Games
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Games in the North West

Games
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the North West 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
Manchester -64 70 £47,500 -9.52% 15
Cheshire -22 15 £32,500 +4.84% 3
Merseyside -22 13 £45,000 - 7
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (9.18%) Apache Solr
2 2 (2.04%) CMS
2 2 (2.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (2.04%) InDesign
1 2 (2.04%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.33%) AWS
2 14 (14.29%) Azure
3 9 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (5.10%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 2 (2.04%) Commercetools
5 2 (2.04%) Figma
5 2 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 2 (2.04%) Wix.com
6 1 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.02%) GCP
6 1 (1.02%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.12%) MySQL
3 5 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.04%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.02%) GIS
6 1 (1.02%) OLTP
6 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.02%) QlikView
6 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.08%) Git
3 2 (2.04%) JIRA
3 2 (2.04%) SonarQube
3 2 (2.04%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.02%) GitLab
General
1 35 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.51%) Retail
3 18 (18.37%) Billing
4 7 (7.14%) Marketing
5 6 (6.12%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.10%) Legal
7 3 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.06%) Automotive
8 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Publishing
9 1 (1.02%) Banking
9 1 (1.02%) Finance
9 1 (1.02%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 49 (50.00%) Developer
2 16 (16.33%) PHP Developer
3 15 (15.31%) Full Stack Developer
4 13 (13.27%) .NET Developer
5 10 (10.20%) Full Stack PHP Developer
5 10 (10.20%) Games Developer
6 9 (9.18%) Senior
7 7 (7.14%) Lead
7 7 (7.14%) Lead Developer
8 6 (6.12%) Senior Developer
8 6 (6.12%) Senior Full Stack Developer
9 5 (5.10%) Designer
9 5 (5.10%) Full Stack .NET Developer
9 5 (5.10%) SEO Manager
10 4 (4.08%) Blockchain Developer
10 4 (4.08%) Lead .NET Developer
10 4 (4.08%) Senior PHP Developer
11 3 (3.06%) Analyst
11 3 (3.06%) C++ Developer
11 3 (3.06%) Lead C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (22.45%) HTML
2 19 (19.39%) .NET
3 14 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
4 13 (13.27%) .NET Framework
5 12 (12.24%) CSS
6 11 (11.22%) .NET Core
6 11 (11.22%) AngularJS
6 11 (11.22%) Entity Framework
6 11 (11.22%) Node.js
6 11 (11.22%) React
7 10 (10.20%) Electron
7 10 (10.20%) JSON
8 9 (9.18%) jQuery
8 9 (9.18%) SignalR
8 9 (9.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 7 (7.14%) Vue
10 6 (6.12%) Blazor
10 6 (6.12%) Laravel
10 6 (6.12%) Nuxt
11 4 (4.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.10%) Virtual Reality
3 4 (4.08%) Animation
3 4 (4.08%) Augmented Reality
3 4 (4.08%) Blockchain
3 4 (4.08%) IoT
3 4 (4.08%) Social Media
3 4 (4.08%) Web3
4 3 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.06%) Legacy Code
5 2 (2.04%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.04%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.02%) Hackathon
6 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.18%) Windows
2 4 (4.08%) Linux
3 2 (2.04%) Android
3 2 (2.04%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.47%) Computer Science
2 19 (19.39%) User Experience
3 18 (18.37%) Agile
3 18 (18.37%) Customer Experience
3 18 (18.37%) Customer Service
3 18 (18.37%) Full Stack Development
3 18 (18.37%) Value Proposition
4 15 (15.31%) SEO
5 14 (14.29%) DevOps
6 12 (12.24%) Scrum
7 11 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (11.22%) MVC
8 10 (10.20%) Open Source
9 9 (9.18%) Code Quality
9 9 (9.18%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (7.14%) Clean Code
10 7 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (7.14%) Software Engineering
11 6 (6.12%) Game Development
11 6 (6.12%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 32 (32.65%) JavaScript
2 18 (18.37%) C#
3 16 (16.33%) PHP
4 11 (11.22%) SQL
4 11 (11.22%) TypeScript
5 3 (3.06%) C++
5 3 (3.06%) Python
6 1 (1.02%) Bash
6 1 (1.02%) C
6 1 (1.02%) Java
6 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (23.47%) Degree
2 18 (18.37%) DBS Check
3 15 (15.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.04%) CCNA
4 2 (2.04%) CCNA CyberOps
4 2 (2.04%) CCNP
4 2 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.02%) CISSP
5 1 (1.02%) GCFA
5 1 (1.02%) GCFE
5 1 (1.02%) GCIH
5 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.02%) OSCP
5 1 (1.02%) PMP
5 1 (1.02%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.02%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.06%) GDPR
1 3 (3.06%) QA
2 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.02%) PMO
3 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (14.29%) Docker
2 2 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.04%) Ansible
3 1 (1.02%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.02%) Puppet
3 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.04%) Adobe
2 2 (2.04%) Cisco
2 2 (2.04%) Instagram
2 2 (2.04%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.04%) Twitter
3 1 (1.02%) SYSPRO