Games Jobs in Oxford

Gaming
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 44 56
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Games 14 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 2.13% 1.28% 1.37%
As % of the General category 3.66% 2.19% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 2
10th Percentile £31,975 £43,750 £50,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £54,063 £92,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £69,625 - £54,500
Oxfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £30,730
% change year-on-year -28.57% +127.79% -45.37%

All General Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 382 274 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 58.14% 58.42% 55.97%
Number of salaries quoted 272 155 145
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,313 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £83,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £46,293 £46,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year +0.64% -8.46% +11.67%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Oxford

Games
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary trend for Games in Oxford

Games
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Oxford over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Oxford

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 4 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Maya
1 4 (28.57%) MotionBuilder
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Entra ID
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) gulp
2 2 (14.29%) PostCSS
2 2 (14.29%) rollup.js
2 2 (14.29%) Vite
3 1 (7.14%) Subversion
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Product Specialist
3 3 (21.43%) 3D Developer
3 3 (21.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) C# Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Games Developer
3 3 (21.43%) IT Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) IT Support
3 3 (21.43%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Graphics Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) .NET Core
2 3 (21.43%) DirectX
2 3 (21.43%) OpenGL
3 2 (14.29%) CSS
3 2 (14.29%) HTML
3 2 (14.29%) HTML5
3 2 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (14.29%) Pixi.js
3 2 (14.29%) Sass
3 2 (14.29%) Tailwind CSS
3 2 (14.29%) WebGL
4 1 (7.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 3 (21.43%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (14.29%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
1 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Customer Service
1 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (35.71%) IT Strategy
1 5 (35.71%) Mathematics
1 5 (35.71%) Physics
2 4 (28.57%) Game Development
2 4 (28.57%) Visual Effects
3 3 (21.43%) CAD
3 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (14.29%) Use Case
4 2 (14.29%) User Experience
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
5 1 (7.14%) Front End Development
5 1 (7.14%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (7.14%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C#
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
1 3 (21.43%) T-SQL
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) MCP
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Datto
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
1 5 (35.71%) Sophos
1 5 (35.71%) WatchGuard
2 4 (28.57%) Atlassian
2 4 (28.57%) Autodesk