Games Jobs in Scotland

Gaming
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. 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 182 54 89
Rank change year-on-year -128 +35 +22
Permanent jobs citing Games 70 205 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.23% 5.40% 3.27%
As % of the General category 1.84% 7.31% 4.98%
Number of salaries quoted 41 20 59
10th Percentile £21,000 £25,675 £27,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -22.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69,750 £58,188 £86,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +13.04%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,813 2,806 3,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 66.92% 73.96% 65.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,377 1,519 2,130
10th Percentile £28,650 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,350 £72,433 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £83,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Games in Scotland

Games
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Games in Scotland

Games
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Games in Scotland

Games
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -101 38 £70,000 +40.00%
Edinburgh +4 31 £52,500 +7.69%
Angus - 1 £45,000 -
Games
UK

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 7 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (32.86%) Azure
2 21 (30.00%) AWS
3 13 (18.57%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.43%) SaaS
5 7 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (7.14%) GCP
6 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
7 4 (5.71%) IaaS
7 4 (5.71%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (7.14%) Power BI
2 4 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.71%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.43%) Big Data
3 1 (1.43%) Hadoop
General
1 27 (38.57%) Finance
1 27 (38.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 27 (38.57%) Law
1 27 (38.57%) Marketing
2 21 (30.00%) Financial Institution
3 20 (28.57%) Banking
3 20 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 20 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.71%) Electronics
4 4 (5.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (34.29%) Software Engineer
2 22 (31.43%) Principal Engineer
2 22 (31.43%) Principal Software Engineer
3 16 (22.86%) AWS Engineer
3 16 (22.86%) AWS Software Engineer
4 15 (21.43%) Python Engineer
4 15 (21.43%) Python Software Engineer
5 12 (17.14%) QA Engineer
6 11 (15.71%) Developer
7 10 (14.29%) Principal Modelling Engineer
8 9 (12.86%) Senior
9 6 (8.57%) Architect
9 6 (8.57%) Lead
9 6 (8.57%) Lead Architect
9 6 (8.57%) Senior Architect
10 5 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
11 4 (5.71%) Automation Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Data Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Full Stack Developer
11 4 (5.71%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) React
2 4 (5.71%) REST
3 3 (4.29%) Django
3 3 (4.29%) Spring
4 2 (2.86%) Kafka
4 2 (2.86%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.86%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.00%) Cloud Native
2 7 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (5.71%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.86%) Blockchain
4 2 (2.86%) IoT
4 2 (2.86%) Web3
5 1 (1.43%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (54.29%) Agile
2 31 (44.29%) Machine Learning
2 31 (44.29%) Software Engineering
3 30 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
4 27 (38.57%) Operational Stability
5 26 (37.14%) SDLC
6 23 (32.86%) Computer Science
7 21 (30.00%) Data Science
8 20 (28.57%) Analytics
8 20 (28.57%) Asset Management
8 20 (28.57%) Business Analysis
8 20 (28.57%) Coaching
8 20 (28.57%) Data Analysis
8 20 (28.57%) Mathematics
8 20 (28.57%) Use Case
9 16 (22.86%) Code Quality
9 16 (22.86%) Test Automation
10 12 (17.14%) Software Testing
11 10 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
12 8 (11.43%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 36 (51.43%) Python
2 17 (24.29%) JavaScript
3 9 (12.86%) Java
3 9 (12.86%) SQL
4 5 (7.14%) C++
4 5 (7.14%) TypeScript
5 4 (5.71%) C#
5 4 (5.71%) Go
6 1 (1.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (5.71%) Degree
2 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.86%) QA
2 4 (5.71%) ISO 9001
2 4 (5.71%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (11.43%) Docker
2 7 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.43%) Databricks