Games Jobs in Reading

Gaming
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 94 125
Rank change year-on-year -25 +31 -31
Permanent jobs citing Games 5 42 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.29% 2.60% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.57% 4.02% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 1
10th Percentile £23,000 £56,875 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £60,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% -17.65% +47.83%
75th Percentile £34,375 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £42,250 £86,250 -
Berkshire median annual salary £25,750 £70,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -63.21% +122.22% -45.22%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 878 1,044 994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 51.29% 64.68% 57.09%
Number of salaries quoted 512 473 483
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% +1.82%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Reading

Games
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Games in Reading

Games
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in Reading over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in Reading

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (20.00%) Kafka
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) Microservices
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Apple