Games Jobs in the South East

Gaming
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Games over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 244 153
Rank change year-on-year +34 -91 +47
Permanent jobs citing Games 107 152 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.10% 0.86% 2.13%
As % of the General category 1.61% 1.54% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 46 106 86
10th Percentile - £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £58,438 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £79,375
England median annual salary £30,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -45.45% -12.00% -6.72%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,633 9,851 8,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.49% 55.91% 63.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,781 6,140 4,314
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £28,575
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the South East

Games
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the South East.

Salary trend for Games in the South East

Games
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Games in the South East

Games
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Games within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Surrey +62 31 £40,000 -20.00% 19
Middlesex - 28 - - 9
Thames Valley +18 22 £69,840 +56.94% 73
East Sussex +41 16 £30,000 - 16
Oxfordshire 0 9 £70,000 +55.56% 41
Berkshire +38 7 £56,500 +162.79% 34
Hampshire +57 6 £47,500 +11.76% 39
Buckinghamshire +25 6 £57,500 +43.75% 8
Kent +26 3 - - 5
West Sussex +9 1 £51,500 -14.17% 4
Games
England

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.67%) IIS
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.87%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.93%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.61%) AWS
1 6 (5.61%) Cloudflare
2 3 (2.80%) Azure
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.80%) SaaS
3 1 (0.93%) Canva
3 1 (0.93%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 36 (33.64%) Broadband
2 6 (5.61%) NAS
2 6 (5.61%) SAN
3 1 (0.93%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.28%) MySQL
3 7 (6.54%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.80%) Power BI
5 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.93%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (24.30%) Git
2 16 (14.95%) webpack
3 15 (14.02%) gulp
4 6 (5.61%) NUnit
4 6 (5.61%) TeamCity
5 5 (4.67%) Jasmine
6 3 (2.80%) Vite
7 2 (1.87%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.93%) PostCSS
8 1 (0.93%) rollup.js
8 1 (0.93%) Subversion
General
1 21 (19.63%) Finance
1 21 (19.63%) Law
1 21 (19.63%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.82%) Marketing
3 14 (13.08%) Advertising
4 10 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.80%) Retail
7 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.93%) Banking
8 1 (0.93%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (0.93%) Electronics
8 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (49.53%) Senior
2 30 (28.04%) Developer
3 15 (14.02%) Games Developer
4 14 (13.08%) JavaScript Developer
5 11 (10.28%) Engineering Manager
6 10 (9.35%) Senior Manager
7 9 (8.41%) ServiceNow Manager
8 8 (7.48%) Senior Developer
8 8 (7.48%) Senior Service Manager
9 7 (6.54%) Marketing Manager
10 6 (5.61%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (5.61%) Gen AI Engineer
10 6 (5.61%) Lead
10 6 (5.61%) Product Manager
10 6 (5.61%) Product Marketing Manager
11 5 (4.67%) .NET Developer
11 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.67%) Infrastructure Support
11 5 (4.67%) Senior .NET Developer
11 5 (4.67%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (38.32%) WebGL
2 28 (26.17%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 25 (23.36%) GraphQL
4 17 (15.89%) Node.js
5 16 (14.95%) Pixi.js
6 14 (13.08%) Spine.js
7 10 (9.35%) CSS
7 10 (9.35%) HTML
8 9 (8.41%) React
9 8 (7.48%) .NET
9 8 (7.48%) HTML5
9 8 (7.48%) Vue
10 7 (6.54%) ASP.NET
10 7 (6.54%) Jest
11 6 (5.61%) AngularJS
11 6 (5.61%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (5.61%) CSS3
12 5 (4.67%) RESTful
13 2 (1.87%) Enzyme
13 2 (1.87%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.30%) Animation
2 11 (10.28%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.28%) Video\Live Streaming
3 9 (8.41%) Product Ownership
4 7 (6.54%) Algorithms
4 7 (6.54%) Clustering
4 7 (6.54%) Online Games
5 3 (2.80%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.80%) Social Media
6 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.87%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.87%) Media Streaming
6 2 (1.87%) Over-the-Top Content
6 2 (1.87%) Replication
7 1 (0.93%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.93%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.93%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.93%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.61%) Windows
2 2 (1.87%) Linux
3 1 (0.93%) Android
3 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.93%) Unix
3 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.91%) Artificial Intelligence
2 29 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (23.36%) 3D Animation
3 25 (23.36%) Prototyping
3 25 (23.36%) Rapid Prototyping
3 25 (23.36%) Storytelling
3 25 (23.36%) Visual Effects
4 17 (15.89%) Software Engineering
5 16 (14.95%) Roadmaps
6 15 (14.02%) Computer Science
7 14 (13.08%) Customer Experience
8 13 (12.15%) CI/CD
9 12 (11.21%) Validation
10 11 (10.28%) Customer Acquisition
11 9 (8.41%) Deployment Automation
11 9 (8.41%) Incident Management
11 9 (8.41%) Problem Management
11 9 (8.41%) Software Delivery
11 9 (8.41%) User Experience
11 9 (8.41%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 29 (27.10%) JavaScript
2 25 (23.36%) HLSL
2 25 (23.36%) TypeScript
3 10 (9.35%) C#
3 10 (9.35%) Python
4 8 (7.48%) Go
5 5 (4.67%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.74%) SQL
7 3 (2.80%) Bash
8 2 (1.87%) PHP
9 1 (0.93%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (27.10%) Degree
2 9 (8.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.61%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.93%) HNC
4 1 (0.93%) HND
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.35%) Accessibility
2 9 (8.41%) GDPR
3 5 (4.67%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (6.54%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.41%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.54%) Rollbar
4 6 (5.61%) VMware
5 2 (1.87%) Adobe
5 2 (1.87%) Oracle
5 2 (1.87%) SAP
6 1 (0.93%) BT
6 1 (0.93%) Google
6 1 (0.93%) HubSpot