Games Jobs in Northern Ireland

Gaming
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 87 76
Rank change year-on-year +14 -11 -15
Permanent jobs citing Games 1 14 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.15% 1.62% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.29% 2.72% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.74%
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -10.71% +27.27%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 343 514 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 49.78% 59.35% 51.35%
Number of salaries quoted 174 205 184
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year - +11.73% +11.88%
75th Percentile £63,438 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,600 £67,425
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Games in Northern Ireland

Games
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Games in Northern Ireland

Games
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
County Antrim +12 1 - -
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple