Unreal Engine Job Trends in Scotland

Unreal Engine
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 - 177
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Unreal Engine 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.073% - 0.051%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.26% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £48,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.75% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 239 427 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.84% 17.01% 25.81%
Number of salaries quoted 163 103 452
10th Percentile - £37,350 £36,025
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £70,612
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,525 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +5.42% -3.70%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Unreal Engine relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Unreal Engine job vacancy trend in Scotland

Unreal Engine
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Unreal Engine.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unreal Engine within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 September 2026. 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 - 3 £75,000 - 2
Unreal Engine
UK

Unreal Engine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation